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Topic: Axe and Cleaver, Altrincham. (Read 1826 times)
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LizzieW
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inprincegeorge - That's how I was taught to swim too - probably the same teacher.
I never went to dances at the Stamford Hall, but did go to the Locarno, although I always had to leave early as my parents insisted I was on the last bus home from Altrincham to Hale Barns which was 11pm. Often I missed it and used to run along Hale Road to Hale Barns, whilst wearing stiletto heeled shoes hitching a lift from anyone who would stop. I was more frightened of my parents than any driver.
Liz
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BENSON- Dalton in Furness (Ulverston) and Hull
BETTISON - Derbys
BOULTON - Dalton-in-Furness and surrounding areas
BRAND - Lincs
COCKETT - Lincs, Yorks, Lancs
DA COSTA (or variants) - Spain or Portugal, London (Middx), ?Hull
GILCHRIST - Scotland, Lincs
HINGLEY - Derbys/Yorks
MANN - Sussex, Kent, Herts
MUMBY - Lincolnshire and Hull
PEMBERTON - Ches, Lancashire
STANTON - Lincs
ROBINSON - Lincs
WHITTAKER/WHITAKER - Ches/Lancs
WRIGHT- Bethnal Green
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littlej
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Lizzie,
I agree about the fear of parents' wrath. You remark about stilettos made me think about sitting on the bus going to the Locarno, my friend & I had so many petticoats on, we could hardly fit on the same seat!
When I returned to Altrincham in 1975, it was like going to a different town altogether. The development at the lower end of George Street was a bit of a shock, gone were the Axe and Cleaver, library, Stamford Hall, Swimming Baths, Bus Station, Co-op etc, etc. I was looking at what remains of the Station Buildings the other day, they're looking decidedly worse for wear now. I assume that they're listed, so can't be touched. I wouldn't like to be occupying one of them now. It's such a shame, they would look fantastic renovated.
Jac
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PEAKE & DAVENPORT (Devonport), Altrincham, Cheshire
MURRAY, Aston, Staffs & North Meols, Lancs
LITTLE, Kirkpatrick Juxta, Dumfriesshire & Gloucestershire
WILSON, Malton, N. Yorks
HENDERSON, somewhere in Scotland (early days yet)
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LizzieW
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Jac
When my eldest son was a teenager (18-19 not a young teenager), he was going out one night about 10.00pm and my dad told him that when I was his age, at 10.00pm I had to think about getting ready to go home. My son told him that he must have given me an awful time. My dad thought a bit and then agreed with my son that he had been far too strict.
In later life, I realised that the strict one was actually my mum and that she just used my dad to back her up. On his own, he would have been much more lenient with me.
Lizzie
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BENSON- Dalton in Furness (Ulverston) and Hull
BETTISON - Derbys
BOULTON - Dalton-in-Furness and surrounding areas
BRAND - Lincs
COCKETT - Lincs, Yorks, Lancs
DA COSTA (or variants) - Spain or Portugal, London (Middx), ?Hull
GILCHRIST - Scotland, Lincs
HINGLEY - Derbys/Yorks
MANN - Sussex, Kent, Herts
MUMBY - Lincolnshire and Hull
PEMBERTON - Ches, Lancashire
STANTON - Lincs
ROBINSON - Lincs
WHITTAKER/WHITAKER - Ches/Lancs
WRIGHT- Bethnal Green
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Yvonica
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I remember the dances at Stamford Hall and the Locarno (usually Thursday nights at Locarno) plus I remember Altrincham Baths (nearly drowned there too). Remember Flash Gordon at 11:00 am Saturday mornings at Altrincham Picture Theatre - next to the baths?
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inprincegeorge
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I was back in Altrincham in January of this year. I was shocked by the changes, it was hard to recognize old haunts as so much has changed.
Is it just my impression or is every small town in the UK now filled with charity shops, what's with that?
I expect childhood memories are flawed by time.
Does anyone recall a rather nice shop, in my memory it had a black and white, sort of tudor look to it. It sold gourmet items, special cheeses and jams etc. If I am recalling correctly it was near the Don, fish and chip shop? I think they had a delivery service by a young man on a bike.
Does anyone remember the telegraph boys on bikes, you knew if you saw a telegram being delivered to someones house it was probably bad news. Telegrams seemed to suddenly end and it was such a common sight on the streets of Altrincham, the red bike of the telegraph boy.
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Pedlar/lancashire/Devon
Cottrill/Lancashire
McCreesh/Lancashire/Ireland
Sharkey/Ireland
Rothwell/Lancashire,Oldham
Taylor/Middleton/Lancashire
Daxon/Cheshire/Lancashire
Platt/Cheshire/Lancashire
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LizzieW
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Lots of high streets in UK are full of charity shops and, until the recession, building societies and estate agents. Now unless a charity takes them on, many of the shops are empty.
Lizzie
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BENSON- Dalton in Furness (Ulverston) and Hull
BETTISON - Derbys
BOULTON - Dalton-in-Furness and surrounding areas
BRAND - Lincs
COCKETT - Lincs, Yorks, Lancs
DA COSTA (or variants) - Spain or Portugal, London (Middx), ?Hull
GILCHRIST - Scotland, Lincs
HINGLEY - Derbys/Yorks
MANN - Sussex, Kent, Herts
MUMBY - Lincolnshire and Hull
PEMBERTON - Ches, Lancashire
STANTON - Lincs
ROBINSON - Lincs
WHITTAKER/WHITAKER - Ches/Lancs
WRIGHT- Bethnal Green
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littlej
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I still live in the area, in Sale actually, and my granddaughter goes to my old primary school Navigation Road. The old town has changed immensely, and not for the better I think. There have recently been more 'improvements' and apparently still more to come, it will be completely unrecognisable in a few years. There is no longer any character in the place, and anyone who remembers the Market on Saturday mornings would weep to see it now, a shadow of its former self.
To answer Yvonica, I did go to the Locarno and the Stamford Hall, some of the happiest memories of my teenage years are of these dances. I really shouldn't think about he old days, it only makes me wish I could turn back the clock.
Jac
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PEAKE & DAVENPORT (Devonport), Altrincham, Cheshire
MURRAY, Aston, Staffs & North Meols, Lancs
LITTLE, Kirkpatrick Juxta, Dumfriesshire & Gloucestershire
WILSON, Malton, N. Yorks
HENDERSON, somewhere in Scotland (early days yet)
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Yvonica
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I know exactly what you mean when you say "wish could turn back the clock" - people don't have the same values nowadays do they?
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