Crossley Hospital, Ancoats, Manchester

[royd]

Thank you for that Barney.  I will contact the SA Archivist to see if they can help.  R.

[Jaques]

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im hoping this will load..................my grandmother used to go to starhall before the Salvation army took it over, then my mother and my dad joined, my dad was a junior bandboy and became boys bandmaster when they eventually went to dyer street S.A. Openshaw.
The photos show starhall band and what i think are whitweek walks, you can see the starhall flag, i have others too............

[Parmesan]

Welcome and those photos are fab! 

[Jaques]

.....thank you and hello, 2nd photo here is the starhall band and my father sydney alston is on the front row, 4th from left as you look at the pic.  This was long before i was born.  The lst photo is obviously someones funeral, and again inmanchester but dont know who died..........

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[Barney1959]

They certainly are fab. I know it is outside the era i am looking into but these are great. Love old phots

[Parmesan]

That must have been somebody important, there is quite a turn out!  Oooh I wonder who?

[Jaques]

I cant find any photos of crossley hospital, but a think my sister had her eldest son in there - hes in his 40's now but if anyones interested in the S.A. and that area, theres quite a bit of info. in here with  - one taken inside star hall in l918.  I can remember that whole area and my parents bought s.a. uniforms from a building nr. the star hall...........
www.mcrh.mmu.ac.uk/pubs/pdf/mrhr_06_horridge.pdf

[shebw]

try the ancoats forever site on facebook  the people on there are a great help

[Tabigail]

Well this is interesting because I was adopted and my place of birth in 1956 was given as 15 Mitchell Street Ancoats, though I had no idea it had an assocation with the Salvation Army, nor, even that it was a hospital or maternity home. My mother lived at 9 Choir Street Salford 7 as it was then.  I don't know Manchester very well so I don't know if the latter address exists.  I would like to know if anyone knows of the Bassman family who might have live at the above Salford address.