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Remembering
I was brought up in Mossley and have lots of happy memories. My sister Dot still lives there, she fills me in on what is going on. I now live in Florida but will always be a part of Mossley which I took so much for granted while living there. I have travelled to a lot of places and countries since I left there but believe me there is nowhere quite like Mossley, it is a lovely place to see. I show people over here photos and they all say it looks nice. I had a lot of good friends there. I went to All Saints C of E, left school in 1959, started work at Astalls foundry then went to ...read more here
Contributed by pete brooks
Lancashire memories
Remembering
I was brought up in Mossley and have lots of happy memories. My sister Dot still lives there, she fills me in on what is going on. I now live in Florida but will always be a part of Mossley which I took so much for granted while living there. I have travelled to a lot of places and countries since I left there but believe me there is nowhere quite like Mossley, it is a lovely place to see. I show people over here photos and they all say it looks nice. I had a lot of good friends there. I went to All Saints C of E, left school in 1959, started work at Astalls foundry then went to ...read more here
A memory of Mossley contributed by pete brooks
Childhood memories at Grandma Robinsons.
Funny how some things stay with you all your life, and even when you leave a country you have grown up in, those memories follow you. It was the end of WW2, people were beginning to settle, 'ration books' were used by all. People could leave their lights on at night, and not have to draw the curtains. Us kids played outside till late at night too, and Dad pulled down the air-raid shelter from our back garden.
Our family went from Newport Mon, to see our grandparents. They lived in Stalybridge, at 46 Caroline Street. It was really something going on the train in those days, it seemed to take forever to get there.
Caroline Street, ...read more here
A memory of Stalybridge contributed by Phyllis PEARSON
Born in Oldham
I remember seeing the Queen when she visited Oldham - I was born there in 1950.
A memory of Oldham contributed by eileen pinnington