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Year: 1947
Ann Levers Recollections
I remember Ann Varley as she was then called. I was a mate of Peter Simpson who lived on Queens Terrace & I lived in Custom House Lane. Peter's grandfather was called Potts & was the landlord of the Steamer Hotel. The last I heard of Peter was that he went to America on an exchange scheme through the I.C.I & was working at Cape Canaveral. The lad with the spade on the ferry beach was always called daft Tommy by the kids & lived on Blackiston Street. The other families that lived in the area of Custom House Lane were the Crostons, the Abrams, the Whitesides, the Brooks family, the Peddars & others that I can't recall. When the Isle of Man boats started up again after the war my aunty used to sell jugs of tea to the people in the Queue & charge six pence deposit on the jug & two cups. When the queue moved forward they would leave the jugs & cups on the pavement & me & Peter used to collect them, for which my aunt gave us a penny. I recently returned to Fleetwood & although they have the new shopping area in the old dock area Lord Street appeared to be like a ghost town. Even the Broadway & Marine Hotels, which were probably the last two pubs to be built as I recall have gone. Both were owned by Duttons Brewery. The Mount was all hoarded up & the building covered with graffiti & now to top it all the pier has burned down. Oh! how times have changed & not for the better. Last edited: 31/10/2008 09:41 by John Foulds |
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Days Gone By
I lived in Fleetwood from around 1948 - 1952. My dad was in the army and we lived in the Drill Hall in (Ithink) Preston Street. I can remember going to the library nearby and playing on the beach near some piers. There was a young man who was unfortunate who used to dig very deep holes in the sand and chase us kids with his shovel when we taunted him (how cruel are kids). I went to Fleetwood Grammar School for a year before we moved south. I lived in Queens Terrace for awhile and loved looking out of the bedroom window at the cottages on Knott End. My name then was Ann Varley, and I remember also going to Saturday morning pictures and being in love with the boy next door (I was all of 9 years old and he was 11, I can still remember his name - it was Peter Simpson! I am sure that Fleetwood is nothing like it was in those days, I expect the Lighthouses are still there, but I daresay the town has been modernised. I can remember shopping on Lord Street with my Mum. I can remember going to Chaucer Road School, but cannot remember is that was in Fleetwood (due my Dad's army service, I went to quite a few schools). Posted: 04/11/2007 17:08 by Ann Levers |
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 Fleetwood, the Ferry 1901 (ref: 47069) |
Year: 1890s
Fleetwood Ferry
My great-grandfather, Thomas Newton Croft, a member of the family that founded the Fleetwood to Knott End ferry, managed it for the local council from c.1896 to his death in 1915. I am told that my grandmother, Alice, used to do cartwheels to entertain the passengers waiting for the boat to come in. The service was re-privatised a few years ago. Being involved in marine business myself I like to refer to it as "the family shipping line"! Last edited: 28/01/2007 20:15 by John Dearing |
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Fleetwood, the Ferry 1901 (ref: 47069) |
My Grandfather
My grandfather, John Wilson, is entered as being Captain of Steam Boat Ferry in the 1901 census of Fleetwood. Although the ferry boat pictured does not appear to be steam, this sight must have been very familiar to him and his family who lived in nearby Pharos Street. Last edited: 15/10/2006 21:35 by Wendy Holden |
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 Fleetwood, from the Lighthouse 1898 (ref: 41013) |
Holidays
My mother was born in Fleetwood and lived in Pharos Street, just below the lighthouse. I was born in Lancaster but I remember having holidays at Fleetwood when I was a child just after the end of the war. I particularly remember being fascinated by the marionette shows which took place in the gardens near the Pier. In 1894 my grandmother worked as a Stewardess on the Duke of York when it first sailed between Fleetwood and Belfast - possibly she was one of the first women to work on these newly-built steamers. Posted: 04/10/2006 22:46 by Maureen Bezzant |
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