Here is a great photo of Marsden Road, St George’s Road and Topp Way in the 1980s – but what can you spot?
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wanderlust wrote:The Howcroft
wanderlust wrote:It's hiding under "Click" you pedantic knob
Norpig wrote:Walked down St Georges road many a time to go into town. Used to drink on Chorley Old Road and would go down to the Crofters. Went in the Farmers a few times as well but all long gone now.
Stangely enough never went in the Howcroft, we always thought it was an old mans pub.
I can remember being left in the car for a couple of hours with my brother while my Dad went for a drink or two at the first pub on Vernon St after turning off from St Georges Road but can't remember the name?
Imagine doing that now! The 70's were a bit different
Norpig wrote:Its all newish housing and flats on Vernon St now Sluffy so changed a lot even since i was a kid. I remember my Granny and Grandad on my Dads side had a flat on Merehall Drive near the junction of Gaskell St and Brownlow Way in the 70's
Norpig wrote:Spent a lot of time on Brownlow Way precinct as my other Granny had a warden controlled flat right next to it so was in the newsagents, the chippy and the supermarket a lot. When i was older i went playing snooker at Rileys with my Brother. All gone unfortunately but as you said lots of happy memories from round there. The only thing left is the club on the corner, now called the Roundhouse.
My mate's brother worked at Remploy. Got a vague memory of it and I'm sure there was one on Manchester road.wanderlust wrote:Wasn't Remploy at the bottom of St George's? My "auntie's" friend was disabled and worked there. Think I went to a gig there when it moved/closed but maybe my memory is playing tricks again.
wanderlust wrote:Wasn't Remploy at the bottom of St George's? My "auntie's" friend was disabled and worked there. Think I went to a gig there when it moved/closed but maybe my memory is playing tricks again.
That's the building. I remember the workshops for the blind bit, but I have it in my head that there was some link to Remploy - despite knowing about the Manchester Rd site.Sluffy wrote:
I knew it as the blind school back in the day and was the building at the junction of Marsden Road and St Georges on the western side.
You couldn't see into the building but there always seemed to be wicker baskets in the window.
I also seem to remember once reading in the BEN about some youth jumping over the wall on Marsden Road not realising it was a bridge - he survived!
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