Handforth, The Greyhound Inn And Wilmslow Road c.1965
Photo ref:
H322020
Photo ref:
H322020
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Looking south down the main road towards Wilmslow, with the road over to Macclesfield going off to the left, affluent Cheshire is driving towards the viewer and the young couple wait for the bus from Manchester to arrive. While Dales the cycles supplier may have been founded in 1903, its days as a business are numbered.
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A Selection of Memories from Handforth
For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. Here are some from Handforth
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My family (Brown) have lived in Handforth till 1995, over 300 years! I (Susan) used to live at 47 Wallingford Road in one of the prefabs, with the air raid shelter in the garden!! I can remember Mr Jones lived opposite. He made me a huge teddy bear and then there was the Randles family. Old Mrs Randles taught me to pod peas and always had liqouirice and blackcurrent sweets. Also there was Mary and Bill Reid and their ...see more
Yes, I remember those things mentioned by Tony Barker. We lived at 38 Wallingford Road from 1939 to 1943, went to the same school and the same church so probably knew each other. I can remember playing in the street as there were no cars around during the war, and we used to play in the fields behind the houses across the street from our house. We had an air raid shelter next to our ...see more
Does anyone remember me, Tony Smith? I lived on Meriton Road for 25 years. My friends were Derek Clayton, Brian Wilson, Ray Riley etc etc, and our first pints were drunk in the Greyhound and the Freemasons. We also went to the Regal dance hall, and the Creole Club in Wilmslow, all good memories. Please e mail me: tonysmith296@tiscali.co.uk
The Greyhound on Wimslow Road was one of my favorite places as a child of 6-7 years of age. In 1939, I would often be lucky and as I came over the Railway Bridge from 15 Brereton Road, and after having an ice cream cone in the newsagents, to find the gypsy caravan was stopped in front of the Greyhound Inn. The men were inside having a drink; the women and children outside with the caravan. I loved ...see more
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