Gronant, The Warren 1939

Photo ref: G167021

The house on the left of the photo is Windyridge, 15 Maes y Dre. My grandparents lived there from new (about 1927) until my grandmother died in 1997. My father was born there in 1930. The Institute was endowed to the village by my great great uncle, Richard Hughes. He was a shipowner in Liverpool who had been born in the village, where his parents kept the Gronant Inn. It has recently been sold and ...see more

The photograph in front of the Post Office, showing the Morris Oxford Estate car that used to sell newspapers, magazines, and sweets along The Warren and other holiday camps back in the 1960's was my father, Les Chorlton. My brother, and sister, and myself, used to take it in turn to accompany him each morning during the Summer, after we had done our newspaper rounds in the village, and sell newspapers etc. It was ...see more

I remember being at Coed Bell Cemetery and playing amongst the graves or picking Blundell in the woods beyond.

Hi I was born in Manchester 1958 and we moved to the warren 1963 I grew up on the warren with my parents and 4 sisters and 1 brother best childhood memories ever I loved it . I do remember mrs kitchen who ran the Sunday school she was lovely also mr Preston I was only young but I remember so much fantastic years of fun every day x