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Crewe, Queen's Park, The Main Entrance c.1950
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The clock tower stands just inside the main entrance to Queen's Park. It was built using subscriptions from workers in all departments of the LNWR Company 'as a token of their appreciation of the generosity of their Board of Directors (who) presented the park to the town'. It is decorated with a carved head on each side depicting three board members and Queen Victoria. It also served as a drinking fountain, but the water has now been cut off.

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Memories of Crewe, Queen's Park, the Main Entrance c1950

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. These memories are of Crewe, Queen's Park, The Main Entrance c.1950

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Portable Radios
The park was the place to be on Sunday afternoons, groups of teenagers lying on the grass listening to the top 20 on their state of the art flip top Ekco Radios that contained batteries the size of 6 iPhones, it always seemed to be sunny on Sunday afternoons. If you could afford it you might hire a boat and have a row on the lake.
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Added 30 May 2014

Broad Street School
I too, went to the Nursery School on Broad Street. I remember Miss Massey who slammed the desk down on my fingers squashing my signet ring, which resulted in my finger swelling and the ring having to be cut off! Such a nice lady to be teaching five year olds.... After the nursery we went to the infants school on Broad Street with Miss Cotton as our Headmistress. Then, for the first year of junior school we ...see more
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Queen's Park
I remember Queen's Park very well, first because my music teacher lived across the street from the back entrance, secondly when I was older it used to be the place to go and be seen on weekends for all of us teens!!
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Queens Park
I remember when I started school - I think it may have been Brierley Street, but I left Crewe in l956, aged 8, so I am not sure, but we lived on Nantwich Road in a flat above the Co-op. From the late 1940s my dad (Sydney Alston) used to work for Rolls-Royce as an upholsterer. I used to play every day after school in Queens Park, in the paddling pool with my spaniel Gracie (it was safe in those days) and I always took ...see more
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