Weaverham, The Village c.1955

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I went to Weaverham school from 1964 to 1969. I was from Sandiway and travelled each day. Looking back I realise it was a fantastic school. All the pupils in my class were good and we had some fun but caused no trouble and did well at our lessons. Mr Christian was headmaster and in my first year Roger Keys was head boy. I loved the sport and especially cricket and athletics. I remember Mr Floyd ...see more

Arthur Mason is my Paternal great grandfather he was born in August 1896 son of Fred Mason and Jane Ann Mason (nee) Yates. in 1901 according to the Census record i found on Ancestry he was just aged 4yrs old living with mother and father and his siblings: Fred Horace Mason aged (17) Ernest Mason aged (11) Herbert Mason aged (10) Annie Mason aged (7) Harold Mason aged (2) by the 1911 ...see more

I have a similar tale to as someone also brought here from Liverpool in 1948 when my dad started work for the ICI in Lostock. We lived in Keepers Lane with a view over the Weaver Valley. We spent lots of happy days in Owely Woods and Hazel Woods making dens brewing tea over an open fire with water from the stream. Hazel Woods was a special favourite as there were as you would expect, hazel trees, which I could ...see more

I lived at 3 Briar Lane from birth in 1951 until we moved to Derby in 1962. I went to Forest Street primary and remember some of the teachers, Palin, Woodward and the evil head teacher Mr. Ackerley who delighted in caning pupils in public for minor misdeeds. He made left hander’s change over at mealtimes in the refectory or he would cane them (would be classed as child abuse today!). We made ice ...see more