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This section is where you can submit memories of the good old days. I have converted the original page into a database-driven page and have included a feature that will group entries with a particular theme together. If you wish to contribute information that relates to an existing entry you will need to click on the Contribute to this topic link that appears next to the existing entry. Otherwise you can simply click on the link above to submit your memories of times gone by.

Hi Baz,I was in the Garrick last Sunday for a quick one as I visited Flixton to see my Sisters, chippy across the road looks like it's being extended ? Heard great things about it !
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Hi Christine. My name is Clive, and I bet ya can't guess who I was named after? Anyhoo, Ann is my mum and she has recently gone onto Facebook. So if you want to give her a search I'm sure she would love to hear off you.
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Hi Folks,Wickstead park,Kettering have just re-introduced their very famous Ice-Cream and parlour, would it be so hard to ressurect Grimwoods delicious ice-cream ? If Kettering can do it,I'm sure Urmston could, top class never fails !
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Does anyone know anything about Urmston Ladies' College which was on Croft's Bank Road around 1940? I believe it was run by my grandmother May Hanson.
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Search in the Urmston A-Z which you can find on the home page, it is listed under College.
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Hi,my mother was Amy Hanson, not May, same letters though ! Lived 8 Chassen rd until she died 10 years ago, coincidence in the names as I never met another Hanson locally apart from my immediate family.
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What is it about Flixton and Urmston? I left there over 60 years ago, but it is still in my heart. A decent place to grow-up in. Splendid amenities, decent housing, good schools, nice people, My move to Manchester in 1954 was a culture shock.Slums, over-crowding, too many people, no fields and farms,but plenty of jobs. Eventually, I escaped to Whitefield with ny wife and three children in 1967. It was very much like Flixton but with hills. My wife, a townee freaked out when cows and horses trespassed in out back garden, so we ended back in Manchester. Such is life.
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John Dowd, who grew-up at The Grove in Flixton, died three weeks ago. I attended his 4th birthday party in 1941. He had an elder sister called Molly who was five years older than him. Sadly, she pre-deceased him a few years back. She joined in all the fun and games on the school field next to The Grove. I mentioned their names to preserve their memory.
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