Stories of Chorlton in the 1950s, coming soon

523 Barlow Moor Road, 1959

Now I always maintain history is messy and sometimes out of nowhere comes a series of unrelated stories which with no prompting from me fall together.

So coming soon will be that series of unrelated stories which bring together the Griffith’s family who ran the builder’s business at 84 Chorlton Road, the cinema just behind it, various local schools and the family that lived at 523 Barlow Moor Road.

And the connection is Ann Love who is related to the Griffith’s, attended St Clements, as well as the Oaks College and Whalley Range School and lived at 523 when it was an undertaker’s.

Ann’s parents bought their bread from the bakery on Needham Avenue and her dad saw Tom Mix at our first cinema which was on Wilbraham Road between the railway line and Buckingham Road.

All of which covers a fair bit of the stories that have recently appeared on the blog.

Picture; 523 Barlow Moor Road, 1959 A H Downes, m17504 courtesy of Manchester Libraries, Information and Archives, Manchester City Council, http://images.manchester.gov.uk/index.php?session=pass