Friday 9 July 2021

Snaps of Chorlton No 6 the parish churchyard before the landscaping, 1976

An occasional series featuring private and personal photographs of Chorlton.

We are in the parish graveyard in 1976.  I have to say despite walking through the place many times I have no recollection of it looking like this.  And I pretend to be a historian.

Location; Chorlton







Picture; from the collection of Lois Elsden


4 comments:

  1. I remember it this way, as a spooky place to pass on the way to/from Cubs at the hut by the brook, down the cobbled lane to the sewage farm. We never walked thro it, but I recall the grave surrounded by a set of low spikey railings, which folk memory erroneously told us was the resting place of a convict, hence the railings to keep him restrained. Complete nonsense, I'm sure you can tell me more about the actual history of that grave.

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  2. Thanks where exactly was the hut?

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  3. Thanks where exactly was the hut?

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  4. The hut was where the carpark is on the right as you go through the entrance of East Didsbury & Chorlton football ground. It was burnt down after some local youths set it alight.

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