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| Wilbraham Road in 1985 |
What makes them all the more important is that it is the most recent past which often is not recorded.
“The picture of the shops opposite the Lloyd brought so many memories back.
To me 1962 doesn't seem that long ago. I was just married, living in a flat in Whitelow Road.
Ted Green the butcher with sawdust on the floor.
Coupes with furniture we couldn't dream of buying.
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| Wilbraham Road in 1903 |
Bentons the tobacconist with its wonderful interior.
Gannons where later I would buy Matchbox cars with our children on the way home from school.
And Ted and the green grocer who delivered my shopping almost as fast as I got home.
The flat was followed by Hackness Road and then South Drive.. and I did get my carpets from Coupes.”
It is easy to let these descriptions slide and get lost and with that loss goes a little bit of Chorlton’s past.
I also remember the saw dust on the floor of butcher’s shops, collecting Matchbox cars and tradesmen who would still deliver to the door in the 1960s."
All pretty much now vanished so I hope Marion along with others will keep offering up their priceless memories.
Pictures; Wilbraham Road in 1985 courtesy of Tom McGrath and in 1903 from the Lloyd Collection
We lived in Chorlton in the 60s in a semi in Hackness Road. It was our first house and it cost £2,350 including the carpets!. Our children attended St John’s Primary School on High Lane, that was before the new school was built. There was a bank on the four corners of the junction of Wilbraham Road and Barlow Moor Road. The shops catered for all our needs. There was a UCP, Quarmy’s toy shop where I used to buy my son Corgi cars - cheaper than Dinky’s! Next door was a shoe shop where they would measure for Clark’s school shoes. Maypole grocers, good for bacon and cheese. A Post office, a travel agent where my friend and I bought a winter break in Majorca at a cost of £25 for five days in a 4star hotel. The first supermarket opened on Wilbraham Road about 1966. I think it was called Coopers and later became Fine Fare. I have many happy memories of our 9 years in Chorlton and the lasting friends we made. Nora Glennon
ReplyDeleteThank you Nora
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