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Monday, March 10th 2008

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Rob Tynan: Keep trying Al, We need your input Rob

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baby: i didn't read it but i must have been cool.

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adam: man i miss snow..

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adam: thanks :)

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little ukraine: hey CG this is your first post! way to go. that last shot certainly shows how deep the snow was. however, i love even more that coconut wind chime hanging from the tree in the neighbors' yard. I had one just like it in my room...

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Norma Bannon (nee Bolton): Hi everyone, There are a few gremlins on this site, many of us are having problems. I couldn't access anything for a few days last week. I have just re-read some messages and realise I have my wires crossed. The two Dr. Walkers seem to be of different stock. Norma

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Norma Bannon (nee Bolton): Hi Deb, Sorry, my grandparents surname was Gillet (Mum's parents)... There was a girl who came from South Africa (with her family), and stayed with her grandparents on Oak Ave, for 12 months, she was in my class at school. I think it was about 74/75. I remember...

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colavitos ghost: love 'em! more please!

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little ukraine: wow, what a workstation! wish i had a schematic one like that.

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Anne Priestley (nee Rigby): Hi Norma Sorry my message appears three times!! It seemed to freeze and go really slow so I must have pressed 'post your comment' too many times!! Best wishes Anne

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shpirra: tre bien

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Deb Simpkins: Hi Norma, as I remember it, Oak Ave wasn't very long so I wonder if our grandparents knew each other? I will ask my dad and see if he remembers Tommy and May.. Bolton... was it?. My family live in Adelaide and are also suffering in extreme temperatures at...

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Anne Priestley (nee Rigby): Hi Cyril I think it must be the younger Dr Walker considering the messages above. How are things in Adelaide, we didn't get the wind as bad as forecast here it seems to have affected down south more. Hope alls well with you. Best wishes Anne

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Mary McGinty: the fields close to Glazebrook Lane are protected from the raging winds by the flimsy fencing and the new born lambs were out and about today and seemed to be enjoying the blustery and gusty weather. The high winds forecast is still on the weather ...

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Anne Priestley (nee Rigby): Hi Norma Good to hear from you, I will ask my Dad if he knew your parents and what number Victory Road he lived at. My Grandparents were Albert & Betty Rigby. My Grandmother moved from there sometime in the 70's. Best wishes Anne

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Cyril Bagshaw: Hi Norma We dont seem to think that the "old Dr Walker" had a son, we do know he had a daughter Helen, as my wife happened to play tennis with her at Moss Side tennis club which existed in Cadishead in the early 1950's. Cyril....

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Norma Bannon (nee Bolton): Hi Cyril, Correct me if I am wrong, but I think the Dr Walker we speak of may have been the son of the one you remember? Welcome Rob, I get to this site via the link at the top of the other one, click onto Andrews name and voila... Norma

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Norma Bannon (nee Bolton): Hi Deb, I was at Irlam High from 1974-79 in the 'CT' classes. My Grandparents lived on Buckingham Road (C'head) for 20+ years, before moving to Oak Avenue mid 60's I think. Grandad (Tommy) passed away in 1975 and Nana (May) in 1978. I also live in Oz...

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europeaus: I think the problem is just inside American brains...

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Ms fresh {F.Y.G}ALL DAY: ACHS is da most borin skool in history nd I mean it.yea imma freshmen nd already wanna leave.We only in da second semester nd I still have sum same classes,I have da same teacher twice,my gym teacher mr mortley is an ass he fails students for no reason.Then we got...

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Alan Taylor: That's Rob, couldn't remember the name Cooper Road. Alan...

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Cyril Bagshaw: Hi Rob The Dr Howard Walker that you mention was no relation to the Dr Walker of the 1930's who retired from practise around 1960.In my childhood I remember a gentleman knocking on our front door collecting from my mother,one shilling per week for Dr Walker's services, which included home visits...

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hairsy: episcopal hospital still there it is everything you heard it is and sex crimes also kensington high still there and it's a boy and girl school I'll check with my sister about alumni she went to kensington high around mid 50's

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Rob Tynan: Hi Alan, So the offices were at the top of Cooper Rd? Just had a look on an old A to Z. Rob

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erik: 2008 march : I lived in the south bronx almost all my life. Now i have relocated to the state of AZ and it is totaly diffrent . I walked along that train track on the 2nd to last pic and i dont think i could ever go back to living on those...

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Alan Taylor: Thinking of Liverpool Road travelling towards Cadishead you had Tramway Road running diagonal from it to the railway embankment which had a 'tunnel' through to the side of the steelworks main entrance then from Liverpool Road just after going under both rail bridges another road on your left ran diagonal...

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Carl Struyf: Workstation of the locks. Soon i will do a special of all the movable bridges and some foto's of Antwerp city.

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Rob Tynan: Just discovered this site!! Howard Walker lived at the large house on the corner of Moorfield road and Liverpool road Irlam. His practise was the shoe box surgery next to what is Lidl. My mum worked there in the seventies as the practice nurse. Rob

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Rob Tynan: Thanks Helen, never new that site existed!! Rob

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Rob Tynan: Hi Deb, Keep posting any more memories of your grandparents. Rob

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Bonnie: Is Kensington High School still around? Perhaps you can contact the schools alumni association. They may even have a directory. I have a question about the Episcopal Hospital. Is it true that it is no longer a general hospital but a psychiatric and abuse rehabilitation hospital? Is ther...

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Bonnie: Is Kensington High School still around? Perhaps you can contact the schools alumni association. They may even have a directory. I have a question about the Episcopal Hospital. Is it true that it is no longer a general hospital but a psychiatric and abuse rehabilitation hospital? Is ther...

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Helen Salmon: Hi Anne, It won't have been my dad your dad went to school with as he is too young. It could have been his cousin Les though who is 75 soon. We're not sure whether he went to school in Cadishead or somewhere else though. Best Wishes, Helen.

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Deb Simpkins (nee Massey): Wow! My Uncle Cyril (Bagshaw) put me onto this site and I have just spent the last hour reading all the comments. My mum (Edith Jaques) was born in Irlam and my dad (Jim Massey) in Cadishead. My Nanna & Grandad Jaques (Venice and John) lived in The Cresent for...

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