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janet: Richie--Thanks for the "Gref" reminder. I've been trying to remember the name of our corner deli (the only deli on St. John's until you got to Rochester (or was the next as distant as......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

BillH: Liz when you were born I was 24 and living in Colorado so I am a "few" years older than you. I am probably about the same age as your parents. Where did you......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Sheila Vaudrey: Hello Sheila H and Norma, I am quite sure that Hapgoods lived at no 20 unless they moved house, like I said I went to school with Arnold and he always lived at No 20......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Debbie from Irlam: Hi Norma and Anne, My maiden name is Buck, and I am sure Norma you will remember me, I used to knock about with you, not often, but used to come to your house in Cadishead.......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Dave Moore: Stumbled on the site while attempting to get images of King Street in Stretford from the 60's and 70's. Excellent images. Brought back memories from when I worked near to Barton Bridge (Manchester Oil Refinery)......

in response to: Barton Power Station by Dave

Sheila Vaudrey: Hiya Dean, I was telling my older sister about your grandma's dare devil stunts, she wasn't surprised, then went on to recall that while she lived in Harewood road she went to Urmston swimming baths......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Lesley: hi there all ....well i came across ur site by accident as i have been looking for a long lost friend. I live in Sydney Aust now but when i knew Dave lived in......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

The terrible disaster: This article has been republished as I was asked to supply the details a second time. --- We had walked on Cadishead Moss in the morning on Jean Dodd’s health walk with possibly 60 inspired walkers. When......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

Cyril Bagshaw: Hello Sheila V Joe Nelson did take over from his Dad, must have been just after the war because Joe made a trailer for me in 1947 to carry my greengrocery from Smithfield Market at Shudehill......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

anon (ppp76.tc-5.kal-ch.mi.localnet.com): Does anyone remember Bushwick High School during the 1960's, and some of the teachers there, such as Mr. Abel (Orchestra and music), Mr. Holden (swimming), Mr. Fieldler (Track and sports coach), Mr. Cohen (Sports and......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

bill: Born in 1941 at williamsburg hospital. Lived at 99 Stockholm until '46 when we moved to 41 Cornelia Street betweenBushwick and Broadway (third house down from the congregationalist Church. went to PS 56......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Sheila Hilton: Hi Cyril, I came across some (confusing to say the least)information relating to Woolden Hall. Make of it what you will: "Woolden appears as Vulueden in 1299.......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

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 response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

Cyril Bagshaw: Hi Rob, Thanks for resourcing the old Irlam area map.Even from the small version I believe I can recognise what would be Silver street and Fiddlers lane.It is interesting to see where the Manchester Ship Canal......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

Alan Taylor: Andrew, Sheila, Cyril et al, Platts Brook was a popular play area and it went underground through vertical iron bars and waterfalled about 10 feet under Liverpool Road opposite Ferry Road. The part that was from where......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

Alan Taylor: Hi Marissa, Three different books, The Salford Council inspired book as you have, another of same size called The Manchester Ship Canal, then a rather older one in A5 size Irlam to 1914 by James GOODIER,......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

lesley: hiya eeerm i emigrated to australia a few light years ago, but dated a guy called dave from manchester who's fam owned a bakery in manchester somewhere. He live in the channel islands for......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Joanne Amorello-minor: Cadishead and Irlam Guardian Fri Dec 3rd 1976 front page Died after overdose An Irlam man with a "tremendous amount to live for" was......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

Alan Taylor: Hi Rob, Yes I certainly remember that wilderness and the stories but my time period in there and along the River Glaze to the footbridge that connected Glazebrook to Cadishead over a big rough n wild......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

coolopolis.blogspot.com: Photos were all taken from the Maritime Plaza Hotel, northwest corner of Guy and Dorchester (the latter street has since been renamed after a cursed separatist politician). The third photo is of the Desjardins seafood......

in response to: Montreal Circa 1979 by CE

Montrice Weathersby A.K.A Sconey Wrong: I was born and raised in the Henry Horner Homes projects in 1975 in the building 2145 w.lake St.We loater moved to 2215 w.Lake st and all i could remember is gun fire and purse......

in response to: henry horner projects by b. sloane

Paul R Taylor : In its heyday Liverpool was the richest city in the world and was the gateway to Europe, Asia, Australia, south America, north America and the world. The River Mersey, the Irish Sea......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

Robert Patten: Finally (for now), three pictures from May 2007 from what we call Teletubby Hills, near the Northbank Industrial Estate and can be seen from the Cadishead Way bypass. [[img:24516]] You can see the Rehau building, and if......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

jack: great barbara, nice writing, it is a beautiful time of year, in brooklyn in the 40's and 50's the old men in the neighborhood would gather up leaves in piles in the streets and burn......

in response to: We All Enjoy the Colors of Autumn Leaves by Barbara Christensen

janet grayson: Just reading these posts bring back very fond memories. I remember the Schenectady Ave. (at Lincoln Place) pickle lady with her barrels of sours and half-sours. Also, I too stood among the crowds......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Les Birchall: Hello Roy Bamber. Your name certainly rang a bell. I lived in Lyndhurst Ave from 1947 onwards and attended Irlam Council School 1951-58. Friends at the time were Martin Sproston, Malcolm Royle, Paul Hawkes and......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

Mark: Thanks for posting the photos of Barton power station; they have assisted me enormously with my research. I'm a legal academic in the field of environmental law and am putting the final touches to a......

in response to: Barton Power Station by Dave

HushUp: Ok apparently not. So here we go (I guess because of my first post I used copy and paste so it didn't go through) Sooooo, I will type it all out, just because I......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 10 by Scott Sargent

serlingrod: haha! this is great! this is two blocks from my apartment! vz, you live at 20th & chestnut? if you look closely outside of Wawa you'll see a bike locked up on that rack by......

in response to: All Commercial Establishments in Philadelphia Are Named After Nonsense Monosyllables by vz

February 6, 1958 United players killed in air disaster: The Munich air disaster took place on February 6, 1958, when the British European Airways Flight 609 crashed on its third attempt to take off from a slush-covered runway at the Munich-Riem airport in Germany.......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

Bobs Ferry Accident: We had walked on Cadishead Moss in the morning on Jean Dodd’s health walk with possibly 60 inspired walkers. When the walk had ended I had a chat with Mrs Heap the ‘Irlam Historians’......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

Madelyn: Wow! What an experience it has been reading all these posts about the neighborhood I grew up in! I also went to Enrico Fermi, remember Mr. Lily and played violin in the orchestra. I graduated......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

realworldgirl9: You know, the reason our entire country is in a shit hole right now is because of the lousy attitudes of people today. I have lived in many places in my life, for instance:......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 10 by Scott Sargent

Andrew Smith: Paul - the area opposite Irlam Locks was a bit of green land between the canal and the 'old river' (the River Irwell old course - the Ship Canal swallowed the Irwell). I have always......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

JimQV: Jaybar, below is a paste of a two sentence news story from todays New York Post (online edition), "Police Blotter" column. You can decide how safe it makes you feel about Bushwick: Brooklyn A man in......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Tehoke: This picture seems to be taken about 5 blocks west of The Sun Life building, from an upper floor of what is now the Quality Inn on Crescent Street or More likely the building that......

in response to: Montreal Circa 1979 by CE

Theresa Isherwood: Hi I was married to a guy who came from Irlam we visited the moss a lot of the time. His Family still live in irlam and his sister owns the vidio shop a few......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Alfonso Criscuoli: My partner is from Cadishead, and like some people have said, there isn't much happening there but that is not a bad thing at all. Living in London, which I hate, I find Cadishead......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

upfromflames: Jack, I agree. Whenever I am on the way to PA, I see these buildings and sigh. Such bustle, and such calm. I read in the NYTimes (can't remember which city section) that a very......

in response to: Apartment to Let by jack

Jeffory Higins: Man i agree wit yall i live in atlanta ga but its to late for me. im a blood plane and simple. learn from my mistake. one day i wasnt even flag hangin so......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

Mushi: I am a white girl from Southern California living in Bushwick by myself. I feel safe. Cay -- you really don't need to worry about your son. The neighborhood is noisy, but fine. I've had......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

DAVE: [[img:17868]] Tar and other coal products and eventually some chemical wagons were moved from the Cadishead British Rail sidings by locomotives from the Manchester Ship Canal Company and the Sentinel was used to shunt wagons form......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

DAVE: The above has the date 1890 [[img:17790]] T1131. This photograph illustrates the huge scale of the Manchester Ship Canal construction. Irlam locks were the third set of locks encountered by users of the Ship Canal. The locks......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

DAVE: [[img:17788]] T1208. On the night of 16th March 1969 the Manchester Courage crashed into the gates of Irlam Lock at 23.05 hours. In the Port of Manchester Review of 1969 it mentions that there have been......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

Beadle and Tatum: http://www.thefilthandthefury.co.uk/images/congrat1a.jpg Its a hand written rambling note about the Sex Pistols calling the mueseum a "piss stain". There was some pettitioning and a USA today poll that helped locate the hall. I did some research, this is the......

in response to: RIP Robert Jr Lockwood by Beadle and Tatum

ZooPaul: Right on Anon The only rational response to conflict is the restoration of harmony. I was born in Canada of Catholic parents from the Republic of Ireland, and came to Ireland when I was 4. I remember......

in response to: Ulster Young Militants: Shankhill by norniron

Nancy: I did a search on the GM Tarrytown (now called Sleepy Hollow) site after reading an article about it in today's local Westchester County newspaper, the Journal News ("Secrets on the Hudson", http://www.lohud.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060709/OPINION01/607090315/1151). To......

in response to: Abandoned General Motors Plant by Peter

TheTruth: Nice try at history, Sylvia, but you've missed some huge factors. My family was part of that 1st wave of nonwhites to integrate Bushwick in the 1950s. They weren't Gentry -- sorry--even though they were......

in response to: I\'ve lived in Bushwick for just about fifteen years by Jeanne M.

saxman: "Do you work in the brick building behind the Chestnut Complex saxman or is it somewhere else?" I'm in the one story office building next to the Sobey's parking lot. Jeez if you think I......

in response to: Yuppy Scum by CE

Chris Erb: And yes, the train station. There is an embarrassment to the city. I plan on doing a post on it when I'm done my Sussex series. To people not from Fredericton, the......

in response to: Yuppy Scum by CE

MikeUK: If the English nation is not special, how come they have achived more than any other nation on earth. Been a world power for 300 years, started the industrial revolution and created the modern......

in response to: Fuck England by Peter

Andrew Smith: Quote "Please could someone explain these comments... Night soil? (It was used to soak up Victorian Manchester's 'night soil'.) as in from sewage?(fertilised by 200 year old human waste)" Hi, Yes, I did mean human waste. I......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

anon (spc2-bolt5-0-0-cust758.bagu.broadband.ntl.com): Please could someone explain these comments... Night soil? (It was used to soak up Victorian Manchester's 'night soil'.) as in from sewage?(fertilised by 200 year old human waste) ...

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Chris Erb: This building is actually quite nice to Fredericton standards. Even though Fredericton is one of the richest places in Atlantic Canada, it's still quite poor compared to much of the rest of Canada. ......

in response to: Yuppy Scum by CE

EvilGentleman: The first pic is on Rene Levesque Boulevard (Dorchester to **true** Montrealers) looking west past Place Ville Marie. Second pic is Place Ville Marie, which was the tallest building in Montreal for 25 years starting in......

in response to: Tall Buildings of Montreal by CE

jack: peter i love that neighborhood. i miss all the stores within a few walking blocks. out here you have to drive to a mall. but i love anerican fried chicken, much better......

in response to: American Fried Chicken by Peter

jeeff: very informative article, tho i think your enthusiasm for the space needle definitely clouds your objectivity a bit. a couple things: 1) the space needle itself was inspired by the stuttgart tv tower in germany,......

in response to: Spawn of the Space Needle by Machupicchu

Myke: Wow, back from the archives. They were taken from the 14th floor of our university halls of residence on the outskirts of Salford, close to Manchester. Thank you Sarah and Spygirl for your comments....

in response to: Morning Fog (07/12/05) by Myke

EvilGentleman: Elicar, I remember one Toronto experience that absolutely terrified me. I think it was back in 1977 or 1978, My mother took me up to the top of the CN tower (Dad stayed below to......

in response to: Sooo Adorable by Elicar

Peter: i echo exactly what jamie said. this is my fav sort of entry... and i do hope to see more from you! that being said, its nice to see the more rural side of {manchester}... a......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: I love a trip round a city from a certain viewpoint, especially slightly seedy. Manchester is a great city. ...

in response to: It\'s the Dog\'s... by Myke

EvilGentleman: My parents and I used to own used bookstores in Chatham, New Brunswick and Cornwall, Ontario when I was a child. (I owned the comic department, as the starting inventory was all from my collection).......

in response to: Booktrash by Peter

jack: he felt the tingle in his stomach continue on for a few days until he started to notice the bulge growing. no, im not talking about a beer belly or a guy getting fatter,......

in response to: Chihuahua Bling by GGP

grange: Arrrrrrr . dem dar newfs dawgs . der da best .Keep ya from drownin when ya get to much screech ovr at Doyles place , en ya falls off da dock ,and ya gets in......

in response to: A Beautiful Sunday Afternoon by Elicar

elaine: greenwich mean time. it is the time from which all other times are measured, and was brought in when train timetabling became problematic because time would be different even in Manchester than it was in......

in response to: View from My Office in Calgary by Helen

OldUncleMike: True story: As a 14 year old I was riding my bicycle between 2 small towns in Ohio, a pickup truck passed and a huge glob of cold brown stuff landed on my chest,..it tasted great.......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

fuzzytank: thats the weird part, the part where the viewfinder dosent get used for a few months or year what not for awhie th e results seemed crazy then they got better. lerned how to aim from......

in response to: Shooting from the Chest by ian

jeeff: i like the first one as well as the others. the handlebar adds a nice sense of depth, really frames the people in the background. we've got a good little group of {from......

in response to: Shooting from the Chest by ian

hool: thanks selig. i rarely ask. i'm not interested in people's reactions to being photographed. sometimes its suitable to ask, so i do, and it doesn't take that much courage because i'm really......

in response to: Dec 21 2005 Toronto by hool

hool: thanks everyone. the girls in matching saris is from gerrard east, little india. from a few blocks away i saw them run out of a store, play on that concrete beam, then run......

in response to: nov 04 2005 toronto by hool

that folk nigga jus shot that slo6b: folks are a family, not some "gang" we are an orginazation. one that utilizes growth and development, education, politics, social development, and education just to name a few. as we stand upon our 6 point......

in response to: Crip/Blood Graffiti: Washington Heights by anon

hotdogx: Unionisim has no supporters in uk, oh yes appart from the few drum bashers that travel around from lodge to lodge. Thats two people from the UK who posted in the last thread, real british,......

in response to: Welcome to Belfast by ulsterfried

David: You say Eire is the third richest country in the world,well that might be,good for you,but it is not our country.If Russia wants us to be part of them, or Germany or the U.S.A or......

in response to: Falls Road: Belfast by Jamie

hotdogx: Lets get something straight here, the last time you visited the republic must have been in the 70s or 80s when there was a standard of living diffirence between Ni and rep. Ireland is now......

in response to: Falls Road: Belfast by Jamie

David: All you have to do is drive over the border into Eire and immediately you see the difference,even the roads are full of pot holes and craters,its like a third world country(but even if it......

in response to: Falls Road: Belfast by Jamie

Johnny: To that Manchesta Wanka,what makes you think we give a damn about your opinion or some welsh person.Your probabally actually a taig from here writin that,but if you are from Manchester.Loyalism has many friends in......

in response to: Falls Road: Belfast by Jamie

Mike Ruby: Thanks for the collection! You are missing one, if you are meaning to include all bridges that connect boroughs: the railroad bridge just west of the Henry Hudson bridge that carries Amtrak, CSX, and Canadian Pacific......

in response to: The Bridges of New York City by Peter

Jerry Hoff: I like your photography.You really have an affection for NYC. I'm from Rochester,but I lived six years in NYC,5 on Thompson & Spring,1 at Park Slope.The whole time I lived there,except to maybe pass through,I never......

in response to: Westside Market: NYC by Peter