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NF: Someone put a picture of what the Niagara Falls skyline might be turning into....there missing a building that is under construction right now. Were building a 52 storey hotel addition onto the Hilton. I also......

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Sheila hilton: Hya Sheila V, thanks for that info. Wonder where all the dads were? Maybe they were all at work. Cheers sheila H...

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Sheila Hilton: What a fantastic picture Sheila! Are you on there? Are any of the people mentioned above on there? Sheila H...

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Sheila Hilton: Hello Sheila V, The Princes (Can't be 100% sure correct name) must hav emigrated long before you left in'65. I was only vey young when they left. I seem to remember (?) that she was called......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Sheila Hilton: Sheila V, You're most likely correct about Hapgoods; I know they did live on our right hand side, so no.20 is probably right. I don't remember a Christine Iddon - only Elaine. Was Christine an older......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Sheila Hilton: Gary: Yes, thats the one Sheila...

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

Sheila Hilton: Re above rrrrrrrr(?) I lived at no. 14 Harewood road with my family (Davies). Next door (12) was a Mrs Harrop. On the other side (16) lived the Hapgoods. Throughout this site you should see a......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Sheila Hilton: Gary Sparkes - re shopping centre: There was also a shoe shop opposite the entrance and a little to the right (not too far from the bank).I remember buying my son a pair of Doc Martens......

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

Sheila Hilton: Hya Sue, I take it that your comments about your family (O'Reilly) were in response to anon's comments above. I suspect they were made in jest, but that wasn't made clear if they were. Perhaps anon......

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

Dean Ogden: Hi Sheila (Vaudrey), my mum saw my uncle Colin this afternoon and told him how i came across this site and that ive seen some of his school pictures, and he wants me to go......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Sheila Hilton: Hello Dean, I remember you and your brother Paul from Irlam Primary School. Your sister was in my eldest son's class. Yor Grandma and my mum were very good friends when we lived opposite each other......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Stan Hodgson: Hi Great site, was directed to it by Benny Hilton, I was born in Windsor Ave 1944 then moved to Carlisle Drive about 1963,along with my older sister Patricia and brother Bill, . We all......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Sheila Hilton: Hello Sheila V Yes, the Hapgoods lived next door to us. Their son Arnold, later worked at Shell in Carrington with my husband. Still exchange Christmas cards every year. The Bromleys lived on the first corner......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Sheila Hilton: Hello Sheila V, My family used to live at no. 14 Harewood Rd. I remember your name well, but we left there around 1958 to live in Cadishead. Other names from that area I remember,......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Sheila Hilton: Hi Cyril, Do you mean the cottage we knew as the forge, where the blacksmith's place was? If it is that one, it was later owned by Rita Holt who had the ladies dress shop......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Sheila Hilton: Hi Sue, I remember Alan & Lorraine Shaw, but I don't recall a Mabel. I do remember Alan's Mum Norah who was the landlady of the White Horse before Alan took over. Alan died a few......

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

Sheila Hilton: Hi Cyril, Was Lennie's near Prospect Rd. in Cadishead? The name is very familiar, but I just can't quite place it. Do you remember the name of Beswick's......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Sheila Hilton: Hi Cyril I still prefer your version of events - exploits on the high seas has a much better flavour to it. Changing the subject back to Goodier's bakery shop on the corner of Boat Lane, after......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Sheila Hilton: Hi, Rob, I must be about 15 years your senior. Left St.Pats around 1966. ...

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

Sheila Hilton: Hya Sue, talking about being travel sick - travelling on the bus to St. Patricks school left me feeling sick every day in those early years. I think i've got better over the years though! ......

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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

Sheila Hilton: Hya Sue, Have just been catching up on this site. I remember Mrs potter's shop and that. Don't think I ever went in there but I remember all......

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

Sheila Hilton: Hi Rob, I remember the shop that you referred to 'Victoriana'. When I was a little girl, it used to be a sort of dairy called Beswick's Creamery. I......

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Sheila Hilton: Bob, Cath's correct. (Hi Cath). There were only ever 2 Dr. Walkers. There was also a Dr. Ratcliffe at the Cadishead Surgery. Cheers, Sheila ...

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Sheila Hilton: Hi Deb, Jubblies were pyramid shaped cartons of orange juice. You could cut a corner off and drink it through a straw, or you could buy them frozen. It took ages to crunch your way......

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Sheila hilton: Hi Sue, I well remember the jubbly works. It was down Delhi Road, wasn't it? The road by the side of Peg's (Peggy Britton) cafe. Delhi Road is opposite Lower Irlam Post Office. Jubbly's used......

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Sheila hilton: Hya Sue, I also used to go (albeit for a very short time), to the dance place above the Red Rose Inn. Didn't it used be be called The......

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Sheila hilton: Reading through Marion Beeston's book 'Irlam & Cadishead' I noted that when Irlam Hall was demolished, 'there were some features well worth preserving. These included the especially fine carved front door.' Does anybody out there......

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Sheila hilton: Marissa, - my mistake (sp). The shop was called Pitt, (therfore became Pitts's) ...

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Sheila hilton: Hi Marissa, The shop you referred to opposite The Nag's Head called Pixies was actually the Temperance bar where the dandelion lollies were sold. 'Pixies'......

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Sheila hilton: Hi to Deb, Just read your comments about Elsie Royale and a Mrs Pitt. When I was a little girl, there was a Miss royale who......

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Sheila Hilton: Hello Aiden, I remember Alan Shaw who owned the White Horse until the 80's. ...

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sheila hilton: Hi Cyril, Just reading your comments about the margarine buzzers. I remeber the female employees used to go to work with rollers in their hair, covered by a scarf - just like Hilda Ogden in......

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anon (host86-154-109-158.range86-154.btcentralplus.com): Hi Rob, Absolutely fascinating map. Wouldn't it be great if you could just step back in time and see the old Irlam? (except, of course, that there would be huge tracts of land too boggy to......

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Sheila Hilton: Hi Andrew, Platts Brook? That rings a bell. You're probably right....

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Sheila Hilton: My children talked about playing on "the Jezzies". I didn't realise at first that they were talking about the jerry works. It was always the jerry works; never the jezzies when we were younger. We......

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Norma Bannon (nee Bolton): Hi Cyril and Joanne, thank-you both. I have support both here and in the UK... x x Alan - I think you are confusing Sheila Hilton with myself, I have a sister Sheila and......

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Sheila Hilton: Hi Helen, I think perhaps your mum is exaggerating a little; I've been in the Boathouse several times for a drink and a bite to eat, in......

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Sheila Hilton: Hi Alan, OK, here are a few more pics taken in Princes Park (one of the few days of snow we had a few years ago.) I think maybe you have mistaken me for someone......

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Sheila Hilton: Lovely to see all the old photographs of Irlam and Cadishead. I came across this one that I took 2 or 3 years ago when the Boathouse had its most recent makeover. I think I......

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Robert Davies: Hi Cath, Bob and Helen Salmon, Anne (Jones) and Shiela Hilton. I've just found this site and was surprised to see you all on here. I was looking for old pictures of St Mary's school......

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liesbeth: I have just been doing some family research and have discovered that my grandmother (who I never knew) and her family (1800s) all came from Deansgate, (Alliance and Leicester building) 7,Liverpool Road, (building site), 39,......

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Dave: Many Thanks Sheila Hilton for the photo of Irlam hall I hope the people who written the book about Irlam contact you as it would be nice for others to see the photo too. I do......

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Sheila Hilton: That wasn't anonymous, by the way. Just forgot to put my name in. ...

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Sheila Hilton: Have been reading the various comments - one concerning Irlam Hall. An elderly (now deceased) neighbour of mine - Bert Whitehead - was a local photographer for many years. Some readers will probably have known......

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Sheila Hilton: Found this photo given to me by an elderly (now deceased) neighbour, some years ago. I doubt anybody will remember this house that stood where the current police station now stands. Apparently, it was the......

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Sheila Hilton: Very nice to hear from you, Cyril. I do now remember that your shop was on Fiddlers Lane. I was confusing the shop with another greengrocer near to where Culshaw's shop was on the corner......

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Sheila Hilton: The school on Allotment Road was Alfred Turner Lower School, where the first & second year pupils attended before moving up to the school on the station approach. My mother, Margaret Davies (nee Dakers) attended......

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Myke: Thanks for the comments every one. Jack it was indeed a Sunday morning. Pic 1: The Beetham Tower. Designed by Ian Simpson Architects, this building is nearly completed and will house a new Hilton hotel......

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Brad: 31st floor door of the Hilton Hotel in one of the stairwells....

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Catherine Penfold-Waxman: You know, when I got tired of using the internet for porn, Hilton watching and flaming people in chatrooms, I went hard-core and started posting pictures of buildings. I guess that makes me one bad,......

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Myke: The Hilton. ...

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Catherine Penfold-Waxman: That's a beauty, Ian. I wish I'd seen it. Do you remember where you saw it? The 'old' Vegas is much more interesting from a design point of view. I loved Vegas for the crafting......

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fuzzytank: as long as they are creative... sure let them get showcased i would venture that he quite possibly has more talent than paris hilton...

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