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moss: bicycle station has now moved to 171 park ave & Adelphi streets, under the BQE...

in response to: Bicycle Station by Peter

Alan Kupperberg: Eastern Parkway Memories By Alan Kupperberg Searching the Internet for information on Dubrow’s Cafeteria and the Famous restaurant on Eastern Parkway at Utica Avenue, I discovered this wonderful site. It brought back many wonderful memories for......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Anne - Ontario: Hi John Birchall, Did you live on New Moss Road and worked at the Tar Works? If you did then you will know Brian and I we used to go to the George with you and also......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Bob Salmon: Hi James Off hand I cannot remember Mike Melani although the name rings a bell somewhere? Peter Robinson I remember from school and have not heard of him since we left school. Malcolm Kennedy was a good......

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

Pat Fleming (nee Brannan): What a great site!! Just spent a morning reading through the messages and re-living my youth. I lived at 93, Lyndhurst Ave until I was about 5 years old. I remember a lady called Phylis......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Pat Fleming (nee Brannan): What a great site!! Just spent a morning reading through the messages and re-living my youth. I lived at 93, Lyndhurst Ave until I was about 5 years old. I remember a lady called Phylis......

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

Jon Burgess: Hi all, not been on for a while. Some names are ringing bells with me in the above entry, Malc Kennedy is a good mate of my dads (John Burgess), Pete lawson from irlam friends......

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

Sheila Vaudrey: Hello Peter, Barbara was 2/3 years older than me, I can remember that she always liked horses, so maybe she has got one now she lives on the moss. As for Lesley I can't......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Peter Lawford: Hello Sheila My Sisters Name is Barbara Lawford she is now Barbara Parker and she lives on Irlam moss. She is 66 and I am 60. The Vaudrey I know is Lesley and his brother......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

John (aged 44 and a bit): Ahh so many memories. I left irlam in 1985 not i may add for the sandy beaches and climate of a far off land but the more mundane surroundings of Oldham. I grew up on......

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Dean Ogden: Hi Cyril, ive been on Google Earth its great isnt it? And i still pass the house quite often (I somtimes cut accross the moss to get to work if the traffics bad. My aunty......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Peter Lawford: Nice to see my old town Irlam. I lived there for 21 years untill 1969, but now live in NSW Australia. My sister still lives on the moss...

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Jon Burgess: James Cashan, It would be great to start a thread dedicated to irlam and cadishead musicians and bands, there have been so many. My mates cousin from New Moss Road was the singer of a band......

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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

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

Natalie Waterworth (Brophy): Max Shacklady..........A name that rings a bell. My husband used to go to a gym near Eccles baths owned by Max. He was at the gym when Max died in there in front of everyone.......

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Alan Taylor: Hi Cyril, and the second farm almost opposite on your left you got the best celery around, tall white stems, not green like now and insect nibbled or slug mess in between the stems, lovely clean......

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Alan Taylor: Hi Sheila & Cyril, I recall both farms and used to go and watch 'young' Max Shacklady and his followers practice wrestling in one of the upper barns behind which the threshing machine with long belt......

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

cyril bagshaw: Hi Susan The bakery which you knew as Potter's Bakery for many years previous, was owned by James Goodier, brother of Joseph Goodier, who incidentally was the organist at St John's church in Vicar Lee's era,and......

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

Andrew Smith: Wendy I'm sure you'll get to meet people soon enough. The pictures of the two signs above were actually taken up the moss from Cadishead, not Irlam. If you drive/walk all the way up New Moss......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Cyril Bagshaw: Hi Andrew I could just see the goal post of Irlam AFC though the railings, but really not sure where they play now. The ground they used first of all that I remember was on Gill Field......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

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......

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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......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Anne Priestley (nee Rigby): Hi Cyril I didn't hear about the lightning strike it must have been frightening. You have a good memory. Do you cope with the heat out there? We get a couple of hot days in......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Cyril Bagshaw: Hi Sheila Platt's brook as you refer to did make its way down to the Old River,two sources of run-off water from the Irlam moss met at Liverpool road between Wrenche's butchers and the last shop......

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Anne Priestley (nee Rigby): Hi, I have enjoyed this site bringing back some memories for me. I left Irlam when I was about 9 yrs old and moved to Eccles, I was very fond of Irlam has all......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

anon: Hi everyone the girl julie some of you mention im 100% sure she lives on the mossvale estate near me...

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

cyril bagshaw: Hi Norma, Very sorry to hear the loss of your husband...we hope you too have good family and friends around you. As for snow in Adelaide, the nearest we got to it was a few......

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

Joanne Amorello-minor: Hi Mary, hi Rob, hi Marissa,hi Norma,hi steve... as much as I would like to go to the mosslands I cannot as I live in Portsmouth!but I shall listen anyway...you never know my wish may come......

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

Joanne: Hi Joanne If you look at the skies high above Irlam tonight you will see a full moon and if you can hear wolves howling on the moss lands scurry home quickly, if you cannot hear......

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

Alan Taylor: Hi Marissa, When they built the Margarine Works Estate then built the roads and laid the services, then built the corner houses, afterwards they built the infills between the corner houses, so there was lots of......

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

steve kettle: bliney smithy, you have created something awesome. just reading through some of these names takes me straight back to my childhood. i remember living in the shop Joyces fabrics (mum jean kettle (nee dixon) never changed the......

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

Marissa Chaplin: Hi Rob Sorry I havent, they are mainly the High School and the Margarine Estate, as thats where I live. If I get the chance to go up again, I will get some. Glad you liked the pics......

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Cyril Bagshaw: Hi Norma The building at the junction of Ferry rd was James Goodier, wholesale potato and corn merchants.They supplied the area chip shop and greengrocery businesses with a very wide variety of potatoes from......

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Andrew Smith: ...and some more taken this morning. Not the best, but they include most of the things you mentioned! Vicarage Road [[img:24962]] Two Churches, Liverpool Road. [[img:24963]] The Band Stand [[img:24964]] The old skateboard ramp, which we used to ride our bikes down......

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

UNU: isnt there public housing around that area such as St. Jamestown, Regent Park, Moss park, and Parkdale?...

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JOHNNY MOSS: I HAVE TRAVILED THE UNITED STATES QUITE A BIT AND HAVE LIVED IN SEVERAL DIFERANT CITIES AND STATES, AND CAN TESTIFY TO THE FACT THAT ANY TOWN THAT YOU GO TO HAS MORE THAN......

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John Cooper - john.cooper@airspaceinfo.com.au: Whoops, That's not Prospect road, it is New Moss Road opposite the George. I have been away too long. John....

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Robert Moss: I hear that it's going to be turned into a hotel to open in February. They're going to have a nice restaurant inside as well. I'm just glad that they're allowing for some history to......

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Helen Salmon: Hi there, just found this website (Hi Auntie Sheila and Auntie Anne!) I'm really interested in the pictures on here. A lot of them I don't remember as I was only born in 1976. I definitely......

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’......

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Cyril Bagshaw: The picture is the Saints vesus Bradford Bulls match that I though was pretty good Dear Cyril and Helen, This is the first time I have seen this web address and I found the contents incredibly interesting.......

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

moss: The side-by-side tandem bike is available for sale at Bicycle Station in Brooklyn, NY. They are being produced again by Bob Barrett. You can look up the shop or call them. as of May 2007,......

in response to: Side-by-Side Tandem Bicycle: by Peter

Andrew Smith: Theresa Very sorry to hear about your husband. I do remember someone from school called Isherwood (1980's). There is plenty of stuff dumped in the ditches in places up the Moss, but once you get a......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

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

Tom: haha, thats on Irlam Moss, I know exactly where it is and smile every time I pass it :)...

in response to: How to Become a Tramp by Andrew Smith

Anonymous - 36: Great !! If someone ever asks me the what was the best time of my life - without a doubt it was 13-16, great memories to last a lifetime. My 9 year old daughter can't......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Andrew Smith: Good one fellas, anyhow, heres a few more of 'dem pics' Princes Park [[img:18351]] Old River/Riverside Avenue [[img:18352]] Old River, with new houses on the right hand side on the site of 'The Jezzies' [[img:18353]] The bad side of the moss, easier......

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Natalie Waterworth (Brophy): Hi D, My family had the bakery for over 10 years, and the shop next door which we sold and it became peters boutique. When we were there on 20 row, we had Tommy Wrench......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Brian: I too emigrated to Australia over 20 years ago and only revisited Irlam for the first time, at the end of last summer, (2005). Irlam and Cadishead are strange places. Isolated to some degree, they lie......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Andrew Smith: Thanks Natalie & Gus. Still live in Irlam. Like going for a walk 'up the Moss' and just take a snap if I fancy it. I'd have loved to have got shots of the old industry before......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

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

kayury: esse esporte é muito legal eu pratico na minha cidade chamada mossoro no rn, uma turma de 10 caras todos doidos para ver o seu maximo e eu queria da parabens para o cara ......

in response to: Le Parkour by Luli

Andrew Smith: Great memories Natalie. At some stage I'm going to get photo's of the urban side of Irlam and Cadishead, to fit in more with the content of Citynoise. In the meantime, here are a few more......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Janet Hartley: Andrew - I emigrated from Irlam to Christchurch, New Zealand 7 years ago and I like to check every now and again what is on the internet about it - nothing much seems to have......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

anon (222-153-226-4.jetstream.xtra.co.nz): Andrew - I emigrated from Irlam to Christchurch, New Zealand 7 years ago and I like to check every now and again what is on the internet about it - nothing much seems to have......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Malcolm April 28 Montreal: I was born in 1928 at 4 Tower St.(between Lambhill St, and Sussex St.)I Moved to Paisley Rd. W.(opposite Blackburn St.)in 1935.In '39 moved to Aros Dr. Mosspark.I revisit Glasgow about every second year. When......

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LOL : Chicago Gang Watch Journal: “Ready to fuck” Humboldt park: Hernando “King Cock” Martinez, leader of the Almighty Crazy Gay Latin Kings (ACGLK’s) has split from the gang. Rumor has it that he was kidnapped by......

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kate moss: i love it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!...

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Mossy: Are you kidding? Crash was pretty lame and simplistic -- I felt like I was watching "Trapped in the Closet, Vol III"...

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elaine: mmmm mossy greeeen coooool... wa.. ter.. ...

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GGP: These are amazing, wonderful photos. Painful about the clearcutting. The moss is so beautiful and will likely outlive, outcrawl us all....

in response to: remnants of industry by ea

Editor: [[http://www.storiesfromspace.co.uk/data/html/mossgraffiti.html]]...

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jeeff: that moss graffiti is amazing....

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elaine: i realise this is a bit left field but this entry hasta link to [[1212:this one]] because moss grafitti recipe link was found there! [[http://www.storiesfromspace.co.uk/data/html/mossgraffiti.html]]...

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GGP: thanks for sharing that. I am seriously into moss! Gawd, what a concept!...

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ant: The 5th photo reminded me of "Moss Graffiti" (http://www.storiesfromspace.co.uk/data/html/mossgraffiti.html) figured I'd share....

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hasslehoff: a rolling cow gathers no moss...

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