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cyril bagshaw: Hi Tony Gerrards Close is a cul-de-sac off Ferryhill road Irlam. This estate was only built in the 1930's, and was built on farm property. Cheers Cyril.......

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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......

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Anne Priestley (nee Rigby): Hi Julian My grandparents who owned Platts of Irlam retired to Flixton, Brooklyn Avenue, we visited often as children. I love the film Stand By Me it has such a summery and nostalgic feel -......

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Rob Tynan: Hi Bob, Is there any chance you could put some of your memories eg the Bobs Ferry accident and your recent account about the steelworks onto the oldirlamvillage.atfreeforum.com We are trying to build......

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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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Rob Tynan: Before the "new road" was built through Irlam in the early 1800s Platts brook was open with a bridge over it. The Old Road, going towards Cadishead, went up Boat Lane, down Ferry Road,......

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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......

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Joanne Amorello-minor: Anyway as far as memories from Irlam go I went to Irlam county primary and the endowed then to Irlam High I left in 1987,I lived on Ferry hill rd Harewood rd and The crescent.I......

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Joanne Amorello-minor: Hello Can anybody help me find any information about my father ROY EDWARD MINOR..He was found dead at Irlam locks in 1976.We lived on Ferryhill Rd and my nan and grandad lived at 46 Harewood rd......

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Marje Givens-Eames: What a wonderful site for Irlam/Cadishead and what memories, many I had forgotten. I remember Goodiers living in the house on Ferry Road/Boat Lane. We lived in Gerrards Close and our house backed onto......

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Keith Ogden: loads of memories from this site.I was born and grew up in cadishead 1939-1960 The train on irlam park was what my father drove at the soap works.I remeber Irlam hall being demolished, i was christened......

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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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Rob Tynan: Found more pics. This is one of the cottage on the corner of Boat Lane and Ferry Road during demolition!! [[img:25512]] This one is of Hulme farm opposite taken from Ferry Road during demolition for the......

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Alan Taylor: Hello everyone, lots of names cropping up that I recall, but more are from after I left my birth town in 1965/6 although I continued at the steelworks until 1972 & transfered to Scunthorpe Works.......

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Norma Bannon (nee Bolton): Karl Daniels - any relation to Roland Daniels florist in cadishead? ... or Lesley Daniels, who used to work at St.Paul's Playgroup opposite Ferry Road, Irlam? I lived in Cadishead until married, then worked......

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Karl Daniels (lived here all my life in irlam): The original bandstand, I dont know if this has been said, but the corncrete is still there if you dig your heals in the grass, it runs next to the scateboard ramp to the left......

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Natalie Waterworth (Brophy): Thanks Bob, that has cleared a few questions up for me. However, What do they do with the bones and gravestones when they develop the land for housing such as the housing estate that was......

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wg: hi everyone just watched some old cine films of salford on dvd there is a bit of people using the diesel ferry at irlam anyone else seen it and recongnise anyone cheers and merry......

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Natalie Waterworth (Brophy): Thanks guys, how about a few pics ? :) :) Of anything in irlam. Is the large bus shelter at the top of Ferryhill road diagonal from *Culshaws* still there? What about the......

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Bob Salmon: Re the Bobs Ferry Accident: As remembered by Bob Salmon, an Inquest Witness. On the morning in question, I was awoken by a neighbour in Lytherton Avenue Cadishead, saying that she thought there was a gas leak......

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Chris Roughneen: Hi, my great-grandfather was one of the last ferrymen who used to run people across the Canal between Irlam & Flixton just upstream from Irlam Locks. Was born in Irlam and have been here......

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Dave Smith Email Shedfull@aol.com: Hi all: Our Family lived in Cadishead from 1949 to 1963 in Dean Road fairly well known The Smith boys. Your photographs were great and brought back lots of Childhood memories.My mate Leslie underline......

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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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Roy Bamber: Does anybody remember the day that the Manchester Ship Canal burst into flames trapping a rowing boat that was ferrying passengers across the canal? One on the passengers who was badly burned but survived lived......

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Deb Walker (nee Ormandy): Hi, Just browsing and came across this site - pics are amazing - we lived just off Dudley Road Cadishead - my parents are still there to this day. When I got married we moved......

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Tom: The second image is Carrington Power Station, just 2-3 miles from Barton power station, demolished in the 1990's. Irlam Ferry crosses the Ship canal and is roughly between the 2 stations, it is currently not in......

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DAVE: [[img:17793]] Irlam Ferry T2214. The Manchester Ship Canal Company provided several ferry services to enable pedestrians and vehicles to cross the Canal. Originally known as M.S.C. No.1 Horse Ferry, Irlam Ferry was a cable hauled ferry,......

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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......

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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......

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Natalie Waterworth (Brophy): Hi Andrew, I managed to get into the site thru your name search ! I remember sliding down the embankment under the bridge on pieces of cardboard "borrowed" from Quicksave. And dangerously walking along the railway......

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