| Description | Recollections of Collyhurst, Manchester, pre-1914. Describes trades, 'walking out' [courting], superstitions, theatre. c.
Childhood:
Lived at No. 8 The Brows, off Collyhurst Road, near to Churnet Street.
Went to St. Oswald's chool
Work:
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Activities/Hobbies:
On his way to and from school, he would dally at the glassworks in the next street to watch glass-blowers making lamp glasses for oil lamps.
Enjoyed going to town to "Suckers' Alley", a small street just on the edge of Smithfield Market, noted for its ice-cream carts.
Queen's Park, the museum, where lectures on various subjects were given from time to time, and where bands - mostly played regularly at weekends.
Within a few hundred yards of the cemetery - down Turkey Lane, which ran by the side of the Baptist Church, was the Queen's Park Hippodrome - home of exciting horror stories.
Events:
Very serious railway crash on Collyhurst Road, on very high bridges.
An "angel" sighting standing among the graves became the subject of reports in the local papers of the day - the 'Evening Chronicle' and the 'News'.
Handwritten/Typed written:
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