We moved from Blackley in Manchester to Darnhill in October 1962. I was 10 years old my sister was 3 and my Mum was pregnant with my youngest sister. In Blackley we lived in a prefab and I had always wanted to live in a house with stairs. The house we moved into was lovely […]
Memories of the Overspill being built
I remember from 3 or 4 years old there was six of us in a 2 bedroom house. We had an outside tipple toilet loo shared by three houses. Our mums took it in turns to clean it out. In the winter, we had frozen pipes, thick frost on the windows, gas lighting and candles […]
Growing a family
When I got married in 1975, we had a flat over the shops in Darnhill. When my son came along, we needed something bigger. We rented off a little old lady and the house was on Bamford Road. The house had an outside toilet and a tin bath by the fire. One new year, my […]
Moving to the Countryside
I thought we had moved to the countryside when we first moved onto here in April 1957. We had an indoor toilet and bathroom. They was still building the estate when we first came up. The first winter was shocking, the snow was up to our knees and we had chilblains. Sheila
Memories of Snow
I was five when I moved to Langley. The first winter with the kids next door, the snow was up to my waist and I nearly vanished building a snow man. The windows were like frosted glass. When it was snowing blizzards and the coal man couldn’t get up the hill to deliver our coal, […]
Cold Winter Nights in Langley
I came from Harpurhey. Playing out in the snow and the snow coming over the top of my wellies. We would go and get warm by the fire, and half an hour later back out again. I remember the icicles on the bedroom window. I had my dad’s bus guard overcoat on my bed over […]
What I remember about my first winter in Langley
I was five when I moved to Langley. The first winter with the kids next door, the snow was up to my waist, I nearly vanished, and building a snow man. The windows were like frosted glass. When it was snowing blizzards and the coal man couldn’t get up the hill to deliver are coal […]
Remembering Langley in Winter
I remember when I was 4 and going down Wood Street on a sledge and a go cart. I remember Wood Street shops, going down a big hill facing the shops on a sledge. I remember my brother tying a riprap and chasing me about on bonfire night and putting loads of jacket potatoes in […]
Snow in the Overspill
I never lived on Langley but worked at St Mary’s Primary School on Wood Street. The school was being remodelled but was all over the place. On the grounds we had porta-cabins and we were in a tiny office. We were breaking up for the Christmas holidays and the school had to close very early […]
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