Thursday, March 13th 2008

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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 the forum up into a one stop resource for the history of Irlam and Cadishead....

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Deb Simpkins (Massey): Hi Uncie Cyril, mum isn't sure which picture I have posted, but thinks the lady with nanna may be Alice not Edie... she said Ellen may know. Does she also have any idea who the children are? Marissa, will put info and pics on other site also. Sheila, I would say is was...

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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 had the (tiny) shop next door to the Nags Head Hotel (now a takeaway pizza...

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Bob Salmon: I remember three, (I think), Dr Walkers. A Dr Walker had a practice near Albert Street Cadishead in the 1940s and 1950, (he delivered me) after that I remember a Dr Laurie, then a younger Dr Walker. They eventually moved the practice to Irlam near where LIDL is now. About 1961 I...

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baybelle: It must be the name... I grew up in Salinas, California. More people. Every bit as depressing.

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Keith : DO you have a son whos name is john? mr smith.

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unitaz one: im feeelin THEM METRO pieces!! BAD ASS ARTWORK!! Props UNITAZ1

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Bob Salmon: A bit late, sorry, my internet connection broke down. Hi Alan You are correct with what you say about the sky lighting up. Having worked in all the areas that could light up the sky, I will endeavour to estimate what effect they had. A History of Light Emitted by a Steel Works Tapping a...

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noname: optomystic. You are sure that your name should have not been sarcastic?

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j.smith: I do not think we have met, i have never been to the Dominion theatre i think you have the wrong Mr Smith. if you met my father some 15 years ago, you must be a medium,he died in 1963 also i have never been involved with the Pearly guild. my knowledge of...

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Rob Patten: Just to add there are photos of the refurbished train on the Cadishead Way bypass on the Salford web site: www.salford.gov.uk/business/desi . . . y-stage-2/cws2-photos.htm Under 'Photographs 2005' the second and third links show it in its new paint. There is also a site dedicated to loco trains at: www.martynbane.co.uk/peckett/locos.htm With 'before' and 'after' shots of the Irlam/Cadishead train....

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Belleville sucks: It looks like everyone in the population of Belleville have posted their whiney comments. Seriously, the place has less than 3,000 people. It may be a good place to "get away from it all". But the job opportunities suck for most young kids. Also, this is the type of town...

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jazzartsounds: looking for better sites for st. louis area street art..? I have some great pics.. Love the Powell Square building! need info on REDD FOXX and also ed box..? help? recently returned from FRANCE, nice graffiti shots there from subways and the highspeed rail to Paris. ...

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gabby: this is so cool!!!

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Hamza FROM LONDON: that is some coooool! bro...

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Marissa Chaplin: Thanks Cyril and Deb. So very interesting. We need all this info (and pics, deb) on the Irlam & Cadishead Ancestry forum.

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Stuck in Hutchinson: I need some advice on getting out of this hell hole. I'm pretty lazy, like most of the people in this town, but I still have some hope that maybe I could make something out of myself. I know, I need to grow a pair and get the...

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James: Darius, You sure this works? Don't want to wast my money on a bottle of etch bath!

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Alison: Hi Cyril My mum definately remembers you barbara whitelegg (roberts) she lived on the crescent then moved to marlborough road she worked in a shop on fiddlers lane and we all went to fiddlers lane school she is 64 now

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Deb Simpkins (Massey): Hi Marissa, a little more from Venice... "When I was about 5 years old I lived at No.3 (The White House), Fiddlers Lane. I had a happy childhood until my mother died. She doted on me and I was spoilt. I had a friend in the farm across the road called Elsie...

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Cyril Bagshaw: Hi Marissa There was a reason it was named as such, because that piece of ground they were built on and the land stretching back to where it meets Boat lane, has only a couple of feet of soil on top, then you hit this huge bed of clay. To give...

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Travis: Just a personal opinion for all you "better than everyone else" city types. I grew up in Belleville. Had a lot of fun and learned a hell of a lot in the 18 of my 30 years spent there. Even though I work overseas, Belleville will always be home. Yeah,...

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little ukraine: a grisly example of man's "oh the humanity"

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cat : cool my sisster loves raccoons & so do i

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Marissa Chaplin: This place just gets better and better, you have some fantastic info Deb. I love your nannas memories. Cyril, I never realised those were Claybank cottages, so thanks for that.

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