Comments about steelworks

There are 23 comments about "steelworks"

Susan Taylor (nee O'Reilly): Hi Annon I am one of the O'Reilly's from Caroline Street. Very respectable family! You will see an earlier entry about my dad Tom, he had an allotment on Tramway Road. Both he and my......

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Joanne Amorello Minor: Hello Sheila, Yes thats right about my nanna and grandad and mum, my nan was Jessie and my grandad was Bob, my nan was an auxillary nurse at Bridgewater Hospital and my grandad an ambulance......

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tom otoole : alreet cash and sparky and all who contribute to this fascinating site great pictures and stories.has anyone pictures of the steelworks as my dad , grandad and three uncles all worked there from the fifties......

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Peter Creer: None of you Irlam or Cadisheadites seem to remem Morris's Pie shops. On the coner of Kings road oppsite Royles in Cadishead and some where in 20 row in Irlam. I lived on Morris's pies when......

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Ron Urry: Hi , I have read Bob Salmons comments with interest having just come across this site. My maternal grt grandmother was a Royle from Flixton and my grt grandfather was a Davies from Cadishead, lately of......

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Susan Taylor (nee O'Reilly): Hi Cyril The bank was at the top of Caroline Street, was Martin's then Barclays,the wallpaper shop was Lupton's, then a dry cleaner's called Irlam Valet Service, further along the road their was Billy's (I think......

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Alan Taylor: Hi Cyril, Beswick's Dairy between the Steelworks Club & the Telephone Exchange there was/is? a double fronted shop and I think it was a grocery/green grocery shop with the dairy to the rear with the dairy......

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Alan Taylor: Lawton's ran their dairy from their home in Hartley Grove until they had permission to build a new storage building on the allotments. It was in the Lawton's house that I saw my first television,......

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Susan Taylor (nee O'Reilly): Hi Sheila Thanks for telling me about this site, brings back many memories of Irlam and Cadishead. Someone mentioned Tramway Road Irlam, which lead to the Steelworks. This was where may dad, Thomas O'Reilly had an allotment.......

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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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Deb Simpkins (nee Massey): Hi Alan, I agree with Rob, please keep trying... and I am keen to know what your response to me is.... my email is msi31309@bigpond.net.au if you don't have any luck here. Norma, my dad didn't......

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Alan Taylor: Thinking of Liverpool Road travelling towards Cadishead you had Tramway Road running diagonal from it to the railway embankment which had a 'tunnel' through to the side of the steelworks main entrance then from Liverpool......

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Alan Taylor: Hi, Rob, I was just meaning to take a back seat to let others jump in with their memories etc knowing an ex work colleague is on this board - Hiya Bob. Cyril, my uncle (Bill Caufield)......

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Alan Taylor: Hi, Rob, I was just meaning to take a back seat to let others jump in with their memories etc knowing an ex work colleague is on this board - Hiya Bob. Cyril, my uncle (Bill Caufield)......

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Cyril Bagshaw: Hi Rob Really interesting old photos.I can all but see the "back entrance" under the railway to the Steelworks canteen. I wonder if there were many loyal workers there as my father-in- law was, after spending 50years......

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Rob Tynan: Does anyone remember the demolition of the Steelworks in 1975(apart from Alan). When they tried to bring the Gasometer down, there were problems. It was stuck in this position for about two weeks. [[img:26291]] [[img:26292]] ...

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Alan Taylor: Hi Rob, Yes I certainly remember that wilderness and the stories but my time period in there and along the River Glaze to the footbridge that connected Glazebrook to Cadishead over a big rough n wild......

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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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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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Keith Smith: Hi Cadisheaders,I used to live on Atherton lane behind the George hotel,and spent years down the bamas fishing on the newt pond,had a great bonfire every year on the bamas,shooting slug guns on the railway......

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Andrew Smith: Paul - the area opposite Irlam Locks was a bit of green land between the canal and the 'old river' (the River Irwell old course - the Ship Canal swallowed the Irwell). I have always......

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Paul Ellington: Hello everyone - Some great photos of Irlam on this site. I am researching the history of the area opposite Irlam Locks (where Cadishead Way and a new housing development is). Does anyone......

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Andrew Smith: Excellent photo's & local history Dave, very interesting to see and read - thanks. Paul - there is still a Newsagents at Galliers, not sure if it's run by the same people. Irlam is looking......

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