Big_Jeff_Leo Posted September 28, 2022 Share Posted September 28, 2022 Lets start with this one. The Masonic Hall is over the road. The Brewery Gates are very close to the current side entrance of the Hardshaw Centre. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wobblybob Posted September 29, 2022 Share Posted September 29, 2022 The pub would likely be the White Hart and that looks like the tail end of a mark 3 Cortina between the gates. But I stand to be corrected......! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Posted September 29, 2022 Share Posted September 29, 2022 What's on the brewery site now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big_Jeff_Leo Posted September 29, 2022 Author Share Posted September 29, 2022 The Hardshaw Centre......soon to be demolished as part of the town centre re-development. added 0 minutes later This is an air raid shelter in Thatto Heath, possibly under the park?? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wobblybob Posted September 29, 2022 Share Posted September 29, 2022 Think it was whats called the Brewery Tap Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big_Jeff_Leo Posted September 30, 2022 Author Share Posted September 30, 2022 Here are some images of Tyrers through the years:- 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Posted September 30, 2022 Share Posted September 30, 2022 My memory of Tyrers was of quite an upmarket shop. Only wealthy families bought their kids' grammar-school blazers there. The rest bought them at the Co-op or used family hand-me-downs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parrdog Posted September 30, 2022 Share Posted September 30, 2022 Note the reference to Trubenised Collars in the add - not heard that in a while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phyll Posted October 1, 2022 Share Posted October 1, 2022 (edited) 20 hours ago, Alan said: My memory of Tyrers was of quite an upmarket shop. Only wealthy families bought their kids' grammar-school blazers there. The rest bought them at the Co-op or used family hand-me-downs Alan, We weren't well off but our Mum & Dad always made sure my Sister & I had nice uniforms for school, mine was from Tyrers, my Sister's (who went to Notre Dame, I went to Mount Carmel) was from another place that the School recommended. When I talk to my Sister we still talk about those sacrifices they made for us back then. I used to love Tyrers, another memory is going in Tyrers after school with my friends and looking at the clothes & trying the sample perfumes, make up etc. the staff were always very nice & no one ever threw us out. When I was older I used to treat myself & go there for Lunch/Tea & also get my Hair done. Edited October 1, 2022 by Phyll Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Posted October 1, 2022 Share Posted October 1, 2022 You set my memory in gear there Phyll. The moneyed ones in my family were my paternal grand parents, both ex-teachers so on the odd occasion when they bought me or my sister any school uniform it was inavitably from Tyrers. If my Dad, a widower, bought us stuff it was usually from Helena House Co-op. Another memory is that the badge for my blazer was handed down from my cousin Norman's family - he was leaving Cowley as I was starting there 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bert Posted October 1, 2022 Share Posted October 1, 2022 He was also my best mate at school. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Posted October 1, 2022 Share Posted October 1, 2022 Yes, he was good to me too. My mother died when I was just nine and he kept an eye open for me and gave me good survival advice when I started at Cowley. Sadly he passed away in his early 60s 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big_Jeff_Leo Posted October 1, 2022 Author Share Posted October 1, 2022 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big_Jeff_Leo Posted October 2, 2022 Author Share Posted October 2, 2022 Remember the Fleece Hotel 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Posted October 2, 2022 Share Posted October 2, 2022 The Fleece seemed ultra posh to me when I was a child, on a par with another middle class icon, the Edinburgh Cafe. Does the Fleece still exist? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HORT Posted October 2, 2022 Share Posted October 2, 2022 No it went years ago sadly. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phyll Posted October 2, 2022 Share Posted October 2, 2022 We used to go to The Fleece Hotel (I'm guessing in the 70's?) there used to be Discos on Friday/Saturday Nights..Good times! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HORT Posted October 2, 2022 Share Posted October 2, 2022 Late 60s Friday was a folk group. Brilliant. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big_Jeff_Leo Posted October 4, 2022 Author Share Posted October 4, 2022 This of course is a very famous picture locally, when the Town Hall Fire burned off the spire. .........9th of June 1913. The actual cause of the fire has never been fully established but it was thought to have been started by a workman who was getting things ready for the visit of the King and Queen the following month. What is remarkable though is that the wheels still exist from this old fire appliance and are on display at the Eccleston Smithy. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Posted October 4, 2022 Share Posted October 4, 2022 21 minutes ago, Big_Jeff_Leo said: Eccleston Smithy If that's the one opposite the end of Gunning Avenue near the junction of Kiln Lane and Bleak Hill/Millbrook Lane, it played an important part in my childhood. My best mate lived just 50 yards away from it and we spent many happy childhood hours "helping" there 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big_Jeff_Leo Posted October 4, 2022 Author Share Posted October 4, 2022 Thats it Alan 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Posted October 4, 2022 Share Posted October 4, 2022 OMG, it looks totally built up there now. My memory is of it being next to a farm and Eccleston Library 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big_Jeff_Leo Posted October 5, 2022 Author Share Posted October 5, 2022 Its all built up Alan although there are still some plots nearby. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phyll Posted October 6, 2022 Share Posted October 6, 2022 On 04/10/2022 at 10:33, Alan said: My memory is of it being next to a farm and Eccleston Library I remember it too as I had a friend who lived near there. They have a Website which is very interesting, you can click on & look around. http://smithyheritagecentre.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/FB_IMG_1661457752640.jpg?w=1400 The Smithy Heritage Centre | The Smithy Heritage Centre SMITHYHERITAGECENTRE.ORG.UK The Smithy Heritage Centre 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big_Jeff_Leo Posted October 7, 2022 Author Share Posted October 7, 2022 The Old CO-OP on Eccleston Street 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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