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Were you in an avenue on the right, we were on the left.The bottom of our back garden looked out towards the lake. Were there 2 lads called Rudd, don't know their 1st names but they were very quiet.They were rehoused near us, on Riverdale in Blackley There was a family called Ladkin who  my mum rented a caravan from (in Morecambe) I remember the Simpson's (bus driver?), Chadwicks (they had a tortoise!), Roscoes who went to Darn Hill, Jean was in my class at school.
other names I remember are Thornicroft, Lynn Kane, Gary Mitchell?, Duncan Jones, Ian and Geoff Taylor.
Isn't if good how after all the years we all have such happy memories. Did you have a doctor called Mac Callum on Whittaker Lane? Remember Harry Ogden's off licence and a shop on the next block, run by 2 very old ladies, we called it the herbalist and it had a penny box with 1d sweets.

I've only just found the site as I was looking for info. about the prefabs. I was born in 1949 (at home) at 91 Broadmere Drive. We were near the bottom - known as the frying pan. On our small avenue there was Whalley's Mc Loughlans, Mrs Morris, Skinkis's, Morrisons, Mrs Flynn, us Kelly's (Bernadette, Maureen, Colette and Rosemary) and Mr and Mrs Mathews (Mr Mathews was a policeman.) At the back of us were the Murray's
We didn't go to Parkside School as we are catholic, we had to go, be train, to Our Lady of Grace in Prestwich. There were a few families who went there Roach's, Riley's, Dorans, Pluples. There must be more but I can't recall them. When we were rehoused we moved to Riverdale. Quite a few of us went there  and many went to Darn Hill as well.
I still go in the park with my grandchildren and feel so proud to say that the Pope said mass almost on the spot I was born.
I remember trains going under the ground. we once started digging a hole so we might see them!