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Lancashire / Re: The Terraces of Ardwick
« on: Sunday 21 February 21 14:17 GMT (UK) »Hi, Ian. I lived just down the road from Aden Street, in Helsby St. This was just before the war. I went to Bank Meadow infants school. Do you remember Dolly Reid's shop on Ashton Old Road? She sold all sorts of fascinating toys, water pistols, etc. Also, we had Hampson's beer house on the corner of Helsby Street. Today, it would be called an off-licence.
We lived at No. 38 Helsby Street, and my grandparents lived at no. 57. The rest of the family lived in Beswick and Bradford. People didn't move very far in those days.
Sadly, all gone.
Eric.
Hello Eric,
I've just started searching for maps of Manchester from the 1960s and found this old thread about Ardwick terraces. Interesting to see your grandparents lived at no. 57 Helsby Street as that is the house I was born in! What years were your grandparents living there?
Nicola.