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Cheshire / Re: Windmill Square - Macclesfield
« on: Thursday 31 May 07 21:47 BST (UK) »
I lived on Dean St, Macclesfield and went to St Peters school and St Peters CoE in the early sixties. I vaguely remember the oatcake bakery (my mother used to tell me about the time I went into the bakery and tipped a substantial amount of flour over the floor and myself (I was quite small and have no recollection of the occurance)).
I was interested to see in the map that the nearby 'park' (affectionately called 'the tip') used to be a brick works. We (my siblings and I) used to go through the hole in the wall from Dean St into 'the tip' to get to the childrens play area. Some school boys and I would go to to the 'tip' in late summer to set fire to the dry grass that grew on the steep slopes at the top end of the tip near Windmill street. I was saddened to see that Dean St has gone and has been replaced by what looks like (on Google satellite maps) an industrial estate .......but I suppose thats progress.
I was interested to see in the map that the nearby 'park' (affectionately called 'the tip') used to be a brick works. We (my siblings and I) used to go through the hole in the wall from Dean St into 'the tip' to get to the childrens play area. Some school boys and I would go to to the 'tip' in late summer to set fire to the dry grass that grew on the steep slopes at the top end of the tip near Windmill street. I was saddened to see that Dean St has gone and has been replaced by what looks like (on Google satellite maps) an industrial estate .......but I suppose thats progress.