My name is Claudei was born in 1944 and lived on Winifred St opposite Hortons coal merchants which was on Howel Street ,Wardleys shop was at the top of Winifred street .I went to the Collegiate school from the age of 3 .I think it was 2 semis made into small accommodation for miss Joyce and Miss Margaret White and then 4 large rooms divided into seniors and juniors.I adored Miss Joyce not to fond of Miss Tyler or Mrs Jeffers she used the strap so not that popular.She also travelled from Blackpool each day. My elder brother Brian also attended the Collegiate he now lives abroad.He has been trying to find one of his old friends Norman Kaufman .I have so many memories all trying to escape.I then attended the High School of Art just an amazing place Mr Goodman Nickname Benny was the headmaster. I did all the usual things ice skating Chiltons dancing and the ovaltinies club at the Premier Cinima .My parents moved when I was about 9 to Crupsal but my grandma still lived on Bellot st and my aunt uncle and cousin SANDRA still lived on Bignor St.

I lived at no 82 Bent St and went to St Chad’s school on Cheetham Hill Road.I remember the nuns and Miss Tunney also Father Morris.Our corner shop was called Greens wich was on the corner of Elizabeth St and Bent St.It sold everything including “esso blue”.
Shopping in Hightown and Cheetham Hill Village.
My uncles Hughie,David,Edward and Brian Quinn all worked around there.Edward and Brian worked in the bacon works on Bent St and they all drank in the Berwick Arms near the prison.The smell of the hops from Boddingtons and Holts brewaries.The Jewish Boys School which backed onto Bent St.Kennings car showroom.
I remember all the cinemas that have been mentioned and one was later (late 60s) the bowling alley which played soul and Motown music on Sunday afternoons.
I also remember the shopping on Cheetham Hill and when I am ever in the area still call for bagels,Blackbread,fishcakes and cheesecakes,wonderfull.
I remember the Whit Walks and the “italians”walking then all the kids playing outside the pubs(and being given two bobs and half crowns for being smartly dressed) drinking orange juice and eating Smiths crisps with the blue packet of salt inside.Mamas and the Marble arch were my dad’s favorites,granddad used to run The Marble Arch.
I also remember Elizabeth Park and the man selling ice cream from a tub fixed to the front of his bycycle.
The wash house and the kosher chicken factory.
I could go on,but lovely memories

Lived in Hulme 1975 - 1987 God it's amazing to look at these pictures. I was brought up in Hulme and although I have a fair memory of good and dark times experienced there, I am amazed by these pictures which remind me of what a fucking shithole it was..... You can't knock the power of nostalgia though. Really interesting to find this page, I shall read more into my cultural heritage. If you can post the Evening News from this era.Nice one!

I lived on the top deck of Robert Adam Crescent, Hulme Chris, Rich, Giny were along the way at 536. I got my hi-fi robbed when the smackheads from below managed to jemmy the kitchen window open. Ray from next door said he heard something and came out with his stick, but didn't realise they were already in. Happy days? Great contribution from Kelzo. Respect for remembering so much stuff! It all comes flooding back on this site, innit. Ah, the Eagle. I remember watching Liverpool fans riot in Heysel stadium, live on the Eagle TV screen. That was surreal. Marlene. The Spinners. I played a lot of pool. The PSV was awesome for many years. Who the hell let them pull it down? (The Council, that's who.) It wasn't all good in the crescents. But there was a special spirit in spite of the rubbish infrastructure. That's all for now. Cheers,

I ‘m trying to find any information on the Nordics , an acrobatic group from Newton Hyde in the late 1950’s, early 60’s. There were 2 sisters and one brother called George, surname EVANS and their father.

Would dearly love to make contact with George Evans who was a school friend of my husband

Lovely good idea and many thanks for your site which has been a great resource for us. I wonder if you could include a query from us on your Board, please, relating to a family who lived and worked in Ryecroft from the 1930s?

There are 3 names we're interested in. The family name is WRIGG, one of whom married a PEARSON, and one of whose son's married a BARBER. With the exception of Robert, who says he was born in Salford, they were all born in Ashton under Lyne.

Robert WRIGG married Millison [Mille] Pearson daughter of Thomas PEARSON and Ann about 1930. They lived in Ryecroft (street) in 1951 and in Buckley Street in 1966 when Robert died. Robert was a carder in a cotton mill. Their first two sons, John and William [Rigg] both married in Ashton, had families and continued to work in the mills. John married Ann and William married Elizabeth Wragg. Both were spinners. James, the third son and my ancestor, married Mary Jane Barber [b. 1940 daughter of Lewis BARBER ] in 1961. She lived in Stockport Road and he lived in Moss Side. Both were power loom weavers in Ashton. After Robert's death, James moved his family to Wakefield and set up as a hairdresser. Thomas Pearson Wrigg was born in 1840. He moved his family to Birkenhead where he died aged 39. His family remained there. Nothing is known about, Hannah, Elizabeth or Samuel Wrigg b. 1850.

If any of this means anything to anyone, I should like to hear from them, please.

Many thanks

I am searching for the family of John Cheetham(1901-1980) who owned a hat factory in Hyde and was Lord Mayor of Hyde in 1971 .John married Hannah Cheetham, Mary Smith and then Jane Smith her sister.Mary and Jane's father was a shoemaker in Gee Cross.The other names that marry into the family are Charles Potts, Ann E Pennington, Nancy Anne Taylor, and a little further back the Kinder's, Hibbbert' Simister's and Colliers.I along with a few other family members have already compiled some of the family tree back to 1806 but we would welcome more information.

I lived in 152 John Nash for a few years when i moved to manchester from the green hills of Derbyshire . i was young and the final families were moving out and i was offered a 3 bedroom maisonette for £23.50 rent a week which the social paid . i love all the memories above and will add more as i remember them .. if i find my old pix i will put them up too . brill site . xx remember hanna

I found this site through Google and have thouroughly
enjoyed my "memory lane" experience. Thanks a million
for taking the time to grace Levenshulme with the
historical attention it deserves. I was born and raised in
Levenshulme and lived at 775 Stockport Road (Crescent Fish
Bar) for over 20 years. Imagine my surprise when I spotted
myself in your photos playing football on Portville Road.
Shame you called me Caster though :

Born aug 1955 and raised in Levy till i emigrated to oz in
1966, returned in 1969 and started work at Mather & Platt
when i was 15 as an apprentice engineer. Emigrated to
California USA in 1980.

Father was born in Wetherall Street,Levenshulme in 1910 and later moved to Craddock Fold(long since demolished as it was little more than a slum)where my grandmother continued to live until the 60,s.I have a copy of my father's indentures,dated 1925,to a Master Grocer(George Mason)of 176 Broom Lane,Levenshulme,at the princely salary of twelve shillings per week!
I arrived on the scene in 1944,by which time my parents and sister(Jean) had moved to Bowler street.I remember Bowler street quite well,especially the brick built air raid shelter at the back(used for storing coal).I fell off the heap of coal and ended up in MRI with a broken arm.Galvanised iron bath hung on the back door and drying rack suspended from the ceiling.Had to wait for my sister to finish(in front of the fire in the kitchen)before I could climb in the same water for my bath.In 1949 we moved to the top end of Highfield rd.I initially went to St Marks School and then on to Chapel Street primary.Remember all the cinemas well and was a regular patron of the ABC minors on a saturday morning and,later,the Arcadia,Grand and Palace.Even I had to be careful in the Palace if I had enogh to afford a seat in the balcony-the steel roof supports

Browsing one day and what did I find? A step back in time.
I was raised in Fairbourne Rd around the corner from the Polygon Pub.Looking back they were lovely memories,harmless and simple days for us kids growing up there. Like alot of previous residents I too remember our gangs 'little adventures'- playing on the brickie,Greenbank,running thru the allotments and
jumping the wall onto the cricket pitch.We used to go out in the morning and not come back till teatime and that's just how it was.I used to go to St Marks where I think Mrs Dunworth was the headmistress and then I was at Chapel Street,where Mr York was the girls hearthrob.Mr Salt was the Headmaster at the time. I then moved onto Parrswood High School in Didsbury.I had a Saturday job at McVeighs the Bakers and used to spend all my hard earned cash in the shops on Stockport rd.I now live in Oman which is a million miles from Levenshulme and my childhood memories but I never have forgot where I came from and the memories are never far from my mind.Thank you

Very good but there sem to be few photos of levenshulme around. My parents Ted and Frances had shops on Barlow Rd and 925 Stockport Rd. Glass and records. He took lots of photos but destroyed most of them.

Cleaning the steps wwith a donkey stone brought back memories for me, I lived on Barlow Road and I used to clean our steps and also the steps next door where Mr and Mrs Green lived they used to lead the Ballroom dancing at BelleVue and were picked up by Fred Bonnelli in what I thought was a very posh car,to take them to Belle Vue, I used to get half a Crown for doing the steps, happy memries.

Have great memories of Levenshulme from being born in the late 40's up to the late 70's.
My dad was a chimney sweep & was well known in the area. He used to ''Wash the soot down,'' with a few pints in the Church Inn(sadly now demolished).
The shops were so varied and it was a joy to window shop. It's sad to see the area decline over the years.

Hi I lived in levenshulme for 30 years and had some
sad and lot's of happy times I miss old levenshulme
and it makes me very sad to see it now i don't
think i could go back again but i would love to
hear from anyone that may remember me or my family

What a great site!! some cracking pics!! i can remember going to the disco in the con win the early eightys and playing in highfield! drove through leve a few months ago and was shocked that the church had gone and the con and the midway was a supermarket and collage! the Levenshulme i knew is long gone! shame!

I lived in Longsight until 1954 when we emigrated to the states. We lived on Pimlott St.my parents at 15, my great aunt Alice at 17 and my Gran at 47. A friend of my Gran, Mrs Powell, lived across the street.

I can still remember the Fish and Chip shop on Mathews Lane, the Farmers Arms where my Dad and Granddad went for a pint or two. I attended Spurley Hay school and use to ride my bike up Mathews Lane to go to school. During Nov of 53 I can remember a fog so dense I went into the next door neighbor's house instead of my Gran's.
Our side of the street has been demolished and is now grass but the other side still remains

Lived in west didsbury in the 50's with our family(Lucas),now living on Vancouver Island ,Canada.love to hear from Rolda (nee Lofthouse) and Madeline Kinder and anyone else that remembers Margaret.Was in Skyliners remember doing South Pacific,with members of the Dreamers before Freddy showed up. please email,love to see phot,s of friends.

I have fond memories of west didsbury .I lived at 15 Beaufort ave from 1940 to 1961 with my mum and dad and 5 brothers and 3 sisters. My brothers Eddie&HAROLD ran the Gang Show (at St LUKES) Skyliners was the name. Thats where Freddy & the Dreamers and the Bee Gees started. I worked for Hecter Wilson the cycle shop, also Joe Summers next door & at John Williams on the corner of Cavendish road all at the age of 14 years old