Thanks for the responses re Milton rd. I hadn't realised there was anything left of it. I remember visiting my mum's friends there in the 60s (pre-school!). Does anyone know why so much of it was demolished?
Map including Milton Road, red arrow points where the bridge on Oakdale Road is. I remember Donkins, someone once left the tap switched on and all the liquid ran out across Oakdale Road towards the garage where they fixed the flour wagons. I remember going there for some oil for my bike chain, they gave me about 2 gallon from an engine sump. Milton Road has all been demolished and rebuilt.
Anyone notice the concertina cottages? Also does anyone remember the sweet shop on the corner of Parry Street and Margaret Street. It used to be very dark, I dont think they used light bulbs during the day and I`m damn sure I wouldn`t go down there at night. I remember getting some pretend Cadburys chocolates they used in the shop window. They where made of chalk, later ones being made of cardboard. Obviously real chocolate would of melted in the shop window
Hi all the kiosk was owned by a blind man name JOE GAHAN. I passed it every day on my way to gorsedale school.
Well, (juicy gossip time) speaking to my mum today and she said a widow who lived in Oakdale Road used to sit on Joes knee, just after the war. He opened up shop about 5:30am and shut at about 6:00pm.
I remember the Nursery. Don't know how old I was but my Mum put me in there one day. I remember them trying to make me sleep in the afternoon and they put a very scratchy grey blanket over me. I screamed the place down. I never went back .........
There wasn't much wasted off the hides the British Leather used. The fleshings (the bits of flesh on the inside of the hide)were sent to Thomson Bros next door to the tannery where I was told they were used to make aspic jelly for pies wartime era. Then used to make glue later. The stuff dumped in Oakdale would have been the hair off the hides in the lime pits which would have been sucked up by a gully sucker and conveyed to the tip and general factory rubbish by a tipper lorry
Can anyone say from what date British Leather were in production please ?
Humankind has not woven the web of life. We are but one thread within it. Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves. All things are bound together. All things connect. ~Chief Seattle
I lived right opposite the nursery and watched the poor kids having to get under those grey itchy blankets. Even in the summer, though they did open the doors. I think the kids had to "sleep" for an hour after lunch. Maybe to give the staff time to wash the dishes while the kids slept.
