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Wow Lyn! This picture looks so familiar to me. The Church of Christ building that looks like a hut, is Sunshine Corner, where we had "Sunday School". I must have been living there when this photo was taken...just to the right of Jones and Willis is the bus stop closest to where I lived
Dave A
Maybe he is referring to the other "works" on the other side, which says metal works...it was a metal stamping shop where my cousin worked before going to the button factory at the bottom of Furnace Lane.
Dave A
I have no recollection of the cafe at all...didn't have money to spend, just a sandwich. I also recall meeting many of the same kids there, but again, I have no recollection of who they were, they may have been some of you lot!
Dave A
If that open area which you say was a Regent Station and is on the north side of Whitehead St, about halfway between Alma St and High St, then it was where we had a cycle speedway track in the very early 50's.
Dave A
Regarding bomb pecks...it was my understanding that before becoming a peck, it was a bombed building. It was called a peck after the site was cleared. I have no idea where the word peck came from...however, pecks became our place to play. We had 2 pecks on Paddington St, 1 right in front of our...
I took my wife, who is Canadian, to the back to backs on Hurst St, just to give her some idea of what life was like for me growing up in one. She was gobsmacked! Although they were not a true representation of where I lived, they did give her some idea of the size of the rooms and steepness of...