Old home revisited - Page 2

jimmi5bellies · 19-08-2007, 23:14

I think ive heard about that sometime ago.

Looking at their wedding photo's it looks like my dad was a teddy boy

MargaretR · 19-08-2007, 23:18

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Originally Posted by jimmi5bellies

I think ive heard about that sometime ago.

Looking at their wedding photo's it looks like my dad was a teddy boy

No - rest assured - he was a nice respectable lad

jimmi5bellies · 19-08-2007, 23:25

He certainly loved the cameras, looking at the Rhyddings school pictures he and my mum are on loads of these here ...

Life and times of Oswaldtwistle

garinda · 19-08-2007, 23:33

My parents bought my grandparent's house off them when they married in 1962, and yes the Isherwood's were our next door neighbours, with I presume Margaret's parents still living across the road. Small world!

We moved in 1969 to Stanhill Lane, and sold Hornby Street to my Dad's best friend, and my godfather Tony Perkins, so I did get to revisit that house for a few years until he moved to Fielding Lane.

Our house up Stanhill I've never been back to since my parents sold it to move to Fielding Lane, next door to Gayle's parents, another small world comment of note, but we always have a nosey when we drive or walk past Stanhill, and comment that the lawn isn't as nice as when we had it.

It's actually up for sale at the moment, so we did have a look on the internet, and decided the conservatory they've put over our old outdoor swimming pool looks tacky.

garinda · 19-08-2007, 23:40

Everytime I still see Jimmi's mum she still tells me I was a beautiful baby.

Royboy39 · 20-08-2007, 09:36

I know now why the defense mechanism kicks in.

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Originally Posted by [email protected]

Garindas' grandma and grandad lived in the end house with son John and daughter Doris

The family next to the end was Remel- Sam and his wife and 2 daughters about my age, Barbara and Jean.

Was that the Sam Remmel who was the manager of Ossy Coop Butchers??

MargaretR · 20-08-2007, 09:38

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Originally Posted by Royboy39

I know now why the defense mechanism kicks in.

Was that the Sam Remmel who was the manager of Ossy Coop Butchers??

yes I think he was a butcher - with such a rare name there couldn't have been 2 Sam Remels

There is no 'defence mechanism' - just put away the spoon

Gayle · 20-08-2007, 11:50

Before we moved to Fielding Lane when I was about 8, we used to live on Brecon Avenue, as I think I said earlier.

When my friends older sister got married (I think I was about 19 at the time), she got married to someone called Allonby. When I was doing the research for my Mum and Dad's house I discovered that there were a family of Allonby's on Brecon Avenue so I checked it out and they were the same family. I hadn't connected the two as we'd moved out of Brecon Avenue when I was so young.

A few weeks ago, I put a picture in the paper asking for information about a photo that had been 'found' in a camera. Guess who should ring up to give me some info, but Mrs Allonby. As soon as she said her name I asked if she was the Mrs Allonby from Brecon Avenue, she was and we had a bit of a chat.

Very small world - Ossy!

beechy · 20-08-2007, 12:27

not much of my old home to visit
prefabs on barden road springhill
now that was living

cashman · 20-08-2007, 12:41

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Originally Posted by beechy

not much of my old home to visit
prefabs on barden road springhill
now that was living

have some mates off "Barden", but thought you were a lanesider beechy for some reason.

beechy · 20-08-2007, 13:01

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have some mates off "Barden", but thought you were a lanesider beechy for some reason.

moved to laneside in 55
got a posh council house instead of the
asbestos shed

cashman · 20-08-2007, 13:31

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Originally Posted by beechy

moved to laneside in 55
got a posh council house instead of the
asbestos shed

then later you moved into a "tree house" at chaigley

beechy · 20-08-2007, 16:29

twas always my downfall
but cashy to the rescue

garinda · 20-08-2007, 18:35

You can look how much your old abodes were sold for on this site.

Free UK House Prices - nethouseprices.com

Happily I bought and sold my London flat at just the right time.

cashman · 20-08-2007, 19:03

interesting site,cheers rind, my old 2 houses from childhood are long gone,the rest since would need to do a world tour to visit em all,lol never wanted too really,but always like to look,if passing any.