Farrington Park

[Thornley]

Noel, the fish and chips sound good, the price even better[] But unfortunately I work to far away[] Maybe one day when I have a Friday of I will get there.
Vanessa

[Thornley]

I could really do with someone to proof read my e-mails, that should say OFF not of. Grammer never was my strong point[]

[noel]

<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, Comic Sans MS" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Thornley

I could really do with someone to proof read my e-mails, that should say OFF not of. Grammer never was my strong point[]
But never mind the grammar, it doesn't matter amongst friends. I make my share of spelling mistakes. You can incidentally correct your posts by clicking on the box with the pencil in it ( middle one I think)
That allows you to make any corrections neccesary.[]

[Spitfire]

I quite often find myself right-clicking on a word in forum and expecting a selection of spelling options to appear as in Word etc. No Martin - I`m not asking for a spell checker in here, but hey - wouldn`t one be nice?

[Thornley]

Thanks for the correction Noel. I suppose the real answer if for me to consentrate on one thing at a time[] Then maybe I would notice my errors. I always seem to be trying to clean the house, use the computer and read some vital info[] No wonder I can't improve my grammer, I don't have time for grammer[]
Vanessa

[noel]

Like I say Vanessa it doesn't matter one iota. However if you do wish to correct use the box at the top of your posted reply, the one with the pencil and paper. I never correct mine. Too many adulterations of the English language particularly the spelling.
Two words that particularly annoy me are "nite" and "center". Also the ToysRus ( can't do a backwards R and La-Z-Boy which I would pronounce La zed boy. ZZTop were always Zed Zed Top. S'pose it's going to Balshaw's when it were a proper school.

[Dan barlow]

Just been browsing this and as I am a little bit older than most of you heres a few of my memories of the 1930's A family called Golding had the fish and chip shop on the corner of Crown Street, next door was a butcher, I cant remember his name, Ha just recalled the Butcher was named Chasser. The Rose and Crown was kept by Frank Lambert's father, Frank married Phylis Chesworth and they kept the sahop on the corner of Mill Street, oposite was anothe butcher@s run by Dick Haydock and his 2 sons. Next to the butchers was another grocers shop run by Mrs Southworth, Further along Stanifield Lane there is a row of three shops, the first one on the corner of Bristol Ave was Carters, they sold almost anything, next was a Grocer by the name of Hill and then a Barbarer called Freddie Brace. I used to deliver some groceries for Hill's on aaturday morning for 6pence and a 2penny bar of chocolate. He used to by pies from Loweries who had a bakery at the corner of east Street. Whew thats all for now.

[Karen]

Dan ...My grandmother used to send me to Loweries ..
it was easier than running down to Dwyer's and running back up Station Brow!!

[anacortesdamp]

Dan:

Fred Brace was a tenor in the Methodist Church choir for many years. That baber shop was owned by one of the Caunce brothers the last time I visited.

Frank

[Dan barlow]

Further to my wanderings in the 1930's Fred Brace used to charge me 2d for a haircut whilst I was at school, after cutting he apoplied some sort of jollop which he called "Come again in a fortnight", He served in the Army throughout the War and after his demob he returned tio the shop, I too was demobbed and haicuts then sost me a shilling. Also the shop next door was not called Hill bu in fact it was Mills. Farington Rec was opened in 1937 after the land was sold by Todd@s who lived at Farington House. Also those houses on Stanifield lane opposite Bashalls wood (later the BTR Club)were built by a man called CANK, and in fact two on the main roaf were actually built on a farm pond that was filled in by burnt sand from the Motors Foundry.