Farrington Park

[Sandieh]

Hi Steve, Welcome. Was your Gran who ran the Roebuck Mrs Waterhouse, I had my wedding reception at the Roebuck in 1963 and I`m sure it was Mrs Waterhouse []

[Sandieh]

No Eileen I dont recall the name Manley, Mary Hibbert was blonde rather curly hair, loved Preston North End, and often sang with local bands, I think she married someone in the RAF then they emigrated to California, another friend of mine was Julie Coates, her mum had the hairdressres on Stanifield lane> Sandie.quote:

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Originally posted by skitzy

I dont recollect the Parker sisters Sandie, but the name Mary Hibbert rings a bell. Did you know the Manley's I think they lived at 17 Mill ST.
Eileen

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[noel]

I know a Susan Manley aged fiftiish plus a bit, she used to live down Mill St.

[skitzy]

Noel, Susan was the eldest of the Manleys, she would probably be around 57 now, Gordon was next & then Sheila, Geoff & Ruth. Geoff would be coming up to his 50s by now I think.
Eileen

[skitzy]

Hi Steve, I remember you when you lived in Kew Gardens, the back of your house led to the Lambert's driveway, I used to hang around with Barbara Lambert & I seem to recall you having a sister called Jane.
My sister used to work for Arthur at the chip shop on the corner of Crown ST.
Eileen

[skitzy]

Sandie I remember the Hairdressers, Edna used to cut our hair when we where kids, She sold her business to one of her staff members, I think her name was Linda.
Eileen

[andy01]

I have many memories of Brook Mill and the Palace Cinema.Used to live in East Street.Spent many a happy hour on the cricket field ajoining the mill.Saturday mornings were spent at the cinema, used to help tidy up afterwards and get free crisps for my efforts.On Sunday mornings the Methodist School Boys Brigade would wake us with its bugle playing.Also spent a lot of time on Farington park,fishing in the 'Lodges' etc.etc.As regarding both Farington and Brook mills,my mother(and her brothers) worked at both during her working life.I shall never forget the smell and sound of the weaving sheds.

[steve.w]

sandieh,

thanks for your reply. yes the mrs waterhouse who ran the roebuck was my gran. i think i may start another thread somewhere on here just on the roebuck as it holds a lot of memories for me. i imagine my mum and dad my also have been working on your wedding reception - i was three in 1963 but i think they spent a lot of time working for gran but i am not sure of time lines etc.
my gran outlived both my dad vince ( who died in 65 when i was five) and mum nora (who died in 72 when i was eleven). from all accounts my gran was a remarkable person. i have a great picture of her with tom finney!!. apparantly a few roebuck regulars in the 60's will remember me as the kid who used to bash away at a beatles drum kit in the room where the entertainment was.

the 'arthur' mentioned in eileens post was my 'step dad' - or the person who according to my gran ' conned your mother out of all her money' !!

[steve.w]

Hi Steve, I remember you when you lived in Kew Gardens, the back of your house led to the Lambert's driveway, I used to hang around with Barbara Lambert & I seem to recall you having a sister called Jane.
My sister used to work for Arthur at the chip shop on the corner of Crown ST.
Eileen


Eileen - thanks for that reply, needless to say i cant place you exactly ( having said that i am struggling to find barbara lambert in my memory bank !! - i think i suffer from goldfish memory syndrome !!!!)
I do indeed have a sister called jayne, she is doing very well and is happily married and has a wonderful son called jake, and she is living in er...leyland!!!! ( having been away for many many years)

as for my 'step father' aurthur with the chippy on crown st, i have happy memories of when mum was alive and they were running the chippy together, i am still to have my ' boy named sue' type reunion with 'arthur' - but i think he did pretty well out of his relationship with my mother - as i recall my grand mother neer ever trusted him and seems to have been proved right. but i was only young and do ot know the full story, though the thought of him some how makes me hit the keyboard a bit harder !!

but there were many good times at the chippy - i can rembember jayne and i would sleep there on a friday saturday night cos it was such a late finnish.... :-) happy days

[Sandieh]

Hi Steve, I do remember the little boy who played the drums at the Roebuck in the 60s, so that was you? you were very cute.!
I`m sure I was reading somewhere that the Roebuck was one of the oldest pubs in Leyland.
Does Arthur still have the chippy at Crown st? my sister Greta worked there for years until recently.
I`m trying to remember Lamberts, did they have a shop? I keep thinking of an old greengrocers shop at the bottom of East st, but I think that was George Blundells. Sandie []