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Correction! There weren't two Wright families in Leaford Avenue! 1 Wright family and 1 Wilson family! My mistake!

Yes, I remember the guy with one arm but can't remember his name. I'm still in touch with Steve Davies from no.10. On one side we had Mrs Johnson, mother of Mrs Dean. The other side was the Batemans. Threlfalls further down and Turton at no.1. There was the Wright's too (2 lots, 1 of them were...

I was born at 6 Leaford Ave in 1961!

I also remember four fish and chip shops in Layton when I lived there: One on Westcliffe Drive on the corner, one on Onslow Road, one on Layton Road and one on Talbot Road on a corner near the Queens Pub. It may have been called the Queens Chippy. I know the one on Westcliffe Drive is still...

After Layton Primary School, Judith was at Blackpool Collegiate Grammar School when I was there and I remember her at Blackpool College of Further and Higher Education too! Other pupil's names from Layton Primary I remember are Dawn Miller, Keith Anderson, Paul Parkinson, ? Walker, Terence...

He had a bald head and glasses but I only knew him as headmaster at Layton Primary School.

I remember my mum and dad buying my two bikes (years apart between the two purchases) from Mills Cycle Shop at the corner of Talbot Road and Foxdale Avenue. My first one was a 'Pavemaster' that had a battery operated light at the back that said 'stop' in red when the rear brake was applied. I...

I don't remember the teachers you mention but you mentioned Mr Stott which reminded me of a fellow pupil Reynold Stott, along with Jamie Duggan, Michael Scholey, Neil Cragie, Joe Davidson, Elaine Tandy, Anne Valentine, Judith Hodgson and others. I also remember the late Kenny Brown who drowned...

Yes, I remember Partridge, headmaster at Layton Primary. Hibbert and I'll never forget Padmore for continually striking me hard on the back because I didn't draw a graph large enough. I didn't think he was going to stop. Whack after whack after whack! Had me in tears. He then balled at me to...

Yes, I remember Kendon's. I believe they were two brothers joining their names. Mr Fullerton too. Black hair, spectacles, grey shop jacket. We used to buy fondant mice. Probably a week's recommended sugar intake in one mouse! Anyone remember the Harper's who ran the 'Top Shop' at the corner of...

I was born at 6 Leaford Avenue in 1961. I went to Layton Primary School. Birtwistle was my dentist and I remember Williams the bakers, Iddons chemist and Halsall newsagents all on Westcliffe Drive.