Absolutely. Layton- the place that invented Test match cricket, The Charge of the Light Brigade and of course the original Blackpool football club.100...another great knock from the President of Layton!
I went to Mr Frost as a kid , & looking back now , I can’t believe that a dentist would give a kid a bar of chocolate, how times have changedGeorge Frost. Nice bloke from what I recall (although very religious). But it didn’t make the experience any pleasanter.
First and only time I had gas for an extraction. Horrible and insisted on the needle for the next one.
They were definitely there at that time. Mr Hopwood was a porter, or something, at The Vic. Long service there.know the name but just cannot place him, I lived there 1946-54 - bloody hell I'm old!
Clappers, I went to Tyldesley Youth Club also. Would have been around 1950/53.Yep.Was a regular at the Tyldesley club and snooker. Worked on the planes for BAE. Pat worked in shoe shops. Passed away only a couple of years ago. Lovely folks.
Funnily enough I don’t remember getting any chocolate when I was a kid. Probably too traumatisedI went to Mr Frost as a kid , & looking back now , I can’t believe that a dentist would give a kid a bar of chocolate, how times have changed
I used to go to the dentist on Westcliffe Drive early/mid 60s and I deffo saw a guy called Mr FrostSounds as if the one on Westcliffe was called Birtwistle.
Frost was on either Highbury or Norwood Ave.
I used to go to the dentist on Westcliffe Drive early/mid 60s and I deffo saw a guy called Mr Frost
Are you thinking of Alan? I lived (one of the houses I lived in round there) on the corner of Torsway/Fordway, and regularly chatted with Alan as a nipper. He was always half cut.Do you remember the guy who lived on Fordway who was always pissed up on Newcastle Brown Ale, he once fell through the newsagents window on Toresway.
He once showed me and my mates a couple of old £1 notes that he’d got in a consecutively numbered bunch, and altered the one ending in 3 to an 8.That's him Alan think he had an allotment.
only just seen this and you are correct. You lived at the back of the Institue bowling green,Granby Avenue. I've just remembered there used to be a disused tennis court on Pelham Avenue we used to play onOld Laytonian I think you are Stewart...I was the one with the Polish name.... unfortunately not related to Robert....
Garrick Grove Fargo? Did you know any of these who lived there - Butterworth, Shaw, Mottram, Brown, Benson ? Might have been a bit before your time there.Bought our first house in Garrick Grove Layton forty years ago, crikey where have the years gone?
Our eldest son was born when we were there. Remember going to Mr Birtwhistle the Dentist, decent chap sadly killed in the Abbeystead explosion.
He was replaced by a guy called Bradley who would have made a decent butcher if he'd moved a few doors down to Ken's Meat Market
Enjoyed our 3 years living in Layton.
Think Fargo is going back to the early eighties.Garrick Grove Fargo? Did you know any of these who lived there - Butterworth, Shaw, Mottram, Brown ? Might have been a bit before your time there.
remember the very steep hill being used by is young ones for our home made go carts. looking back, we were mentlistsI remember a very steep hill at St Walburgas ? where they used to take poor souls to do a hill start on their driving test
Hope you cleared it up.... SORRYI just came on the thread after seeing the title in the latest topics and I can't believe that it wasn't started by the great man.
I did. ‘72-‘82. First house was 6 Blairway (near park gates), then corner of Torsway/Fordway, and finally corner of Torsway/Bardsway.Anybody out there grow up around Bardsway Avenue/Torsway Avenue area?
Played soccer for Tyldesley Youth Club with Russ Perkins, Tim Stewart, and Andy Ladkin if anybody is that old that they remember them! We were under 18’s top dogs and pretty much unbeatableClappers, I went to Tyldesley Youth Club also. Would have been around 1950/53.
Sorry, just realised you didn't mean the Youth Club.
Oh for a pint of the Institute Mild!I waited on at Leyton Institute for a while.
Got more money in tips that wages
Busy every night of the week and some decent (if not well known) acts as well.
Good memories.
Made from an old pram wheels, whizzing straight across main roads, not much traffic in them days thank goodness!remember the very steep hill being used by is young ones for our home made go carts. looking back, we were mentlists
I used to know a Derrick Shaw. Not sure if it’s the same person. I also used to know Johnny Mottram who I think died of a heart attack!Garrick Grove Fargo? Did you know any of these who lived there - Butterworth, Shaw, Mottram, Brown, Benson ? Might have been a bit before your time there.
Was it Stephen Benson?I used to know a Derrick Shaw. Not sure if it’s the same person. I also used to know Johnny Mottram who I think died of a heart attack!
I remember Alan. I went with a pal to look at a BMW when they were a rare car way back. My pal said 'aren't they expensive when they go wrong' ? He replied 'they don't go wrong'. He always looked a flashy and always had a nice bird on his arm.yeah Alan was his son a good looking blonde lad who did very well with the ladies
Must have missed each by months, I I didn't live on Blairway but had good friends in the Thornley at number 2 and cardwells at number 5. Also knew a girl called Andrea who lived I think at 8, whose mum owned the step in shoe bar! Knew a couple of lads who lived at the top of Blairway as well or may have been over the other end. They had minis with a few others who were always flying around, unfortunately one of them committed suicide on Kingscote.I did. ‘72-‘82. First house was 6 Blairway (near park gates), then corner of Torsway/Fordway, and finally corner of Torsway/Bardsway.
Grandparents lived on allotment end of Bardsway for 50 odd years.
That’s him alright, great lad, I think he ended up as a ski instructor as well as running the garageI remember Alan. I went with a pal to look at a BMW when they were a rare car way back. My pal said 'aren't they expensive when they go wrong' ? He replied 'they don't go wrong'. He always looked a flashy and always had a nice bird on his arm.
I also used to know Johnny Mottram who I think died of a heart attack!
Yes, he was a really nice bloke, real family man.Ahhh Johnny Mottram. My second dad. Nicest man I ever knew.
Was in the same form as Andy Ladkin at senior school ( Arnold) . Played against him some years later when he was playing for the Blue Room.Played soccer for Tyldesley Youth Club with Russ Perkins, Tim Stewart, and Andy Ladkin if anybody is that old that they remember them! We were under 18’s top dogs and pretty much unbeatable
Did he have a daughter Janey who was better at football than most lads in Blackpool?Ahhh Johnny Mottram. My second dad. Nicest man I ever knew.
Did he have a daughter Janey who was better at football than most lads in Blackpool?
Don’t know as I left the Fylde in 1983 and we never kept in touchWas in the same form as Andy Ladkin at senior school ( Arnold) . Played against him some years later when he was playing for the Blue Room.
Is he still around locally do you know?
Blimey Dave you must be older than meCAGU, I think they were a little after me.
Lived on Deneway for a short time. Can't believe Gordon's the barbers is still on Westcliffe Drive. Probably not the original. Me & a mate were desperate for a haircut on a weds afternoon early 80's back when most shops shut. Thankfully Gordon's was open. Old boy's only line was "side parting or not". We tossed a coin I lost. As I explained in detail the fantastic bird pulling hairstyle I had in mind....glazed expression "side parting or not". Worst haircut possible & when I turned round my mate was out of the door
You mean you allowed him near your Barnet more than once Johnno. You were either very brave or easily pleased
Surely it can’t be ‘the’ Gordon still?
He was cutting my hair nearly 50 years ago.
Gordons is still there. If he's retired I don't think it's that long ago in terms of the length of time he was there. Less than five years perhaps- but not certain.Lived on Deneway for a short time. Can't believe Gordon's the barbers is still on Westcliffe Drive. Probably not the original. Me & a mate were desperate for a haircut on a weds afternoon early 80's back when most shops shut. Thankfully Gordon's was open. Old boy's only line was "side parting or not". We tossed a coin I lost. As I explained in detail the fantastic bird pulling hairstyle I had in mind....glazed expression "side parting or not". Worst haircut possible & when I turned round my mate was out of the door
As a kid it was either Gordon or my dad’s barber - ‘Fast Ted’.You mean you allowed him near your Barnet more than once Johnno. You were either very brave or easily pleased