Hi Gordon good to hear from you , my grandma and grandad lived at 10 surbiton rd,, yes Jimmy ragbone was indeed a kind man ,I was born in 1954 and lived on Scotland hall rd till I was 21,Newton Heath was a great place to grow up in those days full employment ,quite a few factory's locally, old church st a proper shopping centre and two cinemas ,my primary school was briscoe lane,my sister Carole simmonds born 1948 went to briscoe lane then brookdale park ,