Ezard Street remembered,sure I do remember it,I lived on A-O-R until I left in 1973. I remember the men sat on the floor eating chips from Ferguson Palin,later A E I/G E C Switchgear. My cousin worked there as a progress chaser and then at Robertsons Jam Works. I went to Clayton Brook then Wheler Secondary 1963-65, then The High School of Art at Cheetham till 1968. I remember Alfred Simpson and B&S Massey. Booths butchers, mum went in there,I went to school with the son,Mum also went in Phillips, on the corner of Buckley Street. Does anyone remember Bada's, corner of Rock Street Buckley Street my dad liked the bacon ribs. Lynsey & Williams the barrell yard, The Belsize garage on Harp Street. What about Bairds biscuits in tins and Healys Newsagents. I rmember the Royals on Fairfield Road and Eltons tv shop. I think Ezard Street was cleared after we left but I saw the clearance of most of this area. My dad was born in Old Lane but mum in Ditton,near Widnes, he opened his shop in 1946, I still have the poster dawn by Walter Nichollson who also did the signs for the Regal cinema. He had an art studio at the back of Belsize on Old Lane. He emigrated to Chicago. . . . .
More to folow..Mum walked miles for a nice loaf.