Visit to Brookburn Primary School

Sharing Memories

Members of Chorlton Good Neighbours on their visit to Brookburn Primary School, Chorlton on 23 Nov 2011. We were there to talk to the year 6 students about what it was like being in Chorlton during and after World War 2. The visit was enjoyed equally by children and adults alike, and we left stuffed full of the cakes that the children had made for us - and bags of them to take home too!

Bernard Leach

Micky Mitchell talked about her driving a petrol tanker around Manchester in World War Two, even in the middle of air raids

Bernard shows the children pictures form the "Memories of Chorlton" booklet produced by Chorlton Good Neighbours

Mary Platt

Arthur Brandreth

Jack Baker

Alan Brown brought along pictures of a Barrage Balloon on Beech Rd Park during the war and a photo of a train at Chorlton Station in the 1950's. 

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You can see above, some of the questions the children had prepared in advance

Susan Baker

Hilda Mason

Pumpkin pie

Cracking Good Food at Chorlton Good Neighbour Mon 7th Nov: Pumpkin pie, and spotted dick for pudding - terrific session! Many thanks to Rob & Co for a great morning's cooking

Sunday Tea

Typical Sunday Tea at Chorlton Good Neighbours, featuring bingo, food and music from members of the Beech Band

First Aid course

                                    

First Aid course at Chorlton Good Neighbours held on Oct 28th 2011

Philip Lloyd, historian

Philip Lloyd, Local Chorlton Historian and ex chair of Chorlton Good Neighbours talks about his life growing up in Chorlton-cum-Hardy. He has lived all his life above the family shop which was founded by his grandfather when the parade of shops opened on wat was the Darley park estate in 1910, 

The Sweet Cordials

                            The Sweet Cordials singing at Chorlton Good Neighbours, Sun Sep 4th 2011

John the Baker

John the Baker's memories of Chorlton. John still gets up at 3am most mornings to go into work at the Barbakan bakery. His memories of Chorlton, Manchester stretch back to world war 2 and, street parties at the end of the war. His mother delivered milk to neighbours in Chorlton with pails of milk in a handcart. His grandmother who was in Chorlton in 1910 remembers hearing Corncrakes oin the meadows, a bird now only found in the Hebrides