Hi Mike! You mention the Gaythorn Gas works in your email below and I wondered if this was situated on Gaythorn Street. I have just discovered that members of my family were living on this street in the 1900's and I would be delighted if you could describe it to me. I enjoyed walking through the streets of Manchester with you, you paint a vivid picture. Many thanks and regards Ann in Aus. -----Original Message----- From: eng-manchester-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:eng-manchester-bounces@rootsweb.com]On Behalf Of Mike Morris Sent: Friday, 25 July 2008 2:42 AM To: eng-manchester@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [ENG-MAN] Mike Morris Hi Carol, thank you, that was such a nice compliment. Believe me I do have another life, but I like the queries that pop up on the lists they are a challenge, its like a morning crossword puzzle that has to be filled in before the day begins, I can sit at my command post, with a cup of tea. Then get engrossed or carried away. The mental images flow. I can picture the route along Rochdale road that I use to cycle when I lived in Middleton and worked in central Manchester close to Piccadilly in Ancoats. The same applied to the various ways/routes to get to a poplar entertainment area known as Belle Vue to the south east of the city. I have walked these streets and roads many times. They look great distances on a map, but the people, the shops and general goings on, made for an interesting walk back to the area by the Manchester cathedral, where I would catch a bus to get to Middleton. I did this most Saturday afternoons coming from a roller skating rink to the south of Belle Vue. It took over an hour. But I had time to kill. Wartime Hulme is another area. It wasn't just rows and rows of terraced houses. Amongst the rows of houses were shops, pubs, pie shops, fish and chips. Off licence stores that sold food and drink. The main road such as Stretford road was full of shops all the way west to Stretford. Streets such as Jackson street, Preston street through to Alexander road in Moss Side were actually busy main roads that ran from Oxford road close to the Manchester town centre down to Stretford road. This ran through Chorlton on Medlock and Hulme into Moss Side and was lined with shops and seven movie houses and two live theatres. Buses and trams ran in what seemed like minutes, not a half hour wait for the next one. Honest! I am delighted when I can use my memory, do some detective work and locate through odd clues a past address. I feel I am doing my bit like so many others on the list to help other list members and make this an interesting hobby. Hopefully we shall attract lots of new members that will stick around and enjoy the Lancashire humour, the stories and our company. I can conjure up a mental picture of the view from Cambridge street a short distance to the west from Oxford road. I could look from this street further west and have an unobstructed view all the way to Jackson street. There were no houses it was flattened. Yet Gaythorn gasworks was still standing as was the single small street I lived in named Daniel street. Those houses and buildings that were still standing had been standing in this spot since the mid 1800's Sorry!!! I do get carried away..................... grin All my best and my thanks Mike Mike Morris Toronto Canada ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carol Battishill" <cbattishill1@optusnet.com.au> To: <ENG-MANCHESTER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2008 4:26 AM > I've been watching all emails on this Rootsweb List and have to pose the > question - does Mike Morris ever have a break from map searching, etc.? > I've never had the need to ask him a question and am totally amazed at his > readiness to assist, considering he was offline for a while due to ill > health. > > Carol from Warners Bay in New South Wales, Australia > > > > ~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~ > > Except for personal messages, please post replies to the list. > Other people can learn from them! > > ~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~ > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ENG-MANCHESTER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~ Except for personal messages, please post replies to the list. Other people can learn from them! ~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-MANCHESTER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com Version: 8.0.138 / Virus Database: 270.5.5/1571 - Release Date: 7/24/2008 5:42 PM

Gaythorn street was at the south tail end of the old Central railway station. It appears that the street is named after the area Gaythorn not the gasworks. The map I have sent you does show Gaythorn gas works. Gaythorn street was on the south edge of the Rochdale canal. Not the best place to live in them days. I cannot remember these homes. I thought the home I lived in was small, but these dont even show a toilet area. In the Bamford area near Rochdale, there were a row of terraced cottages. I remember seeing the foundations of brick outhouses along the lane. Each home had its own toilet, but you had to walk across the lane in front of the cottage to go to the Loo. I can imagine the drapes being pulled to one side an the misses saying " Eeh! Albert I see Martha is off to the toilet " Cheers Mike Morris Toronto Canada ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stuart Barker" <annstu132@aapt.net.au> To: <eng-manchester@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2008 7:38 AM! > > You mention the Gaythorn Gas works in your email below and I wondered if > this was situated on Gaythorn Street. I have just discovered that members > of my family were living on this street in the 1900's and I would be > delighted if you could describe it to me. <snip>

That's really interesting, because Bamford is still THE place to live in Rochdale! You didn't walk all that way from Hulme did you, Mike? Pat W ----- Original Message ----- From: Mike Morris To: eng-manchester@rootsweb.com Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2008 2:34 PM Subject: Re: [ENG-MAN] Mike Morris >snip In the Bamford area near Rochdale, there were a row of terraced cottages. I remember seeing the foundations of brick outhouses along the lane. Each home had its own toilet, but you had to walk across the lane in front of the cottage to go to the Loo. I can imagine the drapes being pulled to one side an the misses saying " Eeh! Albert I see Martha is off to the toilet " >snip

Hi Pat, Those cottages on a winters night looked warm and cosy. Most use an orange coloured bulb to illuminate the main room. This room was just about big enough for a fireplace, two very large soft armchairs and a small dining table with chairs. Its surprising what you can see when you are being 'nosey' and glancing into their living area on the way to the pub. The toilets are now inside somewhere. If you know the area it was across the road from the Winston Churchill pub, a small lane off the main road leading to Bury from Rochdale. I had not walked this route but at one time on a trip to England I did a run from Middleton through Heywood with my brother in law who was at that time a marathon runner. I had to call 'Uncle' when I got to the top of the hill leading from Heywood. I was close to the Crimble in Bamford and almost on my knees............... Mike Mike Morris Toronto Canada ----- Original Message ----- From: "patricia williams" <pat.williams121@virgin.net> To: <eng-manchester@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2008 11:43 AM > That's really interesting, because Bamford is still THE place to live in > Rochdale! You didn't walk all that way from Hulme did you, Mike? > Pat W

Dear Mike Many, many thanks for that information. It will go in the book I have compiled for my grandchildren which I've called "Meet the Ancestors" after the TV programme. Regards Ann in Aus. -----Original Message----- From: eng-manchester-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:eng-manchester-bounces@rootsweb.com]On Behalf Of Mike Morris Sent: Tuesday, 29 July 2008 9:35 PM To: eng-manchester@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [ENG-MAN] Mike Morris Gaythorn street was at the south tail end of the old Central railway station. It appears that the street is named after the area Gaythorn not the gasworks. The map I have sent you does show Gaythorn gas works. Gaythorn street was on the south edge of the Rochdale canal. Not the best place to live in them days. I cannot remember these homes. I thought the home I lived in was small, but these dont even show a toilet area. In the Bamford area near Rochdale, there were a row of terraced cottages. I remember seeing the foundations of brick outhouses along the lane. Each home had its own toilet, but you had to walk across the lane in front of the cottage to go to the Loo. I can imagine the drapes being pulled to one side an the misses saying " Eeh! Albert I see Martha is off to the toilet " Cheers Mike Morris Toronto Canada ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stuart Barker" <annstu132@aapt.net.au> To: <eng-manchester@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2008 7:38 AM! > > You mention the Gaythorn Gas works in your email below and I wondered if > this was situated on Gaythorn Street. I have just discovered that members > of my family were living on this street in the 1900's and I would be > delighted if you could describe it to me. <snip> ~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~ Except for personal messages, please post replies to the list. Other people can learn from them! ~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-MANCHESTER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com Version: 8.0.138 / Virus Database: 270.5.6/1578 - Release Date: 7/28/2008 5:13 PM