I am trying to find out about a family called Billington who lived at 277 Moston Lane till about 1950's Joseph ran a bike shop in the front room and had a collection of old bikes in a shed. His wife Elizabeth was a Irish and one of their daughter's, May, lived with them. I think he also had a longish garden at the back where he had a greenhouse and also sold flowers. This is my husband's grandparents but he can only remember bits about it as he was only a youngster when his grandmother died at the house as his parent had left Blackley and lived in Withington and his grandfather died a year or so later at 223 Crescent Road Crumpsall. I don't know if this was a nursing home as May still lived in the house in Moston Lane. I do hope someone can shed a bit of light on this family. Best wishes to you all Carol

Hi Carol This link http://www.workhouses.org.uk/Manchester/ explains that 123 Crescent Road later became 223 Crescent Road. If you Google 123 Crescent Road you will find numerous references to it as a workhouse, asylum and hospital. Joanne -----Original Message----- From: eng-manchester-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:eng-manchester-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of carol Sent: Sunday, 28 July 2013 9:03 PM To: eng-manchester@rootsweb.com Subject: [ENG-MAN] Moston Lane, Moston I am trying to find out about a family called Billington who lived at 277 Moston Lane till about 1950's Joseph ran a bike shop in the front room and had a collection of old bikes in a shed. His wife Elizabeth was a Irish and one of their daughter's, May, lived with them. I think he also had a longish garden at the back where he had a greenhouse and also sold flowers. This is my husband's grandparents but he can only remember bits about it as he was only a youngster when his grandmother died at the house as his parent had left Blackley and lived in Withington and his grandfather died a year or so later at 223 Crescent Road Crumpsall. I don't know if this was a nursing home as May still lived in the house in Moston Lane. I do hope someone can shed a bit of light on this family. Best wishes to you all Carol :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: Except for personal messages, please post replies to the list. Other people can learn from them! Be sure list mail is in PLAIN TEXT. Please SNIP when replying. Buy or sell family research items on the GEN-MAT-UKI mailing list. No fees! :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: ------------------------------- 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