Hi Ian I'm lived on Middleton Road(Haggate) then when I got married I went to live in Werneth Oldham I now live in Moorside and from my bedroom window I can see parts of Royton including Tandlehills, Oozewood and over to Stakehill. My grandchildren go to Byron st and Highbarn schools in Royton Bren Mills ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ian Winterbottom" <i.winterbottom@ntlworld.com> To: <LANCSLIFE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, May 23, 2005 8:36 PM Subject: Re: [LANCSLIFE] Cornets and Royton > Hell's Bells, small world. I'm from Royton too, born on Turf Lane in 1947. > Moved to Shaw when I was 4; mentioned Oldham 'cause nobody has ever heard of > Shaw or Royton as a rule! Can't remember Oldham Ice Cream, but I certainly > remember Granelli's, damn good stuff it was too, blow Mister Whippy! I > preferred the biscuit cones too. Especially 99s! Granelli's van used to come > round our estate - Rushcroft - in the Fifties, Mum used to buy us all a 3d > cornet, and one for the dog as well or he sulked! O'Donnell's van too. "Do > you want raspberry on that?" Yes, I did, but the real raspberry vinegar, I > went off it when it turned into dribbly stuff that just tasted of pink! Can > remember the market stalls too, I still go to Shaw Market sometimes, and > I've lost count of the times I've followed Mum or Nan Exley around Royton > Market. Where d'you live now? I'm in Westhoughton, near Bolton, for my sins! > Ian Winterbottom > > > ==== LANCSLIFE Mailing List ==== > The Lancaster Canal Trust: http://www.thelanky.co.uk/ > Welcome to Bolton!: http://www.bolton.org.uk/ > Liverpool City Council: http://www.liverpool.gov.uk/graphics_version/root/Home/index.asp > > ============================== > Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. > Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx > >

Cor, Bren; is Highbarn School what used to be Royton Central? I went there in the Sixties! As for Byron St, my Mum went there as a little girl! Once sat in the Spitfire on the old golf links on Highbarn Road too, in the Fifties. I went to the recent Memorial service at the Air Cadets' place, my Uncle Harry Exley was one of the dead members they were remembering. My Nanna & Grandad Exley lived on Turf Lane for years, then on Heyside at the top of Blackshaw Lane, and my other Grandad, the Winterbottom one, was born on Oldham Road in 1900! My son lives in Werneth somewhere, has just moved in. Tandlehill Park is an old playground of both mine and my Mum's, back in the Thirties. Used to be on Rochdale Buses in the 60s, spent hours zooming up and down Oldham Road on the number 9 buses to Ashton. Talk about a small world! Ian

Hello Ian, Tuesday, May 24, 2005, 3:27:56 PM, you wrote: > Cor, Bren; is Highbarn School what used to be Royton Central? I went there > in the Sixties! As for Byron St, my Mum went there as a little girl! Once > sat in the Spitfire on the old golf links on Highbarn Road too, in the > Fifties. I went to the recent Memorial service at the Air Cadets' place, my > Uncle Harry Exley was one of the dead members they were remembering. My > Nanna & Grandad Exley lived on Turf Lane for years, then on Heyside at the > top of Blackshaw Lane, and my other Grandad, the Winterbottom one, was born > on Oldham Road in 1900! My son lives in Werneth somewhere, has just moved > in. Tandlehill Park is an old playground of both mine and my Mum's, back in > the Thirties. Used to be on Rochdale Buses in the 60s, spent hours zooming > up and down Oldham Road on the number 9 buses to Ashton. Talk about a small > world! Ian Hi..........I used to catch the number 9 bus to Oldham every friday night to go to the Astoria for the dancing. Ilived in Ashton for many year's, God's little acre. -- Best regards, daftjack mailto:daftjack@riseup.net -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.322 / Virus Database: 266.11.16 - Release Date: 5/24/2005