Hi Ian Yes Highbarn was the Royton Central school I didn't go there although some of my cousins and friends did I went to Chaddy Grammar School .Wore a school uniform , as do all my grandchildren at the schools they go to. Byron St wear Red tops and Grey trousers summer they wear white shirts. Grey Skirts for the girls and redcheck dress and red cardigans in Summer Highbarn have Royal Blue tops Like you I used to play in Tandlehills we used to wak up the Daisy steps(Near the Cricket field) through Thorp past Smiths farm and Porters farm and went in at the bottom gate, we played there all afternoon and when we thought it was time to go home we went upto the monument because you could see the Townhall clock from there to check the time .Do you remember the Sweet shop at Shaw Road End across from the park? We used to buy penny Lyons Ice creams from there they were small and round and with just a white paper band around them . The Granellis you can buy in shops is the one from Manchester and not the one from Oldham I was a nurse at Boundary Park Hospita(Royal Oldham) they were just starting to modernise as I left Like you say it's a small world Regards Bren >-- Original Message -- >From: "Ian Winterbottom" <i.winterbottom@ntlworld.com> >Subject: Re: [LANCSLIFE] Cornets and Royton >Date: Tue, 24 May 2005 14:27:56 +0100 >To: LANCSLIFE-L@rootsweb.com >Reply-To: LANCSLIFE-L@rootsweb.com > > >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 > > > >==== LANCSLIFE Mailing List ==== >Manchester Online: http://www.manchesteronline.co.uk/ >The Friends of Real Lancashire: http://www.forl.co.uk/001/intro.html >Lancashire History and Folklore: http://www.geocities.com/kera2000_uk/ > >============================== >Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for >ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: >http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx > ___________________________________________________________ Book yourself something to look forward to in 2005. Cheap flights - http://www.tiscali.co.uk/travel/flights/ Bargain holidays - http://www.tiscali.co.uk/travel/holidays/

Coo, Bren, you posh person you. I just missed Chaddy Gram, a mate of mine, John Regan, went there though. I was a Bulge baby if you remember that (All the Dads demobbed at the end of the War caused a minor population explosion that followed our generation up thro' School) and Grammar School places were desperately short, so as a "Borderline" case I ended up at "Central", Shaw and Royton amalgamated while I was there. Must admit I hated it there, I was badly bullied and it is still with me now! Liked the School itself though, and still love Royton. We used to wear uniform, mostly just the cap and then only till someone nicked it and chucked it on the roof. Or the tie if someone didn't try to strangle you with it! I can only just remember Tandlehills, it must be a good fifty years back! My Mum took us there a few times, I remember really loving it; but living in Shaw as we did it was almost impossible to get to, I remember the monument though. And the sweetshop; Turf Lane is just next to Shaw Road End, Nan & Grandad used to buy us Dolly Mixtures and ice creams from there. I used to visit the Park too with Nan for the Leonard Cheshire fetes. My Mum and Dad were married in St Anne's Church just across the road. I've bobbed in and out of Boundary Park a time or two as well, only as a visitor thank Gawd! A mate of mine was once in the infamous "Bottom Block" for a time and we used to sneak off for a jar in the Mare and Foal over the road! (I've had some funny mates now and then!). I must keep an eye out for the Granelli's however, see if it still tasts the same. Tarra, Ian