NOW AND THEN AND NOW

[@kittyc3525]

Thank for the lovely journey. Very moving.

[@suzannedwight9272]

My great great grandmother was the landlady of The Victoria. My grandad won his house on Iredine Street in a raffle at the Anchor Chemical. I was born on Eccleshall Street, but we had a cellar that used to flood in the rain, no bathroom (we used to go to my gran's on Iredine Street for a bath). We got brand new clothes for Whit week every year and my Mum used to go mad because when I got tired during the walks, I used to sit down in the middle of the road and pop the pitch bubbles! Thank you so much for sharing this

[@margaretpierce5268]

Hi Suzanne. I remember one whit week we went up to my aunties behind the Calton bingo club . Best clothes on and there was a pitch field behind her house! Popping bubbles got me dirty shoes and lots of trouble😅

[@SisterDogmata]

Born in Openshaw in 1966 and have a few fragmented memories of it. Lovely video, Made me feel nostalgic.

[@michaelarnold4713]

Great music 🎶

[@margaretpierce5268]

Thankyou so much. What a trip! Was born 702 Ashton new road opposite St Cross. So many memories!

[@suzannedwight9272]

Hi Margaret - did you know Rose Marie Berry by any chance - I think that was her maiden name though might have been Rothwell?

[@margaretpierce5268]

Hi Suzanne. Don't remember Rose. Sorry. Lived there till I was 18 . The only ones on the row were, Janet at wallpaper shop, Alan next to cafe, Rowena, myself and Andrew and Cyril past the shops. Did you live in Clayton? Nice to hear from you.

[@StuartLomas]

Hi, great video although scrolling is a little to fast. I was born in Clayton in 1960, went to St. Cross & Ravensbury St & extended family lived all around Clayton. Very happy memories of a great place to grow up.....I guess we were poor but happy! It's a shame councils did not realise what a mistake they were making breaking up communities as they did around Manchester!

[@mandsfhf]

Very nice video of a lot of our streets & pubs that are long since gone.

[@Boddingtons2007]

Thanks for the upload many memories from Clayton Droylsden and Openshaw for me!

[@Jeannieboo140]

This is brilliant... i grew up in Clayton... loved this

[@braintighe4757]

It was a different world, gosh how did we live it.

[@braintighe4757]

In reply to my own question: the fact is we were all young and took life as it came to us, most of us were all in the same boat, our parents had been through the war as young and old children and were building our country up having to go through rationing and hardships, there was much more unity amongst people cos we were like a family all up and down the country, we could never have envisaged such a time as our time now and all the things we have, it is truly amazing the achievements we have made since the late fifties beginning with the rock and roll then the Beatles and all the greatest bands superb music and all the great inventions along with all the medicines cures for illnesses, transplants etc, it was all like an explosion on all fronts happening as life progressed, ab absolutely brilliant time to be young with youthful vitality we all had,so how could we even think about the future as life was truly great and could not be any better (or so we thought.) There have been many advancements in life for us all, fridges, washing machines, televisions, cars, lorries, ships, airplanes, and so many more, the digital era has spawned so many more, this was why I said “how did we live it” looking at the video brought back the times we lived through and makes people nostalgic for those times they wished they could have again, a truly great video to se as I remember all the places

[@braintighe4757]

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[@margaretpierce5268]

It was great. Born in 58. Played in Braddon Street on my bike. Drove Margery at the end house mad playing ball on her wall! 50/50 dances at the cons club. Brilliant!

[@redhmanchesteruk.]

Brilliant memories.

[@TiaPebbles]

Wow everywhere has changed so much i lived on Stuart Street of bank street growing up it brought back a lot of memories of my childhood days thanks so much have saved it so i can watch it again and again

[@Gobbycourier]

thanks for recording theses lasting memories so glad you included the Raglan that was my boozer of choice for years until we moved down to Lincolnshire 25 years ago and the pubs down here ain't a patch on Manchester brewery's

[@craigmullen9046]

I'm an exile Mancunian what lived in Lincolnshire for ten years from 1993 to 2003

[@craigmullen9046]

Totally gone now Clayton. Demographically changed beyond reckonition.

[@iggie1439]

It was the best of times, I had a great childhood. We were as poor as a church mouse but we didn't know it as kids.

[@__animeemogirl__5703]

wow, just seen my mums house 2nd from the end on the right on clayton street, sadly the 2 end houses have been knocked down. thanx for posting. this is my daughters youtube profile by the way. use to play in the bomb rubble on clayton vale with my cousins in early 70.s

[@colinardron198]

The Lord Raglan was my grandfather's local. He was born in late Victorian times and worked at the GortonTank which is another story in itself. During the so called pandemic I went down memory lane to my old haunts and blow me the Lord Raglan was still open although my grand dads house round the corner had been demolished some years ago.

[@davidm-1965tb]

Mum’s first job was at the Aneline (spelling?) and in later years as a teacher at Ravensbury street! She always told tales of working in the labs at the Aneline, she obviously loved it there

[@suzannedwight9272]

My Gran worked there when I was a child. She used to come home a different colour everyday. The green was the hardest to get out

[@Mr.Grimsdale]

The correct spelling is Aniline . . . . as in Clayton Aniline.

[@aceyace3150]

..i wouldn't get on that tram back in them days raaz it's as high as the Pepsi max ride 😲...maybe i would sit down-stairs ..am sorry tram 🚊 ..this vid is the works n educating ..respect for uploading ..😎

[@davidclarke6718]

A lost nation long gone.

[@Pob76]

Very nicely done , had to keep freeze framing ,cos it was flicking through too fast.(I’m old). My Dad worked at Stuart street power station as an industrial electrician, in the 30s and 40s. I think that’s where the Velodrome is now next to the Etihad.

[@louiseholloway8118]

I was born on archer Street next to Stuart Street power station in 1956.we used to hear the electricity humming when in the front room of the house. Granellis ice cream depot just over Mill Street round the corner from the brew.

[@johnhankinson1929]

i'm from swinton , great song and pic's , keep 'em coming

[@Rover109able]

Good vid used to drink in the old Clayton arms and the Church and the Bridge and............well all of em,great

[@erniegwright]

Great Vid I went out with two girls from Stuart Street....Lynn and then Elaine......both stunning good lookers..........I was an alien from Newton Heath or should I say Newt..on eeff.......Happy memories

[@Ashtonian54]

A really good presentation

[@darrensouthward1824]

Great memories. Ray school . What a Hall in Philips Park.

[@gilgammesh1]

4:47, wow that pipe is the same, heck everything is the same apart from the buildings in the background. I wish i could walk around my childhood town and experience the history.

[@patsy4023]

Had an interesting lived on North Road

[@sidewaysid]

We lived on Holly Street, I got my first bike from Gerrards a 2 wheeler with stabilizers on, rode it home with my Mam pushing me.

[@johnhankinson1929]

" mam " a great northern word and my mam + dad were brilliant and are both now gone . I'm now 66 Phil ,how old are you ?

[@kennethhardman]

0.53 looks like the junction tartan st/clayton st. good vid

[@brianwalsh6864]

Does anyone remember the name of the mill at 4:47 I left school in 1972 and got my first job there with the Patent Knitting Company but I can not for the life of me recall the old mills name

[@rubypipa]

Edge Lane Mill Brian

[@brianwalsh6864]

rubypipa Thanks for that I thought at first it was Saxon Mill but that was my second job at Priory Furniture, thanks for taking the time to post your Video's I was a 15 year old again for a little while

[@rubypipa]

The lad with the Mace is Colin Sumner, Clayton Lads Brigade!

[@margaretpierce5268]

Oh wow Colins dad saved my life one night . Bag was pinched in belle Vue disco and my mam nearly killed me. He came and fetched us and brought us home. Bless him! Colin was in school with my sister Rowena.

[@itsScad]

I live on john heywood street

[@stevenhibbert694]

That's where I live clayton manchster cool

[@margaretpierce5268]

Do you remember cake head?😁

[@margaretpierce5268]

Do you have a brother called Ian?

[@CrowhillCrazy]

Well done.

[@SERRATE7]

ARE YOU THE LAD WITH THE MACE (50 SECS) , IF NOT I THINK ITS ME,I WAS IN CHRIST CHURCH LADS BRIGADE(GRAHAM STRINGER -DRUMMER)THERE WAS A BATTALLION BAND PARADE FROM CLAYTON,I WAS BORN 56 OFF ROWSLEY STREET CALLED HASSOP ST,DELIVERED PAPERS FOR OGDENS ON ASHTON NEW ROAD

[@aniqakhanvlogs2232]

💖💖💖💖💖💖

[@robynthomas-beswick665]

it's so sad to see. 😪

[@kennethhardman]

not saying it isnt, i said "it looks like" i ws brought up on clayton st near the old library

[@SERRATE7]

SORRY 40 SECONDS

[@funnycharactermoments7655]

It was better like this

[@jimmyroberts9528]

Grew up in Clayton Left in my early twenties,happy memories Still go back and see family but the town and the city in general have changed so much over twenty odd years that I barely recognise a lot of it anymore,and maybe that’s why I have the sentimentalities of the past.

[@rubypipa]

my choice and its Clayton Droylsden not Salford!!!!