Phoenix Youth club football team

 1955 middle bottom Eddie Murphy 3rd from on left back row Ken Mather picture curtsey of Sharon Parkinson Kens daughter.

 

Taken from the top of Davis's chorine plant works house Platt Hall on the left the timbered structure on the right i think is a sulfuric acid pipe line running to Bowmen Thomson's soda ash works which used an odd ball   ammonia soda leblanc process to make soda ash date about 1900

 The buildings at the front are Davis's chorine works which i think where mercury cell, the chimney on the far left was a sulphuric acid plant just on the right hand side side of todays Jack Richard and sons. I can remember a team from Holford digging holes on this site all dressed up in rubber suits and  gas masks it was horrible black gunge they where tip toeing about frightened to death of the gunge,  just in front is the works house and timbered barns all gone the three buildings to the right are todays ash shed date 1900 

Lostock carnival

 A crowd gathered outside todays Chinese We Micklewright Eric Longworths old shop to the right date wise early 50,s 

This is the Langford Road crew all dressed up in there best suits taken by Howard Woodier he had a posh camera with a timer from left to right Barry Yoxal, Charlie Ostapski, Sid Bob Carter, Andy Woodier and Howard Woodier date about 1966 

about 1966

Smallwoods garage pre war

 

 This is a good picture of the Black Greyhound with the Slow and Easy behind Hall lane is between them just about get a horse and cart down there i wonder who the smartly dressed young girl is.