tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8599481671908734427.post4135060893506481311..comments2024-02-11T00:32:15.093+00:00Comments on Hyde Cheshire Blog: Meschia'sTomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04167792394551286975noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8599481671908734427.post-50159209963838207612016-09-06T10:44:38.927+01:002016-09-06T10:44:38.927+01:00The Rockers all gathered at Meschias on a Saturday...The Rockers all gathered at Meschias on a Saturday night, and the mods went to the jesterAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8599481671908734427.post-57077531420017596952016-06-03T21:59:51.580+01:002016-06-03T21:59:51.580+01:00I used to be friends with David Meschia from Hyde ...I used to be friends with David Meschia from Hyde . It was about 1983/4 before we moved to the lakes. I lived o Perrin street. <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8599481671908734427.post-11476319441115170502013-05-16T19:46:09.997+01:002013-05-16T19:46:09.997+01:00Wonderful memories of Meschias, so much fun, no al...Wonderful memories of Meschias, so much fun, no alcohol, no drugs, just a load of kids having fun. if you weren't in there you really don't know what you were missing. Angela, Louie, Stephanie all lived in lovely house on West Park. Aunite Mary used to man the ice cream van on Hyde Market, lovely family xxAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17048519346376273349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8599481671908734427.post-67643118453668121382013-05-16T19:45:54.968+01:002013-05-16T19:45:54.968+01:00Wonderful memories of Meschias, so much fun, no al...Wonderful memories of Meschias, so much fun, no alcohol, no drugs, just a load of kids having fun. if you weren't in there you really don't know what you were missing. Angela, Louie, Stephanie all lived in lovely house on West Park. Aunite Mary used to man the ice cream van on Hyde Market, lovely family xxAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17048519346376273349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8599481671908734427.post-13859329968818834062011-04-04T19:56:39.916+01:002011-04-04T19:56:39.916+01:00It's nice to see the business is still going, ...It's nice to see the business is still going, and the family still in the area.Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04167792394551286975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8599481671908734427.post-60851311695147201462011-04-04T19:42:05.347+01:002011-04-04T19:42:05.347+01:00Yes! Meschia's is a part of my childhood. Th...Yes! Meschia's is a part of my childhood. Their ice cream cart came into Kensington Street every Sunday dinner-time. Not a motorised cart, but horsedrawn so there was always someone ready with a bucket and shovel to retrieve the horse's droppings!<br /><br />The milk bar on Market Street was a favourite of ours after a visit to the baths. I remember quite vividly that they would sell you a pennyworth of wafer biscuits, which always tasted delicious, even though they barely tasted of anything. Meschia's was a favourite place to hang out until the opening of the Jester Coffee Bar across the road. This was a really cool place to be - more mature clientelle than Meschia's and they sold froffee coffee.<br /><br />Wonderful memories.Werneth Lownoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8599481671908734427.post-33893231848278129322010-11-28T17:57:45.098+00:002010-11-28T17:57:45.098+00:00Thanks for the comments.. glad you have enjoyed re...Thanks for the comments.. glad you have enjoyed reliving some of your past.. I had many many hot vimto's.. well like you they started off hot.. I can not recall the back room as it was mentioned above... but I saw the cones being made in such a small back room.. the lady was very quick at rolling them... these were proper cones.. not the wafer as we get now... but darker and brittle with a taste of aniseed if I am remembering right. My friend Tony's mum 'June Collins' worked there, and I remember the Maureen and Angela Meschia working there.. and the two old lady's with very black hair... I'm not sure if they were twins or not... they worked the Ice Cream vans on the market and would also turn up at the milkbar... no messing about then.. not because they were strict or anything but because they had the same respect as your Granny had... they were lovely lady's. Meschia's toasted current teacakes on a Saturday morning were the best hang over cure I knew back then... that and a 'frothy coffee' Happy days indeed.Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04167792394551286975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8599481671908734427.post-21660756948912331672010-11-28T16:21:01.772+00:002010-11-28T16:21:01.772+00:00This sites wonderful loads of happy memories of Me...This sites wonderful loads of happy memories of Meschias...spent many a sunday afternoon making one hot vimto {cheapest drink they did}last... waiting for all the bikers to come roaring up Market street or Hyde lane as we called it. I certainly remember the refit...Bo didley ....In dreams...Elvis Cliff richards Can't remember the room at the back.....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8599481671908734427.post-89486374976087723012010-11-27T20:33:49.366+00:002010-11-27T20:33:49.366+00:00So many happy memories of Meschias. Christine was ...So many happy memories of Meschias. Christine was a good friend of mine.<br />Does anyone remember it being refitted and having the counter moved to the middle of the shop? Before that the counter was the length of the shop with tables in front of it and there was a small room at the back where you could have a quiet tete a tete with a friend!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8599481671908734427.post-90285972592694049172010-11-22T01:15:21.524+00:002010-11-22T01:15:21.524+00:00I also spent a lot of time at Meschias. We would ...I also spent a lot of time at Meschias. We would go swimming at Hyde Baths and then still with wet hair, and our damp towels, we would go to Meschias and get a 99. The Ice Cream was so good.celtbard_2000https://www.blogger.com/profile/10398410566614407701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8599481671908734427.post-32150311855990329892010-11-21T16:37:24.770+00:002010-11-21T16:37:24.770+00:00Cheers for commenting Gary... I recall Maureen Mes...Cheers for commenting Gary... I recall Maureen Meschia having a farm at the top of 'West Park'.. at one time it was kind of an open house if you were prepared to get stuck in looking after the horses and such... I never went there at that time time but I know many were made welcome.. No one messed with Maureen.. in the milk bar or farm... she did not put up with bad behaviour.Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04167792394551286975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8599481671908734427.post-79820431362756675022010-11-21T14:59:12.355+00:002010-11-21T14:59:12.355+00:00I worked on one of the many ice cream vans during ...I worked on one of the many ice cream vans during Sunday's for Jack Dryland?, I think his wife was related to the Meschia's family. He was a smashing bloke and used to tell me lots of stories about the family.Garry Hallnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8599481671908734427.post-24598523171532620272010-11-19T10:31:35.722+00:002010-11-19T10:31:35.722+00:00Fantastic information.. I spent far to much time i...Fantastic information.. I spent far to much time in the milk-bar... eat far to many current tea cakes.. and bacon on toast. I played the pinballs too... and enjoyed every misspent hour there.<br />A lot of folk will have memories of this family... I cannot say a bad thing about them.. I remember so many of them... I think the little cafe - coffee bar 'Joe Mocha' in the mall is part of the business... and as Nancy knows I can still be found there with a drink in front of me watching the world go by.. and of course meeting up with friends. Meschia's... the people, the name, the shops and the ice cream are a part of the memories of 'My Hyde' just as much as the schools, factories, pubs, clubs, and even the town hall itself. A great posting Nancy about a great name.... I do hope we get a few pictures turning up...Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04167792394551286975noreply@blogger.com