tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8599481671908734427.post45103289060111552..comments2024-02-11T00:32:15.093+00:00Comments on Hyde Cheshire Blog: Hewitt Street (was Cooper Street)Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04167792394551286975noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8599481671908734427.post-77302449022707641932018-10-23T17:02:40.115+01:002018-10-23T17:02:40.115+01:00The photo of Auto-Masters is likely to be the late...The photo of Auto-Masters is likely to be the late 1970s or early 1980s as i served my apprenticeship there from 1971 and worked on the building modernisation.<br /><br />Dennis GoodwinAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18191467627198417475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8599481671908734427.post-83102830536440766582014-01-01T18:54:00.835+00:002014-01-01T18:54:00.835+00:00Thanks for adding these photos, have been looking ...Thanks for adding these photos, have been looking to see where my late father grew up in the 1920s and 1930s. <br /><br />My Dad and I made a trip to Hyde in the mid 80s when I was about 15 but it was quite sad for him because it had all changed so much and there was very little he could recognise, though he was able to point out the spot where a horse kicked him into the canal when he was a kid - he probably deserved it!<br /><br />For your info, Hewitt Street seems to have been called that before the 1940s; I have a scanned postcard he sent his mum at number 6 Hewitt Street from Plymouth (he had just joined the Royal Navy aged 17) which is dated December 10 1938.<br /><br />IanIan D Bhttp://aircrashsites.co.uk/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8599481671908734427.post-4634742671401987662011-08-30T20:26:32.194+01:002011-08-30T20:26:32.194+01:00The only reference to a Fish & Chip shop at 88...The only reference to a Fish & Chip shop at 88 Manchester Rd is in 1957 when the owner was M. Jones.<br /><br />PaulHyde Ladhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13799992790388189244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8599481671908734427.post-74169403947760801062011-08-30T17:13:11.504+01:002011-08-30T17:13:11.504+01:00Was the corner shop on the 2nd photo what was know...Was the corner shop on the 2nd photo what was known as Kellett's cafe? That was a posh name for a chippie. I remember being taken to the Queen's cinema in Manchester Road and then across for a fabulous supper at Kellett's.Werneth Lownoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8599481671908734427.post-7729750358355263272011-08-29T16:54:12.318+01:002011-08-29T16:54:12.318+01:00Great post Paul
I wonder if 'Hewitt' was s...Great post Paul<br />I wonder if 'Hewitt' was someone's name.. maybe a builder or councillor, it may have been someone from the Hyde Lane Pit.. certainly strange to have a street name changed like that.<br />Good detective work on the van Dave...Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04167792394551286975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8599481671908734427.post-18810576486050846292011-08-29T16:41:19.525+01:002011-08-29T16:41:19.525+01:00I think the second photo's a bit later than 19...I think the second photo's a bit later than 1958 - the little van looks like a Ford Thames 307E (the variant of the Ford Anglia) which (according to Wikipedia) was introduced in June 1961.Dave Williamsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8599481671908734427.post-18344218429801155272011-08-29T13:19:31.909+01:002011-08-29T13:19:31.909+01:00Great post there!
Cleared up the mystery over what...Great post there!<br />Cleared up the mystery over what the Streets name was too. :)Hydonianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14723686770197717456noreply@blogger.com