The prefab building at the top of the photo stood on Wood Street and it was where a generation of Hydonians bought their families slippers at low prices !
It was known as "Wickles back" by some. I think this was because the prefab was a manufacturer called Wickles at some point . If anybody knows what they manufactured please let us know...
After the reservoir was drained.
Aerial View showing Lumb Road to the Right and the Douglas Street part of Norths to the left.
Aerial view as it looks today !
Queen Street became Douglas Street at the Lumn Road end after the new Greenfield Primary school cut Queen Street in half.
It's all so different now - looks nicer though.
ReplyDeletewe used to live at 134 lumn road when i was little which backed onto the reservoir we had an outside toilet and when you used to go there was always rats from the reservoir it had a big high fence behind our house but in later years we used yo go to the ressy to get leaches such good memories
ReplyDeleteMy mum's family(Roystons) lived in the white house on Wood St when she was a kid...so would have been 40's, 50's. She also worked at Slack Mill later. Very different now!
ReplyDeleteMy gran and grandad, Gordon and Irene Kennion used to live on Wood street with my dad Anthony who we call Tony. When there house was demolished they moved to Werneth avenue.
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