tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8599481671908734427.post4729084864789280059..comments2024-03-23T16:10:12.319+00:00Comments on Hyde Cheshire Blog: Imperial Chemical Industries Factory at Newton, Hyde, 1946 (ICI)Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04167792394551286975noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8599481671908734427.post-5262042189474197842018-08-20T03:01:52.046+01:002018-08-20T03:01:52.046+01:00I do coinsider all the concepts you've introdu...I do coinsider all the concepts you've introduced on your post.<br /><br />They're really convincing and can certainly work. Still, the postgs are very short for newbies.<br />Could you please prolong them a little from next time? Thanks for the post.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8599481671908734427.post-37771523817088759502017-01-08T16:52:53.751+00:002017-01-08T16:52:53.751+00:00I've just come across these fabulous photos. ...I've just come across these fabulous photos. how it's all changed since then ...and will change again in the future, sadly.<br />I used to work in the offices at ICI....Happy days!Magslhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13037843422100007269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8599481671908734427.post-25672901475693295542013-10-16T21:43:08.987+01:002013-10-16T21:43:08.987+01:00Wonderful photos, brought back many happy memories...Wonderful photos, brought back many happy memories. Our house on Talbot Road backed on to ICI. The woods and fields around Shawhall were our playgrounds. Certainly looks much different now!!Heathernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8599481671908734427.post-33107607918613724832013-10-08T09:24:50.622+01:002013-10-08T09:24:50.622+01:00To Barry in Oz
I left Hyde in 1960 but must have k...To Barry in Oz<br />I left Hyde in 1960 but must have known your grandad by sight though not by name. I knew Mr Mayall very well from church & pantos.<br />MarjorieMarjorienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8599481671908734427.post-85475358435042725552013-10-07T15:30:15.395+01:002013-10-07T15:30:15.395+01:00My mum and dad worked at ICI in the 70's &...My mum and dad worked at ICI in the 70's & 80's,their working mans club was brilliant,good freindly atmosphere everytime I went.<br />And always had a good christmas do for me and our Johann.<br />Rock Apenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8599481671908734427.post-4069504217089047752013-10-07T14:26:36.074+01:002013-10-07T14:26:36.074+01:00Barry in Oz. Can't say that I remember that M...Barry in Oz. Can't say that I remember that Marjorie, I'm going on mostly what my Mum told me. I left Talbot Rd in the early 50s and moved to Barleycroft rd. Did you know my GRandad, Jesse Lewis who had the Chippy at 156 Talbot Rd next to Mayalls bakery ?<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8599481671908734427.post-54963111280888966962013-10-07T10:17:00.366+01:002013-10-07T10:17:00.366+01:00Great comments... so glad these pictures have boug...Great comments... so glad these pictures have bought back these memories.... <br />I have had a comment from 'Frank' who I think will benefit from seeing this post for another full day.<br /> Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04167792394551286975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8599481671908734427.post-52717532440330141472013-10-07T08:37:16.302+01:002013-10-07T08:37:16.302+01:00To Barry in Oz,
They demolished Barker's farm...To Barry in Oz,<br />They demolished Barker's farm and built flats there. My parents lived in one of them for a while. I wonder if you remember the cows from the farm walking up Talbot Rd to the pastures, and back again for milking? And the daughter of the farmer had a pet lamb which, when it grew into a sheep, followed her everywhere like a dog.<br />Further down the road, on the opposite side, was Bland's farm. There is a school there now.Marjorienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8599481671908734427.post-50636070858236202822013-10-06T21:52:02.291+01:002013-10-06T21:52:02.291+01:00Fantastic photos as always thanks for the educatio...Fantastic photos as always thanks for the education because wether you believe it or not you really are passing on history that would otherwise be lost! My children are being force fed this to give them a sense of where they are from keep it up and hope you are recovering we need you !<br />Thanks AlanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8599481671908734427.post-84334714946874925412013-10-06T19:26:53.591+01:002013-10-06T19:26:53.591+01:00Oh now you are depressing me Tom! All that lovely...Oh now you are depressing me Tom! All that lovely countryside that has been built on. These photos are exactly as I remember it, and all the fields that my sister & I used to roam about in. Those were the days. Lovely to see how it used to be, but I could weep to think what we have lost.Marjorienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8599481671908734427.post-55790321929546509012013-10-06T18:36:58.959+01:002013-10-06T18:36:58.959+01:00Barry in Oz AGAIN. Gee these photo's are bring...Barry in Oz AGAIN. Gee these photo's are bringing back some memories. Opposite Bluebell Close on Talbot Rd used to be Barkers Farm. Most of it's land was used to build Hickinfield estate. The Son of the Farm and his girlfriend went camping one weekend and the tent burned down killing them both. <br />On the corner of Talbot Rd and Cartwright street there used to be a little shop. It changed hands many times and changed it's goods as well. I always remember one year it sold toys and fireworks, it would have been in the early 50s, and at Christmas it had a fabulous window display. I used to stand in front of it for hours as a lad. <br />Also as a lad I used to make my Guy Fawkes on a trolley and stand outside ICI doing my 'Penny for the Guy' act. I used to get enough for all my fireworks from the workers. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8599481671908734427.post-27338992665019600042013-10-06T18:15:29.323+01:002013-10-06T18:15:29.323+01:00Barry in Oz again, bottom picture again, centre of...Barry in Oz again, bottom picture again, centre of photo at the bottom. The street that had (and still has) the Post Office on the corner, at the bottom of that street you will see a small works. That was a leather dyers works where my Dad worked after he came back from being a POW after being captured at the Battle of Arnhem. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8599481671908734427.post-77044967235909911032013-10-06T18:12:27.437+01:002013-10-06T18:12:27.437+01:00Barry in Oz again, in the bottom photo, oppossite ...Barry in Oz again, in the bottom photo, oppossite the factory and to the right of the church was Savill's Farm if I remember correctly, then sometime in the 50's ICI built a bowling club on that land.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8599481671908734427.post-39216871844406423112013-10-06T18:09:49.657+01:002013-10-06T18:09:49.657+01:00Barry in Oz. Wow, 1946 was the year I was born, 8...Barry in Oz. Wow, 1946 was the year I was born, 8 months after this photo was taken. Pity you can't see Goodier House on Victoria St eh ? My Mum lived at my Grandads chippy at 156 Talbot Rd and she used to call Newton. 'The village'. She, coming originally from Salford, thought Newton was lovely and green. Dad worked at the ICI (Rexene we called it)from 1955 to 1961 and I was christened at St Mary's in 1947.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com