Drummond Road
Picture at the junction with Clements Road looking towards Peak Freans Factory
I believe the flats on the right have now gone replaced by a school, from the old picture it looks as though redevelopment was taking place
Drummond Road
Re: Drummond Road
Posted by freddie
Hi fosney,
I think you'll find that the flats on the right hand side of the old photo is actually Scott Liggett school not long after it had been built. As the photo shows no houses to the left this must be after demolition ready for the building of the 'four squares'. The houses were still there but empty/derelict in 1968/9.
Drummond Road
Picture at the junction with Clements Road looking towards Peek Freans factory
I believe the flats on the right have now gone replaced by a school, from the old picture it looks as though redevelopment was taking place
-fosney
Hi fosney,
I think you'll find that the flats on the right hand side of the old photo is actually Scott Liggett school not long after it had been built. As the photo shows no houses to the left this must be after demolition ready for the building of the 'four squares'. The houses were still there but empty/derelict in 1968/9.
Re: Drummond Road
Posted by Rene
Hi Fosney
My Gran lived in a prefab in Drummond Road next door to a corner shop I knew as Italiano's. Not sure if this was the correct name for that shop. I recall an elderly man as the shop owner (anyone over 20 years of age, in the world of an 8 year old, is in the realm of elderly so my apologies if it turns out he was not so old … or Italian!!!).
My Aunt and Uncle lived in a prefab next door but one to my Gran. Their prefab was on the corner of Clements Road and Drummond Road. Looking at your photograph it would seem my Gran and Aunt lived in prefabs that had been on the site that is obscured by the lorry.
Regards
Rene
Drummond Road
Picture at the junction with Clements Road looking towards Peak Freans Factory
I believe the flats on the right have now gone replaced by a school, from the old picture it looks as though redevelopment was taking place
Hi Fosney
My Gran lived in a prefab in Drummond Road next door to a corner shop I knew as Italiano's. Not sure if this was the correct name for that shop. I recall an elderly man as the shop owner (anyone over 20 years of age, in the world of an 8 year old, is in the realm of elderly so my apologies if it turns out he was not so old … or Italian!!!).
My Aunt and Uncle lived in a prefab next door but one to my Gran. Their prefab was on the corner of Clements Road and Drummond Road. Looking at your photograph it would seem my Gran and Aunt lived in prefabs that had been on the site that is obscured by the lorry.
Regards
Rene
Re: Drummond Road
Posted by jimmica
yes rene on the corner of lockwood and drummond all alone everything else around it had been bombed we called it pops we used to buy ice cream, a kind of sasparilla , and single ciggies penny each.he was old an sicilian.but he brought over a young wife and soon knocked out a kid i remember he wore big old army boots with the laces undone an dragged his feet its funny the things that stick in your mind. cheers jim
yes rene on the corner of lockwood and drummond all alone everything else around it had been bombed we called it pops we used to buy ice cream, a kind of sasparilla , and single ciggies penny each.he was old an sicilian.but he brought over a young wife and soon knocked out a kid i remember he wore big old army boots with the laces undone an dragged his feet its funny the things that stick in your mind. cheers jim
Re: Drummond Road
Posted by Rene
Hi Jimmika
I agree, it is funny the things that stick in one's mind. I do remember the old man's wife but at the time I thought she was just an employee or possibly a relative i.e. daughter or niece, it didn't occur to me that she was married to him. When she became noticeably pregnant, they both became a topic of conversation and I overheard the 'grown ups' referring to them as a married couple.
Regards
Rene
Hi Jimmika
I agree, it is funny the things that stick in one's mind. I do remember the old man's wife but at the time I thought she was just an employee or possibly a relative i.e. daughter or niece, it didn't occur to me that she was married to him. When she became noticeably pregnant, they both became a topic of conversation and I overheard the 'grown ups' referring to them as a married couple.
Regards
Rene
Re: Drummond Road
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