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Contents
About the Authors 2
Acknowledgements 4
Introduction 5
THE OLD CHORLTON 8
Some farms, some pubs, a church and school, and a collection of
cottages.
Chorlton Green... Chorlton Evangelical Church... The Lych Gate and village graveyard...
Angus Bateman and an archaeological dig... Chorlton Row, the lane out of the village... Mr
Sharp's superior house... Etchells and Beech Road Takeaway... Marjorie Holmes 1921-
2014... The Living Legend that is Dave the Butcher... Sutton's Cottage... Beech House...
CHORLTONVILLE 54
And the estate to the east.
Quentin Crisp... Steve Pullen MBE... Chorltonville... The Stumps and other things... East
from the "Ville and on till morning or Darley Avenue, whichever comes first... George Best..
SOUTHERN CEMETERY 78
A magical place of wildlife, fascinating history and powerful memories.
A new cemetery for the south of the city, fit for purpose... Sir John Alcock... Sir Matt
Busby... Sir John Rylands... Wilfred Pickles... L. S. Lowry…
BARLOW MOOR ROAD 94
And on to Manchester Road.
Chorlton Park, and more than a few surprises... Leon's, the date and a mystery... The
cinemas, just 80 and a bit years of flickering magic... Essoldo... Palais de Luxe...
Gaumont... The Pavilion... Foster's, cycles, a dairy and a muriel... Kemp's Corner... The
Library, "built in fulfilment of a promise made in 1904"... Unicorn, a Chorlton co-operative
since 1996 with a roof garden and pond... Chorlton Swimming Baths, a second promise
fulfilled…
EDGE LANE AND WILBRAHAM ROAD 134
The ancient and the modern.
That place over the railway track, beyond the Dukes Canal, Stretford... Longford
House, and our own Chorlton radical... Westonby and The Twilight Sleep Home for painless
child birth... Reaching out to the community... Highfield, numbers 2 to 18 Wilbraham Road,
the shops with a secret... The Post office, that letter box and a story about The Blitz... Over
the railway bridge, past Egerton Arcade and then to the Creameries…
ALL OF FAME 164
Being a collection of those who lived, still live or passed through
Chorlton.
Alan Hollingum... Joe Mercer, the letter helping him with his team selection and other
notable football chaps... Alan Brown and a century of the Chorlton Brass Band... Steve
Raw... Kingbee records and a wealth of musical talent... The Bee Gees... Badly Drawn
Boy... Midge Addy, a remarkable woman... Stan, Mona, Chris and Lyn, at the Trevor...
Lipservice…
Epilogue 194
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