1950s Photos

The photograph below was supplied by Janice Cunliffe, and shows a fancy dress parade circa 1953-1955. The building to the rear and left of the picture is the rear of the old Co-op building on Chaddock Lane. Janice is at the front wearing "Time Waits for No Man".

The following set of photographs was kindly supplied by John Lunn (no relation to the Astley historian referred to elsewhere on this web site). John spent much of his childhood living on Ellenbrook Road in Boothstown, indeed his grandfather built a number of the houses on Ellenbrook Road in the early 1930s.

The two photographs below show the Whit Walk of 1955 gathering on the forecourt of the Mines Rescue Station on Ellebrook Road.

The photograph below shows an enamel plate, the like of which was a common site around Boothstown and Worsley.

The photograph below was taken at the Bonfire Night party on 5 November 1955 at the Mines Rescue Station.

The photographs below were also taken at the Bonfire Night party on 5 November 1955 at the Mines Rescue Station, and show the children enjoying their hot pot supper.