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Tenancy Agreement for 8 Ivylea Road.PDF

Public Health Committee- Note confirming property on Ivylea Road.PDF
A copy of the tenancy agreement given to Joseph Gawkrodger on 14th Jan 1928. Note how a plot number has been allocated rather than a house number. Joseph Gawkrodger, along with his wife and two-year old daughter, moved into Burnage from West-Point,…

Green End Infants School, 1960

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Class photograph taken at Green End School in 1960.

Green End Junior School- Standard 2A- June 1964

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School photograph from Green End School, taken in June 1964, showing class Standard 2A.

Green End Junior School- Standard 4A- Mrs. Heap's Class

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School photograph taken of class Standard 4A, Mrs Heap's class.

Rev. Dennis Nadin - Grandparents Moving onto Southbank Road

Rev. Dennis Nadin describes his grandparents' move from West Gorton to Southbank Road, Burnage.

Rev. Dennis Nadin - Childhood Gangs in Burnage

In the first clip, Dennis Nadin describes the gangs formed by young people during and after the war, avoiding Avon Road, each gang building a den in its area from corrugated iron.

In the second clip, he elaborates on how the gangs were formed, his…

Rev. Dennis Nadin - Housing in Burnage

Rev. Dennis Nadin praises the housing on the Burnage estates, describes the area where St. Bernard's was later built, and the relations between those living in private and Corporation housing.

Duchess of York 25th Annual Report - 1939

Duchess of York 25th Annual Report - 1939.pdf
A scanned copy of the 25th Annual Report of the Duchess of York Children's Hospital from 1939. Includes news of developments in the hospital over the year, a medical report and the accounts for the hospital. The General Fund section contains a list…

Burnage Garden Society - Final Show - 1996

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A video of the Burnage Garden Society's final show in 1996.

Rev. Dennis Nadin - Burnage Historians

Dennis Nadin describes two previous historians of Burnage, Robert Chorlton and Derek Bradbury.