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,…
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 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.
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…
Carole describes her time at the Acacias school in Burnage, detailing her journeys there, memories of the old house in which lessons were taken, school dinners, teachers and old friends.