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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…

Tags: Avon Road, Second World War

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.

Tags: Burnage Lane, Housing, St. Bernard's, Western Circle

Duchess of York 25th Annual Report - 1939

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…

Tags: 1939, Duchess of York Hospital

Acacias Nursery Class 1935

This picture shows Pauline Lister in the Nursery Class at the Acacias

Tags: Acacias, Class Photographs

Acacias School - Miss Boyes Class

Miss Boyes Class in which Pauline Lister was a pupil.

Tags: Acacias, Class Photographs

Crowning of Butterfly Queen - Duchess of York

This was outside The Duchess of York

Tags: Duchess of York Hospital

Burnage Lane

This shows Burnage Lane with the various shops mentioned by Pauline Butterworth (nee Lister) .

Tags: Burnage Lane

Memories of the Duchess of York Hospital

Kath Thompson describes her time working as a Medical Records Officer/Secretary in the hospital from 1967 - 1970, her responsibilities in the position, the buildings which made up the hospital site, and taking her own daughter to have her tonsils…

Tags: Duchess of York Hospital, Women's Working Lives, Work