Woman from Sneyd Green. I am told that there was a shop on the estate in the 1980s that used to sell cigarettes and a match for the cash strapped residents of the area. And then there was Chungies the Chinese " My mate Greg used to do a song to the tune of "Prince Charming" which had the refrain " public health is nothing to be scared of" in relation to the takeaway
They were giving the Manchester Evening News away for nothing yesterday. I wonder if the Sentinel will go the same way. Spoke to woman who had given up on the Sentinel and certainly its circulation has fallen over two decades as have all newspapers.
Woman born in 1926 recalls her bullying teacher a man called Perkins who was keen to use the cane and belting people around the head. Its not so long ago. A teacher at the Primary school I went in the 60sto was named appropriately enough Mr Birch. Another person I knew went to a Christian Brother school in the Scottish Borders. The head of pastoral care was named " Brother Discipline" and pushed around a small boy named Hornby who retaliated by producing a revolver from his satchel and firing the prelate. He missed.
We were chatting about celebrities. I tend to walk the other way when one hoves into view. A customer had nice things to say about Collette Rooney she saw her at a Cheshire Garden Centre as although she told me of a bad experience concerning a friend a decorator who worked on Cheryl Cole's friends house. The singer took exception to the way in which he spoke to her and had dismissed him on the spot- so I was told. Cathy did see Sonia coming out of an Asda in Bromborough- but then does she count as a celebrity?
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