tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3488915945983500085.post3415866280280554066..comments2023-11-05T10:59:37.824+00:00Comments on Ashton-under-Lyne.com Photo Blog: Garden TerraceMartinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12729523557219015134noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3488915945983500085.post-54415652383094777302009-01-03T18:01:00.000+00:002009-01-03T18:01:00.000+00:00Has anyone got any information pictures of the hou...Has anyone got any information pictures of the houses/streets on Union Rd before the Hillgate estate was built in the 1970's ?.<BR/>I am sure when i was a child there was an old church/school built where he indian community centre now stands.<BR/>Any information would be much appreciatedAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3488915945983500085.post-70427199638797462862008-03-11T19:02:00.000+00:002008-03-11T19:02:00.000+00:00also I notice on the larger picture the ludicrous ...also I notice on the larger picture the ludicrous practice of pointing/repairing only 'your' side of the chimney, leaving the other side pointless.<BR/>IndeedAshtonianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14669236045514900658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3488915945983500085.post-69012185110329731782008-03-11T18:30:00.000+00:002008-03-11T18:30:00.000+00:00Shared privies eh!There were remnants of these her...Shared privies eh!<BR/>There were remnants of these here and there in the early 1970's and I had the unique experience of using one.Ashtonianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14669236045514900658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3488915945983500085.post-29575989951223212982008-03-11T18:21:00.000+00:002008-03-11T18:21:00.000+00:00Thanks for that, Meg. The back-to-backs were long ...Thanks for that, Meg. The back-to-backs were long gone by the time I came to Ashton! Strangely, I have heard no mention of them previously. A close look, at an old map suggests that were more back-to-backs on the site of the current Arcades shopping centre.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3488915945983500085.post-35745227151015266622008-03-11T17:47:00.000+00:002008-03-11T17:47:00.000+00:00There definitely were some back to back houses in ...There definitely were some back to back houses in Ashton. The ones I remember were on Turner Lane just after Warre Street. They had only one door and shared a back wall with the house built on to the rear. These particular houses were known locally as The Belt Row. They had a row of shared privies along the pathway than ran through from Warre St to Winton St. Shaw's Brushworks was next door.Meghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13329153172785750314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3488915945983500085.post-23261663417028993132008-03-11T06:41:00.000+00:002008-03-11T06:41:00.000+00:00i dont know this are very well but i notice they s...i dont know this are very well but i notice they seem to get up earlier than the ones in hurst knoll .thats unless the back curtains are still drawn ,lol .Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3488915945983500085.post-44626764857863973812008-03-10T23:51:00.000+00:002008-03-10T23:51:00.000+00:00The houses on Kings Road are also Victorian - just...The houses on Kings Road are also Victorian - just a different style!<BR/><BR/>Don't confuse the back-to-back chimneys with back-to-back houses! Those had another house built on to the back of it, so there was no back door! I don't think there were any of those in Ashton, but there are still many surviving in Yorkshire towns, such as Huddersfield and Leeds.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3488915945983500085.post-64505252408813764452008-03-10T11:24:00.000+00:002008-03-10T11:24:00.000+00:00Thanks to Chips I can now recognise these houses a...Thanks to Chips I can now recognise these houses as Victorian...with back to bakc or "shared" chimneys!Junehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02163685201444032363noreply@blogger.com