tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6302098827534579205.post8877966429662256238..comments2024-03-23T12:51:33.633+00:00Comments on Memories of Hoghton: Stanley GrangeUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6302098827534579205.post-55001766680002864852023-10-18T00:22:02.075+01:002023-10-18T00:22:02.075+01:00I was on a one month cadet
training course, autu...I was on a one month cadet <br />training course, autumn, 1963. We were billoted in the wooden huts. One morning Sergeant Bell woke us at 6am, and said, " RIGHT LADS, YOU ARE GOING TO DO SOME PROPER POLICE WORK TODAY.A BOY CALLED JOHNNY KILBRIDE IS MISSING IN ASHTON UNDER LYNE, YOU ARE GOING TO SEARCH FOR HIM." It was the start of the 'Moors Murders". (Eric Haworth.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6302098827534579205.post-1506776479528718972023-09-06T19:46:48.520+01:002023-09-06T19:46:48.520+01:00This piece about Stanley Grange certainly brings b...This piece about Stanley Grange certainly brings back memories. I joined Lancashire Police in 1968 and from October that year to the middle of the following year I was at Stanley Grange. I remember the names of the instructors mentioned plus Sergeant Anderson (drill sergeant), Sergeant Ickeringill (self defence and wrestling) and PC Sanderson (athletic pursuits) who all made a positive lasting impression on me. I remember the block runs around the country roads, the 3 peaks hike in winter, the camping on Lake Windermere in atrocious weather and all the other “character building” activities. I didn’t stay long in the police but I still have fond memories of Stanley Grange.Malcolm Wilcocknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6302098827534579205.post-66135190540167150472023-05-31T22:35:25.267+01:002023-05-31T22:35:25.267+01:00At Stanley Grange in 1970 as a blackpool cadet pri...At Stanley Grange in 1970 as a blackpool cadet prior to going on to bruche chief inspector Mansell was our boss also in funeral possession for gerry Richardson shot in jewellery robbery in blackpoolAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6302098827534579205.post-84010298601462067582022-06-17T20:05:46.564+01:002022-06-17T20:05:46.564+01:00My father was an instructor at Stanley Grange from...My father was an instructor at Stanley Grange from about 1969 to 1974, I had five wonderful years growing up there, it was fabulous 👍Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6302098827534579205.post-40742576544701251292020-12-07T22:37:00.704+00:002020-12-07T22:37:00.704+00:00I joined the Lancashire Constabulary in 1950, and ...I joined the Lancashire Constabulary in 1950, and after training at No 1 District Centre, Bruche, Warrington, the Lancs Lads went to Stanley Grange for in-Lancs Constabulary immersion, (and we also got to direct traffic for Blackpool Illuminations!) after which we were posted - I got Eccles, M/cr Div. What I remember is the fabulous marble bath with side shower, a flaky new TV, and the turkey sandwiches at the pubs where we directed traffic...<br />Ended up in Canada as a D/Chief of City Police, now in Ireland.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04050969235837896757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6302098827534579205.post-34828471924832607122018-03-01T13:28:07.169+00:002018-03-01T13:28:07.169+00:00Hi ,
I'm a brewer and brewing historian, curre...Hi ,<br />I'm a brewer and brewing historian, currently writing a book on old beers and brewing, focusing on the breweries of the North ,and Lancashire in particular; and wondered if anyone has any old brewing records or brewer's notebooks from the Spring Vale Brewery , or other defunct local breweries that they might allow me access to ?.<br />I'd be happy to see any records that might have survived, please e mail me at eddmather9@gmail.com if you're able to help with my research,<br />Best Regards,<br />Edd Mather Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01359187309563791578noreply@blogger.com