This is a great find!-I lived at No.1 Croft Terrace in the 50's/60's(David Rooney) I think this dates from about 1960 looking at the cars. My aunt Bessie Eldon(nee Rooney) ran the bakery-it was originally run by my grandmother Dora Rooney during the war.Yes,we loved the potato pies as Howard says.At Croft Terrace were the Brennan family,No.2,then the Toon's/Rose Malloy No.3-as kids I used to play with Howard also,Michael Brennan.We had Jim Petty(postman) at No.4 then the Benedic family from Yugoslavia in No.5 & Molloys in No.6! Two surnames mentioned here McCrickard & Toner-I went to St. Mary's infant school at the same time as Francis McCrickard & Peter Toner!
Hi David, I used to live in Church Street and Old Hall. I remember Jim Petty, as well as being the village Post Man, he used to be the village odd job man as well, if I remember rightly. Mr McCrickard was headmaster when I was at St Mary’s and I remember Francis McCrickard when I was at Grammar School. One of the things I miss from my youth in Cleator is Bessie Rooney’s meat and potato pies! I can remember, especially on a Saturday, people would be queuing out of the door for them. I can see her now staggering into the shop from the bakery with big flat trays piled high with pies. I have never ever come across more tasty pies than ones your Aunt used to make. We used to gather blueberries from the top of “Dent” and Bessie would buy them off us for making blueberry pies. At the end of Croft Terrace at Molloy’s in No.6 there was a low wall and we used to climb over it and play in the fields beyond. This is before they built the extension to the Sewage Treatment Works. They were such happy, innocent days.
0:00 Entrance to village from the south. 0:08 Entrance to Ehen Hall - the posh house that used to house the Ainsworths but is now let as flats 0:12 The old lodge 0:15 Croft Terrace coming up on the left (check David Rooney's comment) and Ehen Hall market garden on the right. The usual entrance to the gardens was further up the village. It's now built over with houses. 0:21 Passing Old Hall houses on the left 0:26 Up the Main Street with turning to Kiln Brow on the right 0:34 Cleator Gate on the right 0:39 Back to Ehen Hall Gardens 0:42 Tour of outside of Ehen Hall 0:56 Back to Croft Terrace with close up of my old front door followed by pan back to No where David used to live. There used to be a gas lamp where that speed sign is. 1:01 Back up Old Hall 1:29 View back towards Croft Terrace (and the sewage works behind the bushes over the kid's shoulder) 1:31 Ehen Hall Gardens again. 1:32 Can't place this shot. 1:34 The Three Tuns on Main Street, opposite Church Street. 1:26 Looking down Church Street with the Jubilee Rooms on the right at the end and the cricket field beyond. 1:40 Back up the High Street and looking down Kiln Brow. Dent is the big hill in the background. 1:46 Bottom of Kiln Brow with Miller's Arms on the right. 1:50 Along Kiln Brow and Hilden Road with the mills coming up front. 2:00 Front of the mills 2:04 Jump up to the top of the village and The Flosh; now an over-priced hotel. 2:08 Carry on past The Flosh with St Mary's Church coming up on the left. 2:11 St Mary's School in the foreground with the church behind. 2:18 St Mary's Church. 2:28 St Mary's Grotto. 2:40 Trumpet Terrace - we're into Cleator Moor now. 2:43 Back to St Mary's 2:47 Top of Trumpet Terrace and Trumpet Road at Wath Brow junction. 2:48 Flashes of Ennerdale Road, Little's Arms on the corner, then acroos the River Ehen. 2:57 Looking across the Ehen back to the Cleator Mills. 3:13 I think it's Black How farm.
Hi Howard, the video at time stamp 1:32 is the lane entrance to Palmer’s Court. If you look at Google Street View there is still a remnant of the lane, but now of course it is all housing where the Gardens used to be. The dark shadow to the right of the vid is the high wall of Ehen Hall Gardens. Out of site in the wall was a wood door that gave pedestrian access to the Gardens. My Mam used to send me to the Gardens via this door to buy potatoes, turnips, etc. I was born at 6 Church Street in 1953. Church street was declared as slums and demolished, we then moved to 10 Old Hall which was not much better! After that we moved to Robert Owen Place in the “New Houses” estate. Coming across this video was quite a moving experience for me. My childhood was spent in all those areas in the video, including going to St Mary’s school. It was all so innocent and carefree in those days!
Ah, they obviously wanted to remember as much as possible. It might be worth putting this through some video editing to enhance and slow some of it down so that we can see the people.
OMG where did this footage come from? Remember my old school by the church like yesterday, nothings changed much. Which Foy, was Grandma Foy you refer to? My next door neighbour was Mrs Foy!
My Grandfather was William Foy, born in Cleator Moor about 1896. He moved to Michigan in the 1920's. Married Margaret Eldon, who was from Cleator. I have a "Cecelia TONER" in my file who married a Edward Eldon and moved to Windsor, Canada.
This is a great find!-I lived at No.1 Croft Terrace in the 50's/60's(David Rooney) I think this dates from about 1960 looking at the cars. My aunt Bessie Eldon(nee Rooney) ran the bakery-it was originally run by my grandmother Dora Rooney during the war.Yes,we loved the potato pies as Howard says.At Croft Terrace were the Brennan family,No.2,then the Toon's/Rose Malloy No.3-as kids I used to play with Howard also,Michael Brennan.We had Jim Petty(postman) at No.4 then the Benedic family from Yugoslavia in No.5 & Molloys in No.6! Two surnames mentioned here McCrickard & Toner-I went to St. Mary's infant school at the same time as Francis McCrickard & Peter Toner!
This is a great find!-I lived at No.1 Croft Terrace in the 50's/60's(David Rooney) I think this dates from about 1960 looking at the cars. My aunt Bessie Eldon(nee Rooney) ran the bakery-it was originally run by my grandmother Dora Rooney during the war.Yes,we loved the potato pies as Howard says.At Croft Terrace were the Brennan family,No.2,then the Toon's/Rose Malloy No.3-as kids I used to play with Howard also,Michael Brennan.We had Jim Petty(postman) at No.4 then the Benedic family from Yugoslavia in No.5 & Molloys in No.6! Two surnames mentioned here McCrickard & Toner-I went to St. Mary's infant school at the same time as Francis McCrickard & Peter Toner!
Hi there young'n I remember you and the Terrace very well Regards, Howard (Howard@THToon.com)
Hi David, I used to live in Church Street and Old Hall. I remember Jim Petty, as well as being the village Post Man, he used to be the village odd job man as well, if I remember rightly. Mr McCrickard was headmaster when I was at St Mary’s and I remember Francis McCrickard when I was at Grammar School. One of the things I miss from my youth in Cleator is Bessie Rooney’s meat and potato pies! I can remember, especially on a Saturday, people would be queuing out of the door for them. I can see her now staggering into the shop from the bakery with big flat trays piled high with pies. I have never ever come across more tasty pies than ones your Aunt used to make. We used to gather blueberries from the top of “Dent” and Bessie would buy them off us for making blueberry pies. At the end of Croft Terrace at Molloy’s in No.6 there was a low wall and we used to climb over it and play in the fields beyond. This is before they built the extension to the Sewage Treatment Works. They were such happy, innocent days.
Peter Toner - Calder Hall?
0:00 Entrance to village from the south.
0:08 Entrance to Ehen Hall - the posh house that used to house the Ainsworths but is now let as flats
0:12 The old lodge
0:15 Croft Terrace coming up on the left (check David Rooney's comment) and Ehen Hall market garden on the right. The usual entrance to the gardens was further up the village. It's now built over with houses.
0:21 Passing Old Hall houses on the left
0:26 Up the Main Street with turning to Kiln Brow on the right
0:34 Cleator Gate on the right
0:39 Back to Ehen Hall Gardens
0:42 Tour of outside of Ehen Hall
0:56 Back to Croft Terrace with close up of my old front door followed by pan back to No where David used to live. There used to be a gas lamp where that speed sign is.
1:01 Back up Old Hall
1:29 View back towards Croft Terrace (and the sewage works behind the bushes over the kid's shoulder)
1:31 Ehen Hall Gardens again.
1:32 Can't place this shot.
1:34 The Three Tuns on Main Street, opposite Church Street.
1:26 Looking down Church Street with the Jubilee Rooms on the right at the end and the cricket field beyond.
1:40 Back up the High Street and looking down Kiln Brow. Dent is the big hill in the background.
1:46 Bottom of Kiln Brow with Miller's Arms on the right.
1:50 Along Kiln Brow and Hilden Road with the mills coming up front.
2:00 Front of the mills
2:04 Jump up to the top of the village and The Flosh; now an over-priced hotel.
2:08 Carry on past The Flosh with St Mary's Church coming up on the left.
2:11 St Mary's School in the foreground with the church behind.
2:18 St Mary's Church.
2:28 St Mary's Grotto.
2:40 Trumpet Terrace - we're into Cleator Moor now.
2:43 Back to St Mary's
2:47 Top of Trumpet Terrace and Trumpet Road at Wath Brow junction.
2:48 Flashes of Ennerdale Road, Little's Arms on the corner, then acroos the River Ehen.
2:57 Looking across the Ehen back to the Cleator Mills.
3:13 I think it's Black How farm.
That should have been Lindows at Ehen Hall - oops!
Hi Howard, the video at time stamp 1:32 is the lane entrance to Palmer’s Court. If you look at Google Street View there is still a remnant of the lane, but now of course it is all housing where the Gardens used to be. The dark shadow to the right of the vid is the high wall of Ehen Hall Gardens. Out of site in the wall was a wood door that gave pedestrian access to the Gardens. My Mam used to send me to the Gardens via this door to buy potatoes, turnips, etc. I was born at 6 Church Street in 1953. Church street was declared as slums and demolished, we then moved to 10 Old Hall which was not much better! After that we moved to Robert Owen Place in the “New Houses” estate. Coming across this video was quite a moving experience for me. My childhood was spent in all those areas in the video, including going to St Mary’s school. It was all so innocent and carefree in those days!
Ah, they obviously wanted to remember as much as possible. It might be worth putting this through some video editing to enhance and slow some of it down so that we can see the people.
OMG where did this footage come from? Remember my old school by the church like yesterday, nothings changed much. Which Foy, was Grandma Foy you refer to? My next door neighbour was Mrs Foy!
My Grandfather was William Foy, born in Cleator Moor about 1896. He moved to Michigan in the 1920's. Married Margaret Eldon, who was from Cleator. I have a "Cecelia TONER" in my file who married a Edward Eldon and moved to Windsor, Canada.
any idea what year this was taken?
my Mam grew up in Cleator , she lived on Croft Terrace ,
i lived a number 3 croft terrace x
Wow! When was that?
Howard@THToon.com is a more efficient way to get me :-)
We would always take pies home with us after we visited
This is a great find!-I lived at No.1 Croft Terrace in the 50's/60's(David Rooney) I think this dates from about 1960 looking at the cars. My aunt Bessie Eldon(nee Rooney) ran the bakery-it was originally run by my grandmother Dora Rooney during the war.Yes,we loved the potato pies as Howard says.At Croft Terrace were the Brennan family,No.2,then the Toon's/Rose Malloy No.3-as kids I used to play with Howard also,Michael Brennan.We had Jim Petty(postman) at No.4 then the Benedic family from Yugoslavia in No.5 & Molloys in No.6! Two surnames mentioned here McCrickard & Toner-I went to St. Mary's infant school at the same time as Francis McCrickard & Peter Toner!