Favourite places in Bolton.

[Lord Kangana]

Beautiful views from up Scout Road way across to Egerton.

[Wandering Willy]

Chinese gardens is one of my favourites but I never get bored with the views anywhere up there. Especially great in the Winter when it's snowed.

[Dujon]

I used to enjoy solo walks through the hills above Harwood. I'd pop into the farm yards and shippens and have a worldly chat (I was about 8 or 10 at the time) with the farmers. The 'long field' behind my house when it snowed. Half the Harwood children would congregate and we'd all bring along our sledges - most of them home made - and hammer down the hill in a manner that OH&S would most certainly frown upon these days. Apart from frequent bruising of body and ego no one got hurt.

From previous comments I gather the Queens Park is not as salubrious as it was then. I loved the place even though my visits were few and usually quite short. Autumn was special: piles of leaves on the paths and the gorgeous smell that accompanied them. I've mentioned it before, I think, but the aquarium was also an enjoyable place to me. Add to that lot the Jumbles (trees surrounding one, the stream tumbling and laughing over the huge - to me - collection of rock as it came down the hill and the birds doing what birds do) was a magic little piece of Eden.

Enough of that, Dujon, you'll be getting all misty eyed in a minute. Still 'n all it doesn't hurt to revisit happy times every now and then.

[TANGODANCER]

As kids, the Bon-Ton toyshop on Halliwell, Carlton and Gem cinemas (Gem had a roller-rink next door). Bit later Palladium on Bridge Street and the Rialto. Empire (the bug-hut) near Waterloo. Johnny Shefield's Temperance Bar. (used to be another temperance bar on Captain's Clough Road, way back).
Had my first taste of dirty beer in The Borough, Saddle and One Horse shoe. Lamb on Halliwell was my local for quite a few years.
Navada roller-rink, and of course,The Palais. Wryton Stadium, Crompton Way Casino, Monaco in Farnworth and the Gaiety in Howfen.

[bobo the clown]

Coming from 'orwich ... Rivington. Bloody great place.

Burnden.

Grundy Hill.

Orr's Chippy.

The Toll Bar pub, Chorley New Road's last building.

ANY Greenhalgh's ... until I got barred from one.

The bit of Chorley New Road from the Beehive to Bolton school. I want along that on a 33/35 bus (later 575/576) almost daily and what great views to see every day,

Thornleigh. I know you're supposed to whine about your schooldays, but I loved them. Well MOST if them.

Queen's Park

Moss Bank Park

The Town Hall

Barrow Bridge

The Anchor Pub off Bradshawgate

196 Chorley New Road (it's personal)

Derek Guest's record shop

The 3 Pigeons & the Edge Tavern, Astley Bridge

The Goldon Lion & the Swan

The B.I.T., rock music on Saturday nights

The market by the bus station

Carr's Pasties

Albert Ward's & Len Tobutt's sports shops

... oh, so many

[Lord Kangana]

3 Pigeons is a shithole these days Bobo.

IMVHO.

[TANGODANCER]

Trevals on Halliwell. Brilliant place till the St Pauls noise abatement society got it closed.

[bobo the clown]

3 Pigeons is a shithole these days Bobo.

IMVHO.

To be honest it's been 30 years !!

Have they emptied those ash-trays yet ?


I also put the Anchor ... which isn't in great shape either.

[William the White]

Ticked a lot of my boxes there, bobo...

Rivington, Barrow Bridge, Carrs pasties especially

Though, more conventional than you on schooldays - I went to Bolton School - loathed it then and loathe it to this day.

[General Mannerheim]

3 Pigeons is a shithole these days Bobo.

IMVHO.

being done up as we speak.

[Lord Kangana]

They finally sold it?

[General Mannerheim]

yeah, Thwaites' have acquired it. not sure if they have a landlord in place yet tho.

[TANGODANCER]

Swimming in Moss Street, High Street or Bridgeman Place. Summer days as kids it was Blue Lagoon, Scout Road lodge and later lunch-time dips in Starmount Lodge off Bradley Fold Road.

[Il Pirate]

196 Chorley New Road (it's personal)




Not you as well!!!

Swan & G Lion were good; what was the little cider place called just down from the lion on churchgate?

[Lofthouse Lower]

196 Chorley New Road (it's personal)




Not you as well!!!

do elaborate

[CrazyHorse]

196 Chorley New Road (it's personal)




Not you as well!!!

Swan & G Lion were good; what was the little cider place called just down from the lion on churchgate?

Y'mean the Man & Scythe?

[CrazyHorse]

196 Chorley New Road (it's personal)




Not you as well!!!

do elaborate

It's either Frank Ferrie's barbers shop or I'm guessing there used to be a brothel there.

[Bijou Bob]

Hoole's stall in the market hall for sasparilla

The Lamplighter

Bob's Smithy

Rivvy top barn - with Honda/Suzuki/Yamaha or dog

The old Bolton Co-Op - not George Oghani's favourite, but I liked it.

[Lord Kangana]

Sasparilla in the market hall! Theres a reet blast from the past.

[Hoboh]

As kids, the Bon-Ton toyshop on Halliwell, Carlton and Gem cinemas (Gem had a roller-rink next door). Bit later Palladium on Bridge Street and the Rialto. Empire (the bug-hut) near Waterloo. Johnny Shefield's Temperance Bar. (used to be another temperance bar on Captain's Clough Road, way back).
Had my first taste of dirty beer in The Borough, Saddle and One Horse shoe. Lamb on Halliwell was my local for quite a few years.
Navada roller-rink, and of course,The Palais. Wryton Stadium, Crompton Way Casino, Monaco in Farnworth and the Gaiety in Howfen.

Bitch! you beat me there!!!

Add Blightys wood street and the immoral sorry balmoral chuck in Kearsley cricket field and the moss up springy road, stink bomb hill and your half road there