OneGuyFromBarlick

I've been looking for my pictures from Gisburn Road. I know I saw them when we broke up my parent's house (Alice and Fred Barratt) a few years ago, but damned if I can find them now. Really looking forward to seeing what's been done. Its at least 10 years since I made a flying visit. And before that...

I left Gisburn Road and Barlick in 65, to emigrate to the States. I'll be 61 in January.

I'm coming back to Barlick for a couple of days next week. It's been too long. I'm wondering if any of my school mates from the 60's are still around. Timothy Bolton (from Bolton's Paint and Wallpaper), Andrew Palfrey (his mum taught at Gisburn Road School), Alan Potts (lived on Conway Crescent), an...

As I continue with my model railway reconstruction of Barlick, I have a question. Back in the late 50's, early 60's, did Barlick have any police cars? Dad was a Special Constable, but I remember very little of that part of his life. The only other policeman I remember meeting was Jim Loon. Thanks, A...