Chorlton Oral History Sound Walk

Recreation Ground

Listen to memories of the recreation ground (now Beech Road Park), and the games played as children in the park and on the street. This section features Mrs Nuttal, Mrs Kathleen Kelsall, Mrs Clarke, Mrs D. Duncan, Miss Ledger, Mrs Eva Booth, Mrs Beatrice Wild, and Mr Edward Williams. • Field Recordings from BBC Sound Effects (bbc.co.uk – © copyright BBC): ‘5-10 year olds in urban playground with shouts, footsteps, swings, and distant traffic – 1981’, ‘Children playing in a school playground in the south of England’, ‘One horse wooden cart travelling’ & ‘group of mixed children singing 'Poor Jenny is a-weeping', with movement – 1980’ • [Photo: Beech Road/corner of Wilton Road, Recreation Ground (1958) (Manchester Libraries, m17652)]

Chorlton Green

Mrs Clarke, Mrs Torrance, Mrs Kathleen Kelsall, and Mrs Dovey recall Christmas and New Year celebrations on Chorlton Green, with the Chorlton Silver Prize Band. • Mrs Kathleen Kelsall and Mr Gill recollect the maypole that used to be on the Green. • Mr Edward Williams recounts a time he saw the Suffragettes on the Green. • Mrs Kathleen Kelsall recalls WWI and the air-raid shelter that was on the Green. • Field recordings from BBC Sound Effects (bbc.co.uk – © copyright BBC): 'Church Bells, Inside Porch, St. Chads Parish Church, Rochdale' & 'One horse wooden cart travelling.' • [Photo: Chorlton Green, 1928 (Manchester Libraries, m17703)]

Chorlton Pubs: The Horse & Jockey

Featuring interviewees Mrs Dovey, Mr Alfred Smith, Miss Ledger, Mrs Clarke, and Mrs Torrance, discussing the pubs in Chorlton, including the Horse and Jockey. Also features conversations about women's experience of the public houses in those days. • [Photo: Horse and Jockey, 1928 (Manchester Libraries, m17707)]