http://www.runcornandwidnesworld.co.uk/yoursay/yourblogs/chrisdarlington/ Runcorn and Widnes World /yoursay/yourblogs/chrisdarlington/ en-gb Fri, 19 Mar 2010 10:48:38 +0000 Fri, 19 Mar 2010 10:48:38 +0000 http://www.runcornandwidnesworld.co.uk/yoursay/yourblogs/chrisdarlington/rssterms/ M6 nvincent@newsquest.co.uk (Nigel Vincent) webmaster@digitalmedia.newsquest.co.uk (Tim Joy) http://www.runcornandwidnesworld.co.uk/resources/images/1177064/?type=rsslogo http://www.runcornandwidnesworld.co.uk/yoursay/yourblogs/chrisdarlington/ http://www.runcornandwidnesworld.co.uk/yoursay/yourblogs/chrisdarlington/4745524.Runcorn_Hill_Memories/?ref=rss I often remember those war games at Runcorn hill, with a stick for a gun, or pretending to be cavemen, for a moment the whole landscape would change, and we would be back in prehistoric times hunting the lost dinosaurs of Weston, searching for the lost cavemen of the hill. Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:19:39 +0000 9c3e43ba80f7a59f027361f233d527d0 http://www.runcornandwidnesworld.co.uk/yoursay/yourblogs/chrisdarlington/4713988.Wanted_New_Town_Memories/?ref=rss My latest project has the working title of The New Towner’s it is in celebration of forty years of the New Town being built. Sun, 01 Nov 2009 14:10:27 +0000 a86dc67aa563a9b074f89eb8b56b6f8a http://www.runcornandwidnesworld.co.uk/yoursay/yourblogs/chrisdarlington/4706073.La_Rendezvous/?ref=rss The old town market café was called La Rendezvous, every Friday dinnertime I had the wonderful sausage chips and beans, the sausage were big thick pork ones, delicious. Tue, 27 Oct 2009 21:42:16 +0000 9c210d01e9615777e346ad0096a95649 http://www.runcornandwidnesworld.co.uk/yoursay/yourblogs/chrisdarlington/4702076.The_Original_Hobby_Shop_1960s/?ref=rss I was the little boy who stopped on his way to school, to look in the Hobby Shop window, and was told off by teacher for being late. Through the misted up glass I could see lots of model aircraft and airfix models. Sun, 25 Oct 2009 19:13:05 +0000 9cdd2a903c30bc55f6742a07feb880fa http://www.runcornandwidnesworld.co.uk/yoursay/yourblogs/chrisdarlington/4702054.Doris_s/?ref=rss Doris’s Doris’s was a small shop on the corner in Devonshire Square Runcorn. They sold groceries and cooked meat and cheeses. Sun, 25 Oct 2009 18:55:16 +0000 c95313e73b9973a70ab21840e418cca8 http://www.runcornandwidnesworld.co.uk/yoursay/yourblogs/chrisdarlington/3673800.Memories_of_Langdale_Road__2_/?ref=rss One of the other shops I remember from childhood stood in Langdale Road and was called Stubbs's it was a little walk around store that sold almost everything from firelighters to bacon. Mon, 15 Sep 2008 10:42:38 +0100 f576fe829d9aa649b6a7c13a7ba98e6c http://www.runcornandwidnesworld.co.uk/yoursay/yourblogs/chrisdarlington/3603030.Memories_of_Langdale_Road_Shops/?ref=rss My Family were very poor in the sixties and seventies and could very rarely afford to decorate our house you don't notice things when you're a kid until you reach teenage years. Mon, 18 Aug 2008 15:08:17 +0100 599f6621090b33ca4b56bf8e7ffd1fed http://www.runcornandwidnesworld.co.uk/yoursay/yourblogs/chrisdarlington/2078446.The_Oldest_Sport_in_Runcorn_/?ref=rss I am trying to find out which sport is the Oldest in Runcorn. Wed, 27 Feb 2008 18:41:00 +0000 3c0daacadfd051d9c87ecd94f654fba1 http://www.runcornandwidnesworld.co.uk/yoursay/yourblogs/chrisdarlington/2002162.What_s_In_a_Name_/?ref=rss Gone are the good old days when our babies were called after grandparents and names were passed down the family line. Tue, 29 Jan 2008 12:49:00 +0000 7733f695eb9ca16ae84b63be9bd70daa http://www.runcornandwidnesworld.co.uk/yoursay/yourblogs/chrisdarlington/1964478.History_Repeats_Itself_/?ref=rss While trying to buy a hot water bottle for a very cold new bedroom, I suddenly realised that Great Britain was starting to look like an old episode of the Glums on black and white T. V. Mon, 14 Jan 2008 15:38:00 +0000 89648523b1ed002c022352912303f1e0