We used to have a Cinema an Airfield and a Railway Station. MEIR Memories is a nostalgic look at the Meir through a selection of new and historic images.
Ahh to return to those gentler times, we are pensioners and are so glad we have lived at this time, heaven help this country and the world in the future , so sad 😔!!!
I remember the Broadway cinema. Saw films in there in 1967. Three years later it stood derelict in 1970. It was flattened and is now a car park. More recently the old Kings Arms pub which I often frequented was demolished.
I was born and bred in "The Meir" and your video bought many memories back--- thanks! I remember Worralls the clothes shop where i bought my first pair of denim flairs. Also Boasts the hardware shop always smelt of parafin the cake shop Goodwins?? Alberts the Barbers, Meir aerodrome watching the gliders taking off with the Tiger Moth, saw my first film with my mum at the Broadway The King and I, Fred Holdcrofts where i bought my first motor bike a BSA Bantam . I went to meir primary school down harrowby road the head master was mr cartlidge and miss brayford and mr morrey and mr tranter!!!!! and the out of bounds air raid shelters!! Went on to pass my 11 plus and went to Longton High School. Some memorable names the cluttons, the marsdens, the tams, the goodwins who were my relatives, nearly everyone went to rhyl for their holidays didnt they?? Remember cromwells caves, barlaston downs and the sand pits at the bottom of graverlley bank?? oh and my local the severn stars ok enough now i could go on forever!!!! thanks for the memories!!
Thanks for interesting comments you made about the Meir Memories video. I myself went to the Nursery then Primary School in Harrowby Road as a young lad. I can recall a lot of what you commented on now that you have refreshed my memory. It bought a smile to my face as they are the same my memories of Meir . The first film I saw on the Broadway was South Pacific with my mum and brother. Thanks for refreshing my memories.
I was going to ask if anyone remembered Fred Holdcroft's. My first job after leaving school was in a motorcycle dealership and we'd deal with all the other potteries dealers for parts. I'd have to pop out and collect parts from various dealerships, many now gone. I loved looking round Holdcroft's even though it was a bit past it's heyday. Happy memories. I still have a couple of BSA Bantams amongst my motorcycle collection 😊
@@PurityVendetta Hi Sophie, yes like i said bought a bsa bantam D7, and just gazed at the other bikes i couldn't afford!!! Also remember broadway motors at stoke i think and norman and birches, searles ( think i spelt it right? ) at burslem near the canal where you could get any second hand parts. Also remember the old chaps going to work on their norman nippys, nsu quickleys , honda 50's etc and the many old 3 wheelers knoking about, Happy days!!!!
@@stevehandy5381 Oh yes, now you're making me smile. I used to get spares for my Villiers engined trials bike which I bought for £20 from Broadway Motors. George, one of the mechanics could quote the parts numbers back when I showed him a part. I used to walk from my home in Trentham to Searle's to buy cheap bits for the bikes my brother and I had. Searle's was in Furlong Lane Burslem if I remember correctly. My friends and I used to refer to the little old lady who owned Broadway Motors 'Mrs Lopsided' after the lady in the film The Ladykillers. We weren't being nasty or anything as we were always very respectful. I can still remember having my nose pressed on the window looking longingly at a Norton Commando that was so out of reach it might as well be a Ferrari 😊 I don't know if you remember Cook's in Victoria Road Fenton or Hill Street Kawasaki in Stoke. I became good friends with Steve Kendrick who went on to own Sportbike at the bottom of Shelton. I worked two paper rounds and Saturday mornings at Pimlot's garage in New Inn Lane. Happy days indeed, thank you for bringing back such memories. I keep looking for pictures of these places from my younger days so if anyone is reading this and has pictures please, please share them. I almost forgot, John Taylor's Honda in Fenton and West End Scooters. God, happy days 😊
@@PurityVendetta Hi again just remember some other happy day memories!!! I will put them in bullet points to save time and maybe stop you being bored!! Here goes ---- ok a bit about my self, i was born in the meir passed my 11 plus went to longton high school couldnt be bothered left with 1 o level in art and the teachers wrote me off as i remember them saying on my last report " he will never achieve anything " Well i ended up one of those!!!! only a better secondary school teacher in Stoke on Trent but i would say that!!!! ----- Ok enough about me, remember meir train station with the old steam engines where we went on school trips to chester zoo etc? ----Some of the old night clubs ie jollees, the place, the place mate, maxims, the heavy steam machine, the chrystal, top rank and there may be more oh yes longton town hall and hanley town hall where i used to watch my favourite group Free -----The alpine pop lorry with every flavour of pop but it all tasted the same!! And clover dairies with their electric milk floats ------ yes i used to do a paper round in the morning and evening and weekends, omg everybody in those days had a sentinal and the weight plus collect littlewoods football coupons and work at weekends at the 5 minute carwash at shelton ------ holidays were always at rhyl but such happy memories ie winkups, golden sands etc ------ one of my first films was Easy Rider and i felt so good on my c15 with upsweft silencer and extended handle bars!!!! but i wasnt born to be wild!!! ----some of the old bikes i owned were mainly british ie bantams, c15s, triumphs, royal enfields etc ----- also used to go to speedway at wolverhampton to see ole olsen ivan mauger and the high octane smell !!!!!!!! ok then enough of my ramblings and hope you are still awake!!!! but in all honesty they were really "Happy Days" and i can remember my first cars etc but then that's another chapter!!!! Regards
My mum grew up in Meir many years ago and seeing the steam engine reminded me that of my Great grandad who was a train driver and he actually drove The City of Stoke-on-Trent train on its maiden journey. This city could have been so much better, that aerodrome could have been expanded but as always seems to be the case around here we end up at the bottom of the list with any investment or project. The only good thing left is the people. Some great photos though, thank you.
I learned to fly there 1967 to 1971. Still flying and gliding but in East Anglia now. Left the area in 1971 to move to Yorkshire, Manchester and Bristol. Sad to see so much decline in any area .
Lived in South Walk as a kid. Some great memories. Meir Infants then over to Meir juniors. Mother was an usherette at Broadway where i saw my first movie. Playing on the aerodrome. Remember Staff Potteries going up in flames. As I said some great memories. Thanks for putting this up.
Hi Jon thanks for the comment, I can still remember the first time my mum took me to the Broadway and it was to see South Pacific. As a youngster I went to Harrowby Road Infants then to Meir school in Colclough Road, like you Jon many happy memories.
Yes Jason I agree, it would have bought back many happy memories for Andy . I miss listening to his tales of his youth, he had a brilliant memory and a knack of making us laugh.
Used to have a great high street with everything you wanted for variety. Fishmongers, butchers, greengrocers,men and women’s clothes, shoe shop, electrical, bike shop, pet shop, fishing tackle, bread and cake shop, newsagents, tobacconist, banks galore, great DIY shop under the archway for wood, glass, paraffin….anything you needed, a sports shop…….just so much. Now it’s just vape, shops, charity shops and solicitors and any number of “barbers” and “fast food” places fronting goodness knows what. Sad to see what it now is.
I learned basic driving and to ride a motorcycle on the runway of th old aerodrome. I was sad to see that Barratt box estate be chucked up and the old flight sheds knocked down. Meir always seemed to be another part of Stoke on Trent that was wrecked and abandoned by our glorious leaders. I do hope the place is doing better now.
@@ruziggy - Another question if you don't mind... Have you got any photographs of the old pinewood primary school? I used to go there but can't find anything close up... Thanks in advance 👍
@@four-twenty4205 Thanks for your comment, when I produced the video I searched unsuccessfully for a good image of Pinewood School. Hopefully sometime in the future if someone reads this one might turn up.
Ahh to return to those gentler times, we are pensioners and are so glad we have lived at this time, heaven help this country and the world in the future , so sad 😔!!!
Much happier times
I remember the Broadway cinema.
Saw films in there in 1967.
Three years later it stood derelict in 1970.
It was flattened and is now a car park.
More recently the old Kings Arms pub which I often frequented was demolished.
The King's Arms was a beautiful building
I was born and bred in "The Meir" and your video bought many memories back--- thanks! I remember Worralls the clothes shop where i bought my first pair of denim flairs. Also Boasts the hardware shop always smelt of parafin the cake shop Goodwins?? Alberts the Barbers, Meir aerodrome watching the gliders taking off with the Tiger Moth, saw my first film with my mum at the Broadway The King and I, Fred Holdcrofts where i bought my first motor bike a BSA Bantam . I went to meir primary school down harrowby road the head master was mr cartlidge and miss brayford and mr morrey and mr tranter!!!!! and the out of bounds air raid shelters!! Went on to pass my 11 plus and went to Longton High School. Some memorable names the cluttons, the marsdens, the tams, the goodwins who were my relatives, nearly everyone went to rhyl for their holidays didnt they?? Remember cromwells caves, barlaston downs and the sand pits at the bottom of graverlley bank?? oh and my local the severn stars ok enough now i could go on forever!!!! thanks for the memories!!
Thanks for interesting comments you made about the Meir Memories video. I myself went to the Nursery then Primary School in Harrowby Road as a young lad.
I can recall a lot of what you commented on now that you have refreshed my memory.
It bought a smile to my face as they are the same my memories of Meir .
The first film I saw on the Broadway was South Pacific with my mum and brother.
Thanks for refreshing my memories.
I was going to ask if anyone remembered Fred Holdcroft's. My first job after leaving school was in a motorcycle dealership and we'd deal with all the other potteries dealers for parts. I'd have to pop out and collect parts from various dealerships, many now gone. I loved looking round Holdcroft's even though it was a bit past it's heyday. Happy memories.
I still have a couple of BSA Bantams amongst my motorcycle collection 😊
@@PurityVendetta Hi Sophie, yes like i said bought a bsa bantam D7, and just gazed at the other bikes i couldn't afford!!! Also remember broadway motors at stoke i think and norman and birches, searles ( think i spelt it right? ) at burslem near the canal where you could get any second hand parts. Also remember the old chaps going to work on their norman nippys, nsu quickleys , honda 50's etc and the many old 3 wheelers knoking about, Happy days!!!!
@@stevehandy5381 Oh yes, now you're making me smile. I used to get spares for my Villiers engined trials bike which I bought for £20 from Broadway Motors. George, one of the mechanics could quote the parts numbers back when I showed him a part. I used to walk from my home in Trentham to Searle's to buy cheap bits for the bikes my brother and I had. Searle's was in Furlong Lane Burslem if I remember correctly. My friends and I used to refer to the little old lady who owned Broadway Motors 'Mrs Lopsided' after the lady in the film The Ladykillers. We weren't being nasty or anything as we were always very respectful. I can still remember having my nose pressed on the window looking longingly at a Norton Commando that was so out of reach it might as well be a Ferrari 😊
I don't know if you remember Cook's in Victoria Road Fenton or Hill Street Kawasaki in Stoke. I became good friends with Steve Kendrick who went on to own Sportbike at the bottom of Shelton. I worked two paper rounds and Saturday mornings at Pimlot's garage in New Inn Lane. Happy days indeed, thank you for bringing back such memories. I keep looking for pictures of these places from my younger days so if anyone is reading this and has pictures please, please share them.
I almost forgot, John Taylor's Honda in Fenton and West End Scooters. God, happy days 😊
@@PurityVendetta Hi again just remember some other happy day memories!!! I will put them in bullet points to save time and maybe stop you being bored!! Here goes
---- ok a bit about my self, i was born in the meir passed my 11 plus went to longton high school couldnt be bothered left with 1 o level in art and the teachers wrote me off as i remember them saying on my last report " he will never achieve anything " Well i ended up one of those!!!! only a better secondary school teacher in Stoke on Trent but i would say that!!!!
----- Ok enough about me, remember meir train station with the old steam engines where we went on school trips to chester zoo etc?
----Some of the old night clubs ie jollees, the place, the place mate, maxims, the heavy steam machine, the chrystal, top rank and there may be more oh yes longton town hall and hanley town hall where i used to watch my favourite group Free
-----The alpine pop lorry with every flavour of pop but it all tasted the same!! And clover dairies with their electric milk floats
------ yes i used to do a paper round in the morning and evening and weekends, omg everybody in those days had a sentinal and the weight plus collect littlewoods football coupons and work at weekends at the 5 minute carwash at shelton
------ holidays were always at rhyl but such happy memories ie winkups, golden sands etc
------ one of my first films was Easy Rider and i felt so good on my c15 with upsweft silencer and extended handle bars!!!! but i wasnt born to be wild!!!
----some of the old bikes i owned were mainly british ie bantams, c15s, triumphs, royal enfields etc
----- also used to go to speedway at wolverhampton to see ole olsen ivan mauger and the high octane smell !!!!!!!!
ok then enough of my ramblings and hope you are still awake!!!! but in all honesty they were really "Happy Days" and i can remember my first cars etc but then that's another chapter!!!!
Regards
The station pub - my parents ran that in the late 60’s early 70’s
They are trying to get the railway station back
My great grandfather was the manager at the Broadway cinema
What's missing is the schools. Longton High and Sandon High. All those years you were following us around with a camera . We never saw you =)
My mum grew up in Meir many years ago and seeing the steam engine reminded me that of my Great grandad who was a train driver and he actually drove The City of Stoke-on-Trent train on its maiden journey. This city could have been so much better, that aerodrome could have been expanded but as always seems to be the case around here we end up at the bottom of the list with any investment or project. The only good thing left is the people. Some great photos though, thank you.
I learned to fly there 1967 to 1971. Still flying and gliding but in East Anglia now.
Left the area in 1971 to move to Yorkshire, Manchester and Bristol.
Sad to see so much decline in any area .
Lived in South Walk as a kid. Some great memories. Meir Infants then over to Meir juniors.
Mother was an usherette at Broadway where i saw my first movie. Playing on the aerodrome. Remember Staff Potteries going up in flames. As I said some great memories. Thanks for putting this up.
Hi Jon thanks for the comment, I can still remember the first time my mum took me to the Broadway and it was to see South Pacific.
As a youngster I went to Harrowby Road Infants then to Meir school in Colclough Road, like you Jon many happy memories.
Excellent, Bill. I can just imagine dad's eyes glazing over with nostalgia watching this
Yes Jason I agree, it would have bought back many happy memories for Andy . I miss listening to his tales of his youth, he had a brilliant memory and a knack of making us laugh.
Used to have a great high street with everything you wanted for variety. Fishmongers, butchers, greengrocers,men and women’s clothes, shoe shop, electrical, bike shop, pet shop, fishing tackle, bread and cake shop, newsagents, tobacconist, banks galore, great DIY shop under the archway for wood, glass, paraffin….anything you needed, a sports shop…….just so much. Now it’s just vape, shops, charity shops and solicitors and any number of “barbers” and “fast food” places fronting goodness knows what. Sad to see what it now is.
All the towns of the city did, it is happening everywhere..
I learned basic driving and to ride a motorcycle on the runway of th old aerodrome. I was sad to see that Barratt box estate be chucked up and the old flight sheds knocked down.
Meir always seemed to be another part of Stoke on Trent that was wrecked and abandoned by our glorious leaders. I do hope the place is doing better now.
I was born and bred in meir brought up on brownfield road
Joseph Smith had a shop in the Strand too Run by a family called Humpherson friends of mine.
Where are the photos of Roots Air Craft factory which became Creda works lots of history there.
is the pinewood school now cresent ?
4:54 IS THAT THE CHURCH ! now its abandoned and my friends snuck in there and apparently almost got stabbed by something
stoke on trent meir ? plz respond btw i live there now
i wonder if the war bunkers have gone ?
Yeah they went years ago , they built a housing estate on top of the pill box at the top of the aerodrome
May I ask what the first picture was of? The picture with the maypole?
People used to celebrate May Day by dancing around the maypole, I think the photograph was taken at the top of Bright Street.
@@ruziggy - Thanks mate
@@ruziggy - Another question if you don't mind... Have you got any photographs of the old pinewood primary school? I used to go there but can't find anything close up... Thanks in advance 👍
@@four-twenty4205 Thanks for your comment, when I produced the video I searched unsuccessfully for a good image of Pinewood School. Hopefully sometime in the future if someone reads this one might turn up.
@@ruziggy - Yeah hopefully, thanks again.
yo my firends nan lives in those flats !!!!
yo 8:19 sttill ride on that street today
was the broadway now kfc ?
Yep. It's that KFC
8:53 co op ?
I recognise that area. When I walk from the school to that place to get my weekly fix at the co-op