The Ashton Road Gang.
By Eric Marsh
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The Ashton Road Gang Chapter 1 January.
Now for something completely different. This is the story of a gang of lads growing up in the north of England in the mid 1950s. Most of it is...
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The Ashton Road Gang Chapter 1 January. part 2
Minutes later we were on our way. The Leas were smashing, the snow icy and flat, the slopes steep long and exciting. Across the middle of the meadows...
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The Ashton Road Gang Chapter 2. February.
Chapter Two. Finnegan. Stew and I were working on my bike in the back yard. The chain kept slipping off so it needed tightening. "Billy, take this...
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The Ashton Road Gang Chapter 2 February. part 2
The school's star player was being made to look stupid and the team was losing to a bunch of no-hopers who only did games because they were not given...
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The Ashton Road Gang Chapter 2.March.
Chapter Three. Grandad's Sweet peas. Uncle Joe had bought an old car and rebuilt it. During the summer he had offered to take my parents and me out...
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The Ashton Road Gang Chapter 2.March. Part 2.
I went. When I got home, I got changed and had a wash. Before tea I went into the yard and began tidying up my 'rubbish'. It did not take long to...
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The Ashton Road Gang Chapter 4. April.
Chapter Four. Maxie. "Hey up," said Noddy. "Here comes Maxie." The gang were sat on the wall of No.72 at the bottom of Andy’s Bank. "Grotty little...
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The Ashton Road Gang Chapter 4. April. Part 2.
Maxie’s panic-stricken dash had brought him and us to the Willow Grove. This was a triangular patch of grass between two fields. The trees grew on...
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The Ashton Road Gang Chapter 5. May
Chapter Five. Roller Skates and Boards. I was in trouble again. Not with my parents this time, but with old Mrs. Blaggard. "You wait till I see your...
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The Ashton Road Gang Chapter 5. May Part 2.
For the next ten days we saw nothing of Mrs. Blaggard. I overheard Mum and Stew’s mother talking about how bad tempered the old woman was becoming. "...
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The Ashton Road Gang Chapter 6 June.
Chapter Six. Fits. While the rest of the gang had to make do with second-hand or home built bikes, Simon had a brand new, drop-handle bar racing bike...
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The Ashton Road Gang Chapter 7. July
Chapter Seven. School Sports. At the beginning of July, the Headmaster of my Junior School stood on the stage. Mr. Plunkett took Assembly every...
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The Ashton Road Gang Chapter 7. July Part 2
All the buses had gone, as had the ambulance. Mr. Peach was bent over a car talking to someone inside. As I ran up, the door opened and Mr Plunkett...
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The Ashton Road Gang Chapter 8. August
Chapter Eight. Mice. At the bottom of our backyard was a brick air raid shelter. It was now used as a coal shed. We were not supposed to play in...
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The Ashton Road Gang Chapter 9.September
Chapter Nine. Marbles. Andy’s bank was just right for games of marbles. People’s feet had crumbled the cinders to fine dust. The bottom end was...
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The Ashton Road Gang Chapter 10. October Part 1.
Chapter Ten. The Cinema. Mum shouted up the stairs. "If you are going to the Cinema this morning you had better get up. Now!" I hurried out bed and...
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The Ashton Road Gang Chapter 10. October Part 2,
Uncle Tom made his usual appearance on the stage. This was the signal for an ear-splitting chorus of screaming, jeering, booing and hissing. From...
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