The first photo in this slideshow is one taken by my dad Bill. The three small children, left to right, are my cousin Marie, myself and another cousin Teresa (the man is Teresa's dad, my uncle John). Very sadly my cousin Marie died a few weeks before Christmas 2017 and just a couple of months before her 60th birthday (Jan 24th). Marie loved good music and great songs. So I'd now like to dedicate this slideshow to her memory. RIP Marie.

Copyright remains with the writers, performers and publishers on this piece of music. Only used here to accompany the images.

My thanks to the photographers for the use of their photos. The majority were taken by John Eddleston , a couple are from the Cottontown website and the rest courtesy of Les Chadwick, Anne Grohmann, Mark Bolton, my dad and one was taken by myself. The image of the kids swinging from the lamp and the postcard image of Salford/Penny Street are unknown, but if they're yours, my apologies and I hope you don't mind me using them.