THE LYNNE MASSEY COLLECTION 3: HIGHTOWN IN THE 1950s

 

HIGHTOWN IN THE 1950s  Photo: THE LYNNE MASSEY COLLECTION

A photo from the early to mid-1950s showing an area still easily recognisable as Hightown, whether you're a long-term resident or a new member of the community.
The War Memorial, dedicated in 1933, has pride of place in its own little enclosure where Hightown leads down into Lower Street and Wheelock Street (nowadays, of course, the street leads up rather than down from Wheelock Street and St Michael's Way to Lewin Street and the road to Sandbach).

The War Memorial site was, in former times, a butcher's shop and a bank.

This was also, until the outbreak of the First World War, the time-honoured place where Middlewich's Town Crier stood to bring townspeople the latest news of the day, though in latter days, when more people were able to read newspapers,  his role was reduced to that of a talking advertisement, telling everyone of forthcoming dances, jumble sales and the like. Behind the War Memorial is a row of shops leading up to the old Town Hall adjacent to the Parish Church.