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Must have been just before they moved to NB then.
They caused such misery in their time spent here, including cutting the fuel pipes on mine and neighbours cars.
The idiots had a tray that they placesd under the cars but,ended up mixing diesel with petrol.The police found them hiding behind a hedge.They followed the strong smell of fuel that they had on their clothes.

a lot of people from ilchester square went there to live many years ago .There was a chippy and a sayers in the shopping area they are still there now flats by shops knocked down years ago.there is a few new houses on the estate now down by ford hill end ,afew kids i went to school with moved there as it was still being built mud everywhere but nice houses ,my anutie lives there and she loves it,i worked in the sayers shop and it was great .

I lived on the ford estate in 1976-1983
first Gaypine close and then Herondale avenue.
worked in the Corsair for a few years too. every friday night was fight night

Lived there 1970 to late 90s

still go on the ford most days,

i lived on the ford mid 80s I cant really remember much about it only that I was about 6 and witness a fella robbing the 50p meters and running out of someones house with it

didnt realise at the time but this must of become the norm for most people! not right,but it happened to us too, but we knew who the culprits were,taking all our 50ps! but in that day and age,there was nothing we cud do about it! sad i know

i lived on the ford from 69 (1 year old )till about 83 .first we where in deeside close and then moved to arley close when i was about 8 i think ,we where a big family 7 kids ,my older brother became a smack head and we had to move because me mum and dad didnt want the rest of us falling the same way .but i loved the place ,hated moving to tranmere, though the house was great ,got punched the first day up there for nothing by some knob so spent all my time back down on the ford .yes it was bad sometimes but that was the minority alot of my old mates have never moved off and have settled down there as parents and hopefully there kids are enjoying it as much we did .oh yes and i was part of fabb which stood for first ave boot boys and alls we ever did was play football and alio and the sweeney not really bad boy stuff lol

We moved into Airdale Close in March 68. Brilliant times as a kid, the place was still being built. We used to play in the half built houses and maisonettes, or make our own dens with bricks. Playing footie in Manor County, 15-20 aside with grownups joining in, used to get people from the first to fifth aves.

if you where there up till and beyond 1983 then i bet you know me and my family because our house faced airdale close and we used to always play in the all day football matches in manor lol

I got married in 79 and moved out, although my mum was there until she passed away in 2001.

what number did you live in? we where number 83 i was 11 in 79 but can remember most of the people who lived there then

Number 7. If you went to the back I painted my initials underneath my bedroom window.
I can remember nearly all the occupants of Airdale, and most of Arley but some are escaping me now( old timers disease)

i cant remember but my brother seems to remeber a lad a bit older than him and he used to hang around with ravo ,and did you have a few sisters

have just looked on google maps your initals are still there r.c. have a look on google earth

I only had one sister. I think your brother is thinking of the lad who lived at No5, he had 5 or 6 sisters. By Ravo is your brother thinking of Graham, or Phil? I'm the same age as Phil, who we called Figaro.

I think I may drive up there some time to see the old place, especially my initials, it must be about 40 years ago I painted them!