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Old 11-03-2008, 19:07   #16
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If I'm not mistaken Baileys was on Church St next door to William's,
you used to be able to see the sign on there from the Library steps.
I have a photo somewhere.
Saul's in Black Abbey St also had the system of sending your money
and purchase order on a cable to the cashier.
He got rid of it in the early 1960's.

There were three shops that still had the system in the 1940's

Bailey's and Sauls were two of them.
Seem to remember some of the Co-ops had them as well, Warner St ?.

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Old 11-03-2008, 19:19   #17
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Where was Saul's on Black abbey St ? I have nevr heard of it, I went to school with a lad who had the surname Saul , were they Jewish?
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Old 11-03-2008, 19:27   #18
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Found two more pictures. One is an aerial view of the gable end in Church St. The other is Church St showing Penny Wise where Bridges Tool shop was, and the restaurant next door was Moffit's, & Baileys occupied the premises where Williams had been.

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Old 11-03-2008, 19:36   #19
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On the left hand side going down Black Abbey St from Abbey St, the block before Jacob St. Saul was Jewish, he lived in Blackpool took over the shop from Bob Holt, the lad you knew, I don't thing he was Sauls son Saul was an old man in the 1960's looked about 90.
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Old 11-03-2008, 19:40   #20
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remember seeing that vaugely, thought it was "Sauls" up black abbey,but obviously not.
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Old 11-03-2008, 20:07   #21
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I've been looking through my albums and found these which might be of interest. There was a thread about old Cinema's some time back, one of the Bug Hut, Ranch, or some called it the Flea Pit. They showed so many Cowboy films that they had to close once a month to pick all trhe lead out of the walls.
The other picture is a clanger by Howard and Bulloughs, they thught their cast iron sets were better than cobble stones, only lasted a few months, in bad weather they were a disaster, people and horses with injuries, cars skidding all over the place.

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Old 11-03-2008, 20:15   #22
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I remember that flea pit cinema though never went in - Roxy?
The whole length of Union Rd in Ossy was paved with beautiful granite sets.
When the age of tarmac came they found that they were so hard, it was easier to tarmac over them (buried treasure)
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Old 11-03-2008, 20:24   #23
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You can still see the old signs on it. It goes round the pub on the green background. It says "Bailey's Ltd, Hosiers & Gloves" It also says "Millner's" on the corner is this the name of the owner?
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Old 11-03-2008, 20:42   #24
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2 great photos retlaw, the flea pit margaret was the Kings Hall, just around the corner from me house on burnley rd, were the bank came to be, 2 films a time,changing 3 times a week, spent many happy hours in it.
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Old 11-03-2008, 21:58   #25
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The Sauls that I knew at school ( Moorhead) were called Nichola and Paul(?) ,really tall ,good looking kids with olive skin if I remembercorrectly. It's an odd surname for round here so they may be related.
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Old 11-03-2008, 22:15   #26
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Best time was Saturday "Flash Gordon", remember Ming the Merciless.
Tom Mix was a regular in Cowboy films, also William Boyd as the Lone Ranger and his faithful sidekick Tonto. Zorro, Pearl White in the Perils of Pauline. Another cowboy in films I can't remember his name but his wife was Dale Arden & his horse was called Trigger.

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2 great photos retlaw, the flea pit margaret was the Kings Hall, just around the corner from me house on burnley rd, were the bank came to be, 2 films a time,changing 3 times a week, spent many happy hours in it.
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Old 11-03-2008, 22:20   #27
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Old 12-03-2008, 11:01   #28
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Lol! I never noticed that! But i'm afraid i'm not guilty! I got the picture out of the Gallery. That would be Roy who took it.
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Old 12-03-2008, 18:43   #29
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I remember that flea pit cinema though never went in - Roxy?
The whole length of Union Rd in Ossy was paved with beautiful granite sets.
When the age of tarmac came they found that they were so hard, it was easier to tarmac over them (buried treasure)
I remember them doing that in Union Road Margaret, I was only about 9 or 10 at the time, mind you if they had had to take those stone set up they'd still be doing it now
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