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Old 19-07-2011, 17:21   #31
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Hi, yes, I believe he did become a bus driver...you have the right person...they were a lovely family.....
He won the bus driver of the year award about five years ago . I haven't seen him on the buses for a good while . He lived off Willows Lane near the Willow Mount club . I often see one his brothers walking the dog on the cycle path near the old underground .
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Old 19-07-2011, 18:08   #32
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Hi Retlaw....the Gudgeons lived on the opposite side of the road.....
further down from us (we were No 14 right next door to the Horseshoe)..I do remember the wholesalers..and I do remember an elderley couple now you mention it...did they have a big green plant in the front parlour window..like an aspidestria...I know it sounds like a Gracie Fields song..but I can remember this plant in the window......David Gudgeon's sister Barbara was my best friends in those days and I spent quite a bit of time in their house..
Thats the one I have the table it used to stand on in their front room, whilst looking for a picture of young Gudgeon, and my uncle whilst doing that came across the solicitors papers for nu 7 Crawshaw St, they bought it in 1893, and had paid the mortgage in 1938.
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Old 20-07-2011, 09:37   #33
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Thats the one I have the table it used to stand on in their front room, whilst looking for a picture of young Gudgeon, and my uncle whilst doing that came across the solicitors papers for nu 7 Crawshaw St, they bought it in 1893, and had paid the mortgage in 1938.
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No 7 sounds just right...and further up from them on the same side by the lamp-post was Vivien Charlesworth and family..further up from her was Lily Smith and family...what memories.....did you find any pictures Retlaw? would love to see them...... amazing to think your Aunt & Uncle bought their house in 1893...we moved there about 1947-8
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Old 20-07-2011, 12:39   #34
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No 7 sounds just right...and further up from them on the same side by the lamp-post was Vivien Charlesworth and family..further up from her was Lily Smith and family...what memories.....did you find any pictures Retlaw? would love to see them...... amazing to think your Aunt & Uncle bought their house in 1893...we moved there about 1947-8
Didn't find the pictures, but there are some on one of the threads about Crawshaw St.
During WW1, 7 residents of Crawshaw St, served in the Army, 2 of them were called Palmer.
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Old 20-07-2011, 13:24   #35
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The bloke who ran the health food shop next to the Olympus cafe was called Eddie.....by the way
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Old 20-07-2011, 14:56   #36
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So was the health food shop called C & M Stores, like MargR said?.
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Old 20-07-2011, 15:39   #37
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Yes
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Old 26-07-2011, 14:04   #38
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What shop was where Famous Names is now?.
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Old 26-07-2011, 14:10   #39
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I remember shopping there - I think it was C & M stores -or something similar (using two initial letters).

They even had an online shopping facility and once delivered my order in person(because I lived local)

The shop closed after the till was robbed twice in one year - sad really, because he gave good advice about the products he sold.
Wasn't it caled E M C Health Foods?.
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Old 26-07-2011, 15:09   #40
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Wasn't it caled E M C Health Foods?.
Who's a clever boy then
EMC Health Online - ACCRINGTON - Health & Beauty - Shopping - Northern Ireland
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Old 26-07-2011, 15:29   #41
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He's learn't how to use Google Margaret
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Old 26-07-2011, 16:18   #42
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He's learn't how to use Google Margaret
Good - he can now find answers without need to ask loads of questions.
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Old 26-07-2011, 17:56   #43
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Good - he can now find answers without need to ask loads of questions.
Can I second that please, or is it against the rules
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Old 09-08-2011, 08:28   #44
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Does ANYONE have pictures of the Olympus Cafe/EMC Health Foods shops?,

No sarcastic replys, please.
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Old 09-08-2011, 08:33   #45
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Also, what was where Paddy Power/M & Z Fashions is now?,

Remember on being "THE NEWS CENTRE"
Also I remember them (recently) being LIBERTY CLOTHING & BABY PLUS
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