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Forum: Nostalgia aint what it used to be... 10-03-2012, 16:05

Replies: 50 wellington street Views: 4,068 Posted By Taggy Re: wellington street Yep, before it become Wibis (Wines, Beers, Spirits) Jaysay. it was owned by a woman called Mary Capel, it sold Alcohol then too, appropriately enough she had a Dog called Whisky!! Lol!...It used to...

Forum: Nostalgia aint what it used to be... 10-03-2012, 08:06

Replies: 50 wellington street Views: 4,068 Posted By Taggy Re: wellington street Yep & all kinds of other household & food stuff really, i assume that's why they called them Selling Owt shops, because if you ran out of anything, you could usually get it there! Best Regards -...

Forum: Nostalgia aint what it used to be... 09-03-2012, 23:27

Replies: 50 wellington street Views: 4,068 Posted By Taggy Re: wellington street No he definitely wasn't next to the Electrical Wholesalers (Lionel Robinson), that was another shop, can't quite remember which one, but might have been a General "Selling Owt" shop. The Chap who...

Forum: Nostalgia aint what it used to be... 09-03-2012, 22:47

Replies: 50 wellington street Views: 4,068 Posted By Taggy Re: wellington street And me my Sanity!!! Lol! Best Regards - Taggy

Forum: Nostalgia aint what it used to be... 09-03-2012, 22:27

Replies: 50 wellington street Views: 4,068 Posted By Taggy Re: wellington street Could well be Cashy, where the "new" houses & flats were built, but not something i recall. I know there definitely was a Cobblers on Cotton Street when i was a lad, it was near the Cotton Street...

Forum: Nostalgia aint what it used to be... 09-03-2012, 22:14

Replies: 50 wellington street Views: 4,068 Posted By Taggy Re: wellington street I can't go that far back, but i lived on Royds Street through the late 60's & 70's & off the top of my head can recall a shop, which i think was a Newsagents/Sweet shop on the corner of Wellington...

Forum: Nostalgia aint what it used to be... 30-06-2009, 10:37

Replies: 50 wellington street Views: 4,068 Posted By Taggy Re: wellington street Yep thats one of those two shops i was talking about Jaysay, was actually corner of Royds and Napier. It was the one that was owned by Mary Capell, then later became a Wibis. Which stood for Wines,...

Forum: Nostalgia aint what it used to be... 30-06-2009, 08:42

Replies: 50 wellington street Views: 4,068 Posted By Taggy Re: wellington street Hi jg...well no not really, although ive often heard my parents talk of them. I was actually born in 1957 and lived in Royds Street for the first 31 years of my life! Best Regards - Taggy

Forum: Nostalgia aint what it used to be... 30-06-2009, 08:26

Replies: 50 wellington street Views: 4,068 Posted By Taggy Re: wellington street I remember there being Two "Sellys" on opposite corners of the Royds and Napier street crossroad, one was owned by a lady called Mary Capell, she had a dog called Whisky that was great with us kids,...

Forum: Nostalgia aint what it used to be... 29-06-2009, 12:24

Replies: 50 wellington street Views: 4,068 Posted By Taggy Re: wellington street I dont actually recall any Chip Shop on the bend in Cotton Street, i might be wrong. Where the bend is as it goes onto Belfield Road used to be a "selling owt" shop for many years, certainly when i...

Forum: Nostalgia aint what it used to be... 29-06-2009, 07:19

Replies: 50 wellington street Views: 4,068 Posted By Taggy Re: wellington street No i dont recall there being any name. The front of the House didn't face out onto Wellington Street, it was at the end of a block and faced sideways towards the Pop Club, with a Garden area in front...

Forum: Nostalgia aint what it used to be... 28-06-2009, 20:30

Replies: 50 wellington street Views: 4,068 Posted By Taggy Re: wellington street Yep i can remember the big house that you are talking about. It was on the land where the Concert Room of the Pop club now stands. It was owned by an old lady who died. I can then remember it being...

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