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Originally Posted by accyplus
Doorway one I think is on Burnley Road next to Accy garages,and is still occupied................
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Good grief!
I remember the shop when it was open and it looked decrepit even then but I just imagined it was an empty property having seen it recently. It certainly doesn't look inhabited. The shop used to fascinate me as it was so old fashioned. Wasn't the door on a sneck?
On the thread wander subject of the stone jars of pop - we used to get them, delivered to the house. Hand back the empties and get new full ones each week, apart from in the winter when empties were saved as foot warmers and hot water bottles by my Gran. I remember tops being held down by a wire contraption on some stone bottles. Or were they all like that? And red rubber washers round the black screw-in tops.
You're right - it did taste much better than the modern stuff. We used to get Iron Brew, Sarsaparilla (how come it was spelt like that but pronouced sassparella?) and Dandelion & Burdock.