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Originally Posted by jaysay
Did your parents ever have any shop fitting don't whilst they were in the shop Michael, seem to think I may have worked there, I know I worked on a few shops on the stretch not too sure which though
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I don't remember, John, although I don't think so as my dad was pretty good at his own DIY. I was only 12 when we first moved in, so it's in the far distant past for me! There were two shops on either side: one a greengrocer and the other a dress shop. Next door to the greengrocer's was a furniture store owned by Owen Sharples. All four shops have been private houses for quite a number of years now. Further up Blackburn Road, just opposite the police station, was a general store run by Jack Shackleton and also a sweet shop run by Mr and Mrs Bridges. These have also been closed for a long time. It's a sign of the times, I guess, of the closure of small family-run businesses.