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discussion today,could not remember the name of the "Pet Shop" which stood on Whalley Rd, exactly where the "Music Box" stands now. as its buggin the hell outa me, would be grateful if some owd git can remember.:D

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Was it not Pets Corner cashy

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Was it the Pet Shop Boys?:confused::D

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Or Animal Farm:D

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Whatever it was called it's too late to take that budgie back now, the guarantee will have run out!

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Noah's Ark lol

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Cruel Cruel, but it did make me chuckle :)

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Seem to remember gettin a couple of mice from there wen I wer a lad, but cant remember where on Whalley Rd, could it have been where Mary's record shop was befor she moved there.

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There was a pet shop just down from the railway arch on Whalley Rd in the early 70's. I think it is a hairdressers now, or it was a few years ago.

Can I mention it being handy for the Chinese across the road, no, better not!

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I'm not sure just where you mean but was it Bradshaws . . . . . owned by one Walter Bradshaw?

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up broadway turn right towards GPO, half way along block,across road on corner water st was the pet shop, next to Kings Hall Cinema. Bradshaws is possible, rings a bell?

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No, from your description I am wrong Cashman. Bradshaws would have been left at the top of Broadway. Looking at my Accrington street map, I am guessing that it was on the corner of Whalley Road and Meadow Street. Walter Bradshaw was a noted breeder and shower of dogs . . . . . . cairn terriers come to mind, but I could be even more wrong on that. I am going back to the late 40s/early 50s here.

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Millets?:confused::D:D

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Music Box photo

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sorry wadey mate its when ya remember that as a Pet Shop yer a coffin dodger.:D

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Never mind

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You will do when you become one:D

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At what age does one become a coffin dodger? Do I need to get my bus pass stamped?

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Well ossylass in cashys world at 50- yer n official owd fart, 60 ya become a coffin dodger, hence i changed to it a couple of years back.:D;)

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When you get to three score years and ten, your a coffin dodger apprentice, when you get to three score years and twenty you realy are a coffin dodger, then every day is a good day till you get out of bed.
Just keep pushing the the blankets back, and be glad your not pushing at a coffin lid.
Retlaw.

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Don't spoil me illusion Retlaw, i'm happy to be a self proclaimed coffin dodger.:D

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In my case Retlaw, its a plus to push the blankets back any morning, even then I have to pinch myself to make sure I'm still here:D

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Check the Obituaries in the Accy Observer. If your names not there then you know its going to be a good day

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I must be an apprentice Coffin Dodger then:D

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I knew it as 'Harold's', run by a friendly little guy who specialised in tropical fish keeping.

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Harcon Tropicals was the name of the shop.

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Cheers Stumped, thats summat i would never have rememberd.:)

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If your checking the Obs is no good, it only comes out weekly, you may have popped your clogs in between:rolleyes:

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The only tropical fish shop I can remember is Baldry's at the top of Warner Street, but there was a very knowledgeable lady somewhere up the top of Willows Lane who bred and sold tropical fish - I guess it was around 1950.

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Baldry's had a talking mynah bird in the shop for years. It had a remarkable vocabulary made up mostly of swear words.

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Her husband was an electrician, I think he taught it the swear words, she didn't have a bell on the shop door, the bird gave you a mouthful as soon as you walked in, it was a very fluent talker.
Retlaw.

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think i musta bin a distant relation of him, was cleaning a womans brasses (varnished) when young n never knew about her mynah, it had cover oer cage, gave her a real gobfull when she came home.:o