Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington (Post 945376)

No Not the bug hut.......I am pretty sure that for a time(it might not have been that long a time)the place where Ray Lynden set up shop was Melias.

Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington (Post 945332)

Where Garth Dawson's is now......well that used to be Curry's Electrical shop.
I worked there when I left school in 1962. In the accounts department.......me, in the accounts department....what a laugh. I was pants at arithmetic!

Originally Posted by cashman (Post 945363)

The picture place yon was the Palace remember it early 50s, closed i think early 60s,that was were Rays shop was. The other picture place across road were Lloyds bank used to be was the Kings Hall (Bug Hut) with e Central Billard Hall Underneath,

Originally Posted by jaysay (Post 945469)

As a mathematician you'd have made a very good nurse Margaret:D

Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington (Post 945472)

Thank the Lord for that John.
I was absolutely useless in the accounts office...I was only fit to brew tea and run to the post....as for those big ledgers...they made me shudder!

Originally Posted by cashman (Post 945404)

Yeh may be right Margaret, but its really bugging me now.:confused: where the hell was Melias? someone must remember that photo?:confused:

Originally Posted by JEFF (Post 945776)

Opposite Railway Hotel, but I am sure I can remember it being in the Palace building at one time, and there is something familiar about it being where Garth Dawsons is on Little Blackburn Road

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Originally Posted by JEFF (Post 945776)

Opposite Railway Hotel, but I am sure I can remember it being in the Palace building at one time, and there is something familiar about it being where Garth Dawsons is on Little Blackburn Road

Originally Posted by Atarah (Post 945800)

This shows Melia's where probably most folk remember it, on the corner of Little Blackburn Road and Bridge Street.

Melia's Grocers/Melia's Ltd became popular as a grocers and tea dealers from the 1920s to the 1960s alongside Maypole and Home and Colonial Stores. These grocery stores were forced to amalgamate with the Home and Colonial Stores company due to competition from bigger National stores.

There were branches in Howden, Melton Mowbray, Chester, Leyland and many more towns (inc Accrington) and cities across the UK. The store sold general groceries but often specialised in tea. The company also packaged its own butter and sugar.

Originally Posted by Atarah (Post 945800)

This shows Melia's where probably most folk remember it, on the corner of Little Blackburn Road and Bridge Street.

Melia's Grocers/Melia's Ltd became popular as a grocers and tea dealers from the 1920s to the 1960s alongside Maypole and Home and Colonial Stores. These grocery stores were forced to amalgamate with the Home and Colonial Stores company due to competition from bigger National stores.

There were branches in Howden, Melton Mowbray, Chester, Leyland and many more towns (inc Accrington) and cities across the UK. The store sold general groceries but often specialised in tea. The company also packaged its own butter and sugar.

Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington (Post 945835)

Maybe it was Maypole and not Melias who had the old picture place? I'm all confused now....but I do know it was a supermarket for a short while before Ray Lynden took it on.......and it began with an M.......no of course it wasn't Morrisons!