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I happened on this in the Daily Mail
The old curiosity shop: Treasure trove found in store left boarded up for decades | Mail Online
It makes an interesting read - wonder where in Accy it is.
It looks like it could be a shop on Burnley Rd past the old Stanley ground, but I may be wrong.

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It's on the left hand side as you go up, effectively would have been opposite the old Peel Park. First building after the vauxhall dealer.

Strange they say nobody lived there cos I saw an old bloke coming out of it a few months ago, I recall at the time being shocked he still lived there.

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That is amazing!! Phil and I were just looking at that in the SUN newspaper. I would love to go and have a look.

Gail xxxx

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Glad I got it right - I parked next to it a few weeks ago because an old school friend lives on that block.

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Gosh .. that is truly amazing ... shame couldn't be preserved as such. Mind you, wouldn't generate much income particularly, pleased they are saving the contents. The council workers must have felt a little like those explorers opening an Egyptian tomb for the first time.

Remember going there many times in my childhood, as lived very close. Only for ice cream though, don't particularly remember the other items or the shopkeeper at the time.

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Hey, they have just mentioned this story on the Steve Wright show on Radio 2 ... when his side kick asked where it was, Steve replied 'It's in Hyndburn' with loud aspiration on the 'H' ....:D

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Needs preserving as it goes to show not every empty building gets vandalised!! :D

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I've been told it will be on Granada TV tonight, some time after 1830 hrs.

There's an article in the Daily Mirror.

Retlaw.

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I used to go in there as a kid, it's not been shut for forty years but definitely more than thirty. The place next door, that's now Hugh Davies Car Sales, was Stocks pop factory, the original home of Iron Brew before the Jocks got hold of it and changed the name to Irn Bru and claimed it was made from girders.

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amazing. like kate it brought back a few vague memories, used to call in as a kid, when goin up huncoat to play football, i only remember the sweets.:) pineapple chunks n sasperella drops.

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:rolleyes: Trust you ... 'tis is in one of the better areas of town ... :D

Think the ice-cream they sold was Whitewell Ices, but stand to be corrected. Never a well-stocked shop, even in the 50's.

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OMG! Are they sure its not been open for 30 yrs, cos i do vaguely remember going into an oldy worldly shop on burnley rd across from golf club a bit further up nr garage, now i would of been young but sure when we used to grave yard i used to nip in that shop for snack supplies that would be early upto mid 80's:confused:

When arkwrights store comes on always reminds me of the the old shops, lucky not to have missed gracing them, shop further along from Peel Park [now Ahmeds] used to be a very oldy worldy shop owned by an old couple it was all wood & jars lol.

Mind u a lot of shops were oldy worldy before the mid 80's & result of a new breed of shop owners so many were lost to be modernised, which was sad.

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I used go in when I was serving my apprenticship at R. P. Townleys on Maner Street that 40 odd years ago

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Oh blooming hek .. only caught the last 10 seconds of this ... :(

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Those biscuit tins with the see through lids bring back memories of Bob Whatmough's shop on Ormerod St many moons ago. Every time we went in I was allowed a biscuit of choice. I use to call him "Biccy Bob" Well I was lickle!

Remember having a go on his trombone one day too! :eek:

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You may wish to rephrase that ... :D

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Was waiting for that lol! :D

It's the same Bob Whatmough (or was it Whatmore?) that had the band back then, and for many years after I believe. He got quite friendly with my mum and dad, so we sometimes went into the living premises. Remember him having a trombone in the bathroom and trying to play it.:)

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The Shop is indeed on Burnley Road opposite the old Peel Park Ground and a couple of blocks up from Accrington Garages. My daughter recalls going in there when she was a pupil at Peel Park School some 30-years ago. She laughingly stated that the choice of confectionary was confined to half a dozen chocolate bars and a couple of jars containg boiled sweets.

Regards . . . Stumped

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i think its wonderful, just been watching the news and i was stood right next to the telly trying to figure out what the road sign said behind the bloke on the news

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That Max Bygraves LP...sure I've got it somewhere...:eek:

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Aye I ve used the shop many times but it dosent seem thirty yrs since it closed,:confused:
Was owned by an old couple rem the woman passing away then the owd fella kept it going . Very harmless they were but also quite creepy in a funny sort of way..

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Reminds me of a corner shop in Church many moons ago.:) On Henry St, Accross from Bradshaw St

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used to go in there when i worked at Accrington garages. we used to call the guy curly. about 26 year ago i left accy garages and sure it was still open then
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Reminded me of Rileys herbalist on Union Road in Ossy many moons ago, can still picture the old girl dishing out the dandelion and burdock and the licorice stick.

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Sounds like it was a 'local shop, for local people'.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/images/3...sandedward.jpg

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It is definitely less than 30 years since it closed. I used to go in when I was 13-14 because they sold single fags....:D It was a popular place to go for 'singles' with teenagers, that would make it about 1982 when I last went in. Great to see it on the news though.

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Yeah thats what I thought Lettie was early eighties I was on about. Id say more like 20 / 25 yrs.
Oh I rem the single ciggies too back then it was either players no 10 or no 6

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BBC NEWS | England | Shop found frozen in time


Spotted it two branches off a BBC Technology story o_O

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you might thinking of May Jolly's

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I used to go in there in the eighties similar reason to Lettie, also the lady who had it was quite old and it used to take her a minute or two to get into the shop:o, I think it was around 84 but I could be wrong. Also the stuff they are saying they found there I dont recall it stocking anything other than up to date stuff then although it was always very sparse.

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Isn't dust only created by our shredding skin cells though Willow, so if nobody there, guess no dust.

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The old couple are still with us but in homes my wife nursed them both at the day hospital at accy vic until they were placed in homes.

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The local kids used to call him Bowdy, because he was as bald as a coot and his surname was Boyd. The only time you saw him without his woolly hat was on Sunday morning when he attended mass at St.Joseph's church.

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I remember going into the shop for toffee and ice cream. It was kept in the 50s by a couple called Johnson, and Mr J was the mayor. I went in in the mid-90s and bought something old fashiioned like black and white mints I was served by an old lady. There was very little on the shelves The front door lacked paint and there was almost nowt in the windows.

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See AB's photo

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That picture of the door and the one in the Daily Mail backs up my theory that somebody was living in the property recently. The one in the Daily Mail shows one of those white bars that they tend to be put on old peoples houses to help them if they are unsteady on their feet. I'm 99% I saw the ambulance people helping an old gent out of the premises several months ago, although knowing how time flies it may have been as long as 12 months :)

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Did Iron Brew originate in Accy,. didnt know that, so whats the story, thought it was Scottish, ya ken what ah mean Jammy ,

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Yep there is something fishy about all this.

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been past today and to be honest i'd rather have that wood door on than the one they have put on. anyone seen it? its a chocolate brown plastic thing
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I remember it well through the 70-80`s. Last went in about 95 when living up Huncoat. Passed by many times and thought it was shut. One day I tried the door and it was open. Exactly as it always had been, nowt on shelf's and nobody there, then the old man just appeared from nowhere. Cant remember what I bought but he did put the change on the tray on the counter like he always used too. Seen the old man walking up burnley road at a brisk pace few times over the years since.

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We alway's used to call it Boyds's. Used to go in all the time in the 70's because it was closer than Sheila's on the end of Queens Road. Always used to buy my Spangles there. They had very limited stock, the sweets that used to be on show where always empty packets. Beechnut chewing gum is one thing I remember. Amazed the place was never vandalised over the years.

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Its about 15 years back that a old couple finaly closed this shop.I used to go in.The old fella used to pop up from below the counter when a customer entered.He and his wife always had wooly hats on the shop was always cold

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Reminds me of the little shop at the top of Queen St. in Clayton .... I remember when you couldn't buy candy without a sugar coupon!:eek:

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What is candy :p

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Should that not be 'who was Candy?'

She might have needed a few extra bob, because nylons were so expensive.;)

:D

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I think that most people of our age group Eric can remember a little corner shop like the on you mentioned. I remember there was on such shop on the corner of Hartley St and Albert Street in Ossy, can't remember what the people were called who had it, but I can still picture the old dear behind the counter. Sadly the shop closed many moons ago, in fact the shop is no longer there now, there is just a wide open space when Hartley Street and one side of Hodgen Street was demolished years ago

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Candy? You know, chocolate, humbugs, jaw breakers (a.k.a. gob stoppers) .... all those bad-for-you things that kids love .... maybe sweets, or toffees .... whatever, we have the same junk over here. and, as you probably know, we call it candy. The only differnce is probably that we pay a lot less for it, like we do for most stuff;):p