Originally Posted by garinda (Post 934372)

Though you will have to wade through a major thread wander, instigated by a now moderator, to get to the facts.

Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington (Post 934428)

I'm sure I remember Ray having a stall on Accy Market in the sixties and everything was half a crown.......sometimes the little things were five for half a crown, but you always spent at least half a crown(two shillings and sixpence...or twelve and a half pence in today's money).......I remember buying five mugs for the shop(slingers) for half a crown.

Originally Posted by jaysay (Post 934409)

I worked for Ray in the early 80s I managed the DIY shop over the shopping center at the Palace, that was a real experience believe me. I also stood Markets on a Sunday as well as organising Sunday Markets all over Lancashire and Yorkshire. Ray was the first exponent of the £ shop, only in those days he stood the Markets with 50p stalls everything 50p, at that time he had about 7 or 8 people standing markets every day. The last time I saw Ray was in Blackpool in the old woolies shop he'd changed it to Store 99. I may post more on this after I've had a think, Ray was a very very interesting person

Originally Posted by Taggy (Post 934481)

He also once had a shop at the bottom of Church Street, Accy too, just on the next block along from the Commercial Pub!

Best Regards - Taggy

Originally Posted by Taggy (Post 934918)

This one was actually before Gentleman John/Pennywise, it was across the road from there, if you are walking up Church Street from the Commercial Pub, its one of those shops on the next block past the entrance to the back of the pub. i think it could be the one which is a clothes shop now, cant recall exactly but definitely on that block!

Ray was seeing a Woman who lived on Royds Street at the time & i used to pop into this shop with her lad, who i think was called Keith Hesketh!...We used to be jealous of Keith because he got all the latest Toys via Ray, so it would have been in the late 60's actually!

Best Regards - Taggy

Originally Posted by jaysay (Post 934941)

Think you find that he actually Married her Taggy she was called Pat, are you sure her son was called Kieth, I seem to think he was called Steve, because he took Rays name after they were wed, his Father was Nevil Hesketh, was a joiner, I work with Nev at Laings Shadsworth development, he actually came to my Stag Night back in 67

Originally Posted by Taggy (Post 935001)

As its a while back i could be mistaken on the lads name Jaysay, but i've always had the name Keith in the back of my mind when i thought of him. He was born with a hole in his heart, is that the same lad you think Jaysay? At the time they lived in the corner house right opposite Mary Capels shop on the bottom block of Royds Street! They did move out though after she had been with Ray for a while.

I've been in Town this morning & the Shop Ray had then was either what is Aleisha's, or the Clothes Shop or former carpet shop next to that, cant be more specific though, some of these fronts have altered a bit...as has my Mind!! Lol!

Best Regards - Taggy