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alan7554 20-05-2007 10:23

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sidewalk 54 was originally called the astronaut and had a spacemans suit hanging in the upstairs window,also h wisemans the record and music store on broadway opposite woolies, and the grocers at the to were swintons insurance is now, catlows fruit and veg i think,i can remeber the unit 4 cinema when it was the CLASSIC and then pickwicks,which became shifters and them rumours i think,there was a good back alley up the side of the pictures were you could go and get a knee trembler after the pub closed if you were lucky,any one else remeber these places

Tin Monkey 20-05-2007 12:39

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My sister had a Saturday job at Catlow's fruit and veg shop.

The Green Lantern 20-05-2007 17:33

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I used to be friends with the catlow family. used to live on whalley road

Margaret Pilkington 20-05-2007 20:16

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My mother used to work at Catlows when they were at the top end of broadway......the Catlow brothers used to take pity on my Mum because they knew she had 7 of us. They used to give her bags full of bruised apples...we didn't care that they were bruised and used to eat them like they were going out of fashion - my mother used to tell us off by saying 'do you think those apples grow on trees?' and we would all fall about laughing at the ridiculous question.
We used to get black bananas too......I think I was about 14 before I realised that bananas were yellow :)

flashy 18-01-2008 16:36

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yeah i know im dragging an old thread back but tough :D

what was that little fag shop called next to barclays bank?

MargaretR 18-01-2008 16:46

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Originally Posted by flashytart (Post 518836)
yeah i know im dragging an old thread back but tough :D

what was that little fag shop called next to barclays bank?

Woods Tobacco Factors

cashman 18-01-2008 18:54

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Originally Posted by flashytart (Post 518836)
yeah i know im dragging an old thread back but tough :D

what was that little fag shop called next to barclays bank?

as well as the shop next to Barclays, they also had one just around the corner, on blackburn rd, used to get joss sticks there when young.:D

flashy 18-01-2008 19:11

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ah cheers margaret and cashy, i remember it being there for years when i was ickle

cashman 18-01-2008 19:22

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anyone remember Home Supplies? they had a shop on blackburn rd, nr greenwoods, and 4 market stalls nr uncle dicks. worked there a while, but used to duck sat afternoon n go down rovers, got away with it for months, until the manageress margaret (lovely lady) got me in office n said "i dont think you really want to work here do you? n with that conversation i left.:D

beechy 20-01-2008 16:48

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bradleys clothes shop at top of little blackburn road
we used to get our free school uniforms there :cool:

beechy 20-01-2008 16:52

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Originally Posted by cashman (Post 427358)
you could well be right ossy kid, just had another look n aint sure now, wynonie will know, his brain cells aint as badly damaged as mine.:)

im sure accy grammer school became the tech after grammer school were abolished as such we became comprehensive didnt we in the early sixties :eek:

panther 20-01-2008 17:40

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what was the shop that is argos now???............cant think what it was:(

MITZY 20-01-2008 17:59

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Not a shop but who remembers the "sunken gardens" on broadway
Wardleworth's used to be somewhere near to where Argos is but not sure if in exactly same place.

panther 20-01-2008 18:17

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wardleworths was next door:D
remember that;)
dont remember the gardens but seen a pic, i must be too young:rolleyes:

cashman 20-01-2008 18:31

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Originally Posted by beechy (Post 519557)
im sure accy grammer school became the tech after grammer school were abolished as such we became comprehensive didnt we in the early sixties :eek:

i left accy tech (ossy) easter 63, so it must have been later than that. tech obviously couldn,t keep going without me.:D


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