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Ya Wibis, Wines Beers and Spirits, its now got me thinking what the guy who owned the business was called, he was an Iranian or something like that, he had this absolutely huge house in its own grounds down the Ribble Valley, must have had nearly 30 outlets I worked on about 15 of them

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My Grandad had a shop in Wellington St in the Forties. Dont know a lot about it or where it was on the st. I seem to recall it might have been a leather shop maybe or a shoe repair type shop as my Uncle used to mend shoes for people. It might easily though have been a confectioners type shop as they also had a shop in Holland st as well.

I have looked on a old OS map for 1909 which you can now buy, and it lists a confectioners shop at No. 20 Holland St (Elizabeth Enthwistle) as mentioned above and also ........No. 89 (Thos Holden) and No. 93 (Alice Crook) Wellington St virtually next door to each other. Where would they have been on Wellington St and maybe one of these was my grandads.


Phil

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I can't go that far back, but i lived on Royds Street through the late 60's & 70's & off the top of my head can recall a shop, which i think was a Newsagents/Sweet shop on the corner of Wellington Street & Nuttall Street. There was also a shop at the other end too on the corner of Wellington Street & Cotton Street. No idea on the numbers though!

Best Regards - Taggy

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Seem to think the cobblers shop was on Wellington St,opposite side to the Pop Club, near Cotton St?

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Could well be Cashy, where the "new" houses & flats were built, but not something i recall. I know there definitely was a Cobblers on Cotton Street when i was a lad, it was near the Cotton Street Mission!

Best Regards - Taggy

PS...The only other shop i recall on Wellington Street near to Cotton street was a chap who used to repair old Valve Radios & Tv's.

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Hey it may have been that un Taggy mate,? Ive lost many things the biggest being me memory.:D

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And me my Sanity!!! Lol!

Best Regards - Taggy

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That old chap that used to repair radios was on the corner of Wellington St and Cotton St, next to the Electrical Wholesalers.
Retlaw

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No he definitely wasn't next to the Electrical Wholesalers (Lionel Robinson), that was another shop, can't quite remember which one, but might have been a General "Selling Owt" shop. The Chap who repaired the radios/TV,s was on the opposite corner, on the terrace with the steps out front.

Best Regards - Taggy

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Do you mean selling out shop ie an off licence?

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Yep & all kinds of other household & food stuff really, i assume that's why they called them Selling Owt shops, because if you ran out of anything, you could usually get it there!

Best Regards - taggy

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Could this Cobblers shop have also been a Harness maker as well maybe......??

Phil

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Well I may have been labouring under a misapprehension all these years I thought an off licence was referred to as a selling out shop because they sold alcohol to be consumed off the premises ie "out". We lived near the one at the top of Milnshaw lane which in those days only sold alcohol and ciggies and nothing else and we called that a selling out shop. These days it's also a convenience store so your description Taggy would be appropriate now. There was also one further down Whalley Road - Mr Faulkner's, where the vets is now- which did sell anything and everything as well as booze.

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The only off licence I can remember around there, well in the 70s, was the Wibbies shop on the street which ran adjacent to Nelson street, can remember the name

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Yep, before it become Wibis (Wines, Beers, Spirits) Jaysay. it was owned by a woman called Mary Capel, it sold Alcohol then too, appropriately enough she had a Dog called Whisky!! Lol!...It used to let us kids take a ride on its back, but it had a "thing" about uniforms & the Postman used to dread coming along that stretch of Royds Street!

There was actually another off license on Royds Street too, it was on the left hand side going up past Nuttall Street, just before Clement Street. They used to sell Sherry out of a Cask, so you could bring a bottle in to be filled. Later on another corner shop on nuttall street i think sold alcohol too, it was the one straight across from "Freds Butchers" which later became a chippy!

Best Regards - Taggy