Yes , he's called Stephen and his older brother is John . I see their mother occasionally , and she always says that Stephen is fine .
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Yes , he's called Stephen and his older brother is John . I see their mother occasionally , and she always says that Stephen is fine .
Course we remember Sauls, it used to be Bob Holts, it was on the top block of Black Abbey St, Grange St is off Cotton St a good 5min walk away from Sauls.
Often went in when I was young, just to watch the receipts and money zoom to the cashier, & the change come zooming back.
Retlaw.
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If I remember rightly Burton's was where Blockbuster Videos are now
Just need to remove all those buses from Peel Street and replace with a lovely square and it will be euphoric.
Just spotted this, behave yourself
Just trying to picture BBC I know its in that vicinity, but its those little grey cells ya know
Don't forget the Italian suits .... you know, the ones that called for winkle picker shoes ... I got one at that Burtons .... houndstooth check, orange lining in the jacket, three buttons on the cuff, and fifteen inch bottoms on the pants
Back in the day, if you didn't dress well, you didn't get laid
Never stopped me eric,yeh musta bin n ugly git.Back in the day, if you didn't dress well, you didn't get laid
Never stopped me eric,yeh musta bin n ugly git.
Still am ... but I've learned how to fake sincerity
Women are good a faking somat too EricStill am ... but I've learned how to fake sincerity
Me too.I recall that being Woolworths
...there must be some 1940s and 50s photos somewhere to show that.
Used to hurry off upstairs to spend sixpence(when I had sixpence that is...not often) on cheap junky toys. Made in Hong Kong stamped on the bottom.
Yes there was......Dewhursts...but my Ma always called it the Argenta.
Redmans had a milk bar next to its grocery store too.
Yes...we used to go there every friday evening. They had a basket full of cheap tinned foods with no labels on......if it was chunky and had a key on it you were pretty sure you had corned beef......but as for the others they could be anything and usually were. Sometimes Ma would open a couple of label-less tins for our tea......it was a pot luck tea. Tinned Irish stew didn't go very well with tinned custard.
Did a super type store not open first at the old Palace picture house corner of Abbey st and Peel st i think the owner was Linden.
Ya Ray Lyndon did open that store around 75/76, I worked there for him 81/82 when he sold it to a guy from Preston, but retained the food provision outlet
Worth another star ? hey Jaysy
If you say so
Yes it was always the Argenta in our family too.
I would have said the first proper supermarket was the Maypole on Broadway, late 60s.
The original ASDA on Blackburn road must have been around about then too -I remember getting lost there when I was little...!
Don't remember Maypole on Broadway maybe at the bottom of Little Blackburn rd?