Mind you the brewing tea would have come in handy in later years
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Opposite Railway Hotel, but I am sure I can remember it being in the Palace building at one time, and there is something familiar about it being where Garth Dawsons is on Little Blackburn RoadYeh may be right Margaret, but its really bugging me now.where the hell was Melias? someone must remember that photo?
If you check post 63 I think you will find we think it was at the corner of Little Blackburn Rd where you would turn in to Peel st where the buses came in from Clayton also from Huncoat
Sorry should heve mentioned this before - my book has a picture of Melias on the corner of Eagle Street opposite the Railway Hotel in the 1920s. Buildings then sold for road widening.
And Claytonx I actually said in post 63 that in 1963 it was on the first corner on the left going up Little Blackburn Road, with EJ Riley's on the corner above. Below it going down towards Peel Street was Curry's,now Garth Dawson, as Margaret says.
That shop obviously moved about a bit!
This shows Melia's where probably most folk remember it, on the corner of Little Blackburn Road and Bridge Street.
Melia's Grocers/Melia's Ltd became popular as a grocers and tea dealers from the 1920s to the 1960s alongside Maypole and Home and Colonial Stores. These grocery stores were forced to amalgamate with the Home and Colonial Stores company due to competition from bigger National stores.
There were branches in Howden, Melton Mowbray, Chester, Leyland and many more towns (inc Accrington) and cities across the UK. The store sold general groceries but often specialised in tea. The company also packaged its own butter and sugar.
Melia's Grocers/Melia's Ltd became popular as a grocers and tea dealers from the 1920s to the 1960s alongside Maypole and Home and Colonial Stores. These grocery stores were forced to amalgamate with the Home and Colonial Stores company due to competition from bigger National stores.
There were branches in Howden, Melton Mowbray, Chester, Leyland and many more towns (inc Accrington) and cities across the UK. The store sold general groceries but often specialised in tea. The company also packaged its own butter and sugar.
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Thats were i thought it was, was it ever were the Palace Cinema was Atarah?
I'm nearly sure they had a stall in Blackburn Market hall, in the 60s, my mate Gordon Addison, who worked for the coop left to take over as manager.
Maybe it was Maypole and not Melias who had the old picture place? I'm all confused now....but I do know it was a supermarket for a short while before Ray Lynden took it on.......and it began with an M.......no of course it wasn't Morrisons!
Yeh aint as confused as me Margaret, i suspect it may have been Maypole, but i can't sodding remember, tis a beggar owd age.
My memory isn't bad(usually).....but, I'm now more convinced it was Maypole, rather than Melais...especially after seeing some of the old Pics of Melias at the foot of Eagle Street.
Margaret, just to show that your not going daft, I've cropped this from a 1914 Observer, part of a page when I was looking for Accrington Pals, note the two adresses.
Retlaw.
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Thanks Retlaw...not that I was around in 1914 you understand
Here's another when you weren't around.Thanks Retlaw...not that I was around in 1914 you understand
Retlaw.
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The bottom photo showing a fabulous looking shop was FLACKS, along Blackburn Road. When they were after a name for the new pub which became THE CALDER, there was a competition to name it. I put forward the name FLACK's cos of that fab shop that had once been in the vacinity, but ............. of course, I never won! Still think it would have been an ace name for the pub!
No yours.Ya memories from your childhood Walter
What beautiful shop front's they used to have -so much more elegant than todays and they were designed to draw you into the shop...
Yep think it seemed to work well, also the fact there were very few or primitive alarms,made em much more attractive to burglars.