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Opposite The School
Does anyone else remember the chain railings and posts, painted black and white around the green in front of these shops? I used to jump over them as a small child. They enclosed all the grass area.
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RE: RE: Opposite The School
Yes indeed (or at least tripping over them a few times!).
The third shop (with all the junk outside it) was owned by Mr Rowe in the 50s and was a general hardware store. I never worked out how he could find anything in it. - It was far more chaotic than the 'Open all Hours' corner shop, but he always seemed to know where things were even if he had to climb over everything else to get to it!
Comment from John Eason on Sunday, 13th August 2006.
RE: RE: Opposite The School
Yes, I remember those railings - perhaps they were removed to help the war effort?
I remember a couple of shops in the Parade (Oak Timbers, I think it was called). There was the United Dairies, which provided most of our rations, and a little further along was the delightfully named Titus Ward's. Mr Ward ran an old-style sort of shop, and was skilled at origami: a blue sheet of paper was deftly shaped into a carton, which he'd then fill with sugar. Never a grain was spilt!
Comment from Barbara Russell on Monday, 20th June 2011.