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Schooldays
Going to Mr Allens chemist and walking to Sandhurst street School'also going to the public library over the swimming baths
Allens The Chemist
I think Mr Allen was succeeded by his two sons who ran the chemists for some years. Presumably gone now. I also have fond memories of the swimming baths where I learned to swim with my friend Michael Tunnicliffe and of the old library above the baths. Wonderful times.
Chemist Shop And Swimming Baths
I think the chemist shop is on this road, along with the baths,
EARLY FIFTIES OADBY
This picture brings back happy memories, I was born in Oadby when it was a village like this picture shows, it was a wonderful time. The picture shows the large building on the corner which was "Allens" Chemist, further down the shops was "Rawsons" which sold bicycles, TV`s, radios and electrical goods, it later became "Dexters" where I worked in in my teens as an apprentice electrician. At the end of the small parade of shops was "Tom Best" the butchers, he was a real character, then the swimimng baths. In the foreground of the picture is "Hassell`s", painter and decorator, their son Willie used to go to school with my brother.
Allen's Chemist Shop
Mr Allen (snr) was my grandpa. As a child in the 60s, the shop was a magical place.
When this photo was taken, the shop was the second one from the corner of Chapel Street (walking towards the church). There was a antique shop on the corner when I first remember it. Later the chemist shop was extended and took over the corner premises. I too remember learning to swim at Oadby pool. I also remember Ellsons bread : )
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