Moulton, Institute Of Agriculture c.1955

Photo ref: M295008

I have some great memories of my childhood in the village, I used to deliver meat on the bike for the Co-op when Fred Quincey was the butcher. I used to deliver it every Tuesday night and Saturday morning, I also helped my uncle Tom Birch on a Sunday with his milk round. I was also involved when the Co-op moved from the old place to where it is now, I remember moving all the stock, my father Bert Earl also ...see more

This used to be a very busy street, with the Coop Store, butchers and the office at the back of the butchers, also the coal yard at the back. I worked at the Coop 1957 to 1963, very happy times. In the winter, the manager, Ron Birch had to go down the cellar and light the boiler with coke from the coal yard to heat the radiators, but it still was very cold. We used to get grocery orders ready; they ...see more

Known as Stocks Hill, on the left of the photo is the Coop Drapery Shop. At the side of the shop was an alley and the Coop Bakery was there. The house facing in the picture was Ted Witneys car repair yard, along High Street was Keffords shop, Mrs Briton's drapery shop,The White Lion Pub, Mrs Thompson's shop, she used to open Sunday afternoons for us children when we came out of Sunday School. We would go to the shop ...see more

My memories of West St, opposite Sid Smith's cobblers shop in the photo, Mr Tite's shop - he used to come down 3 or 4 steps from his living room, he sold lots of halfpenny and penny sweets - the best buy was 1 penny packet of broken crisps. Then the Blue Bell Pub that had a tennis court up the yard behind the pub. My mother used to help there, known to me as Uncle Arch, Aunt Mag, (Mr+Mrs Walker). Uncle Arch was the ...see more