10 Grafton Road
My dad, Cecil Edwards, had a newsagents and tobacconists shop in Grafton Road. We lived behind and over the shop.
One of my abiding memories is going to Woolworths in the High Street to spend my saved pocket money on Christmas presents for the family. At that time Woolworths had gas lamps throughout the shop which had two chains hanging, one to turn up and one to put out. Also Tudor Williams had one of those change machines which whizzed round the shop.
As kids we would play Cops and Robbers and Cowboys and Indians in Grafton Road and in the winter would make an ice slide in the middle of the street! Not much traffic so no-one complained! There was a wonderful lamp post which we used to swing from outside number 1 Grafton.
The Miss Possetti's lived next door to the Art Marble - they were very refined ladies indeed and wore gloves when they went out.
The Graham Spicer Hall had marvellous jumble sales where we bought all our dressing up clothes - I bought a German china-headed doll when I was a kid for just a few pence I remember. Later when I had kids of my own and was a bit hard up I sold it for £25 which was a fortune in 1975. Probably would have been worth thousands by now!!!
Hundreds more memories but must get the dinner cooked! Oh to go back in time and visit 'the village' again!
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RE: RE: 10 Grafton Road
I used to do an early morning newspaper delivery round, some where about 1935/6, from this very same shop. Used to start around 5 am and sort out the various papers for delivery. The Herald, Mail, Express and Mirror are 4 that I remember, plus the News of the World on Sundays. One Penny was the cost of these dailies and I think Tuppence on Sundays, which was the day you used to knock on the door to collect the weekly payment.
Comment from Albert Williams on Tuesday, 10th August 2010.
RE: RE: 10 Grafton Road
My Great Grandfather John Alfred Thomas Watts lived at 17 Grafton Road and had a Glazing business opposite. unfortunatelly he went out of business at some time before 1934 but continued to live at No 17 until his death in 1943. At that time he was living with his daughter Alice Cairns and her husband Percy who at one time had a cobblers business at the back of the property for a while.
I never met my Great grandfather or saw his shop but would love to hear from anyone who may remember.
Comment from Terry Watts on Sunday, 14th August 2011.