Shopping in Selby
The two girls in the lower left corner of this photograph are myself and my sister Elizabeth. We were probably out shopping with my mum, who is not visible on the photograph. I originally saw this photo in the Frith collection "Selby -a photographic history of your town" (W.H.Smiths) which I bought on one of my visits home. I went to the Council School on Flaxley Road and Selby Girls High School. I would like to see any other photos of Selby not in this collection, if anyone knows of any. I would particularly like to see one of the old Clock Cafe which was in the centre of Gowthorpe. I remember walking round the Abbey after we had been swimming at the baths, the Queen visiting to distribute Maundy money, Brownies and Girl Guides in the Hawden Institute, going to the 'pictures' at the Ritz on Scott Road on Saturday, ballet dancing classes with Vanda Dykes, going on picnics down Peppermint Lane (off Flaxley Road), cycling over the canal bridge and railway bridge from Abbots Road to get to school (we lived on Eden Avenue) and bags of chips with scraps on from Bowles and much, much more !! Janet Copley.
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RE: RE: Shopping in Selby
What a lovely picture. None of the present day heavy traffic and charity shops.
I lived in Selby from 1954 to 1972. My memories are of a lovely market town with a pretty park, beautiful abbey and nice shops.
My mum would take me for toasted teacakes in the Clock Cafe on market day (Monday), such a treat.
How many shops etc can I remember? Obviously Greenwoods, Burtons, Woolworths, Bennets toy shop, Dobsons butchers, Petit Magasin, Rose's wallpaper shop, Jessops, Whiskers grocers (note the barrow outside), the bike shop (which is still there), Weatheralls (still there). Can anyone add any?
There were quite a number of public houses down Gowthorp too:-
The George Hotel, The Grey Horse, The Dog (I think), The New Inn, The Cricketers. I think there was another one too, but my memory is fading.
The Londesborough Hotel can be seen to the left of the abbey.
Comment from Pete Jones on Saturday, 29th November 2008.
RE: RE: Shopping in Selby
I lived with my grandparents behind Rockett's shop at 40 Gowthorpe. Grandma ran the shop selling wool, knitting patterns, and also ladies' corsets. Grandpa had a gents outfitters at 1 New Street. They had three sons, all of whom were musicians, Johnny Rockett (my father), Barré and Wallace.
Comment from Lyn Parkinson on Tuesday, 24th January 2012.
RE: RE: Shopping in Selby
I think the 'other Pub' would be the Crown and Anchor (known locally as the C&A) as for other shops you mentioned Wetherell's (note spelling) I worked there from 1971 for a few years, but there was also Everatt's, Cheesman's (taken over by Wetherell's Holdens Sweet and Tobacco shop (owned by a real life Battle of Britain Fighter Pilot), just off the main Street was Stanniland's wool shop and how many of you remember Jacksons Supermarket starting next to Burton's?
Comment from Ian Lund on Thursday, 1st March 2012.