Throckley Fish Shop

A Memory of Throckley.

Throckley Fish Shop was situated next to the Post Office. It was owned by the Humble family who were really nice people and made delicious fish and chips. Eddie and I think it was his son Freddy  who worked there and kept the kids like myself hanging around in place. I'm sure I got a clip behind the ear hole a few times off Freddie, no doubt I would have deserved it. This would of been in the early 1960s, my memories of hanging around there go as far as up to when we were Mods on Scooters Lambrettas and Vespas covered in spotlights and mirrors all chromed up.
Stew and Colin McIvor, Jimmy Bolt, Charles Earl, Stew Pentland, Vic and Carl Ions were a few of the lads I remember had scooters. I still have some old photos of them outside those very shops. There was also a cafe opposite where we would hang out.
A couple of hundred metres further up was the Junior School where I went as a lad. I used to call to a house half way up that had an orchard on my way to school, knock on a little hatch and would purchase 4 apples for a penny.
It's a shame there is only one photo of Throckley in The Francis Frith Collection as I remember purchasing old postcards of Throckley, one had the Lyric picture house with shops, and another one of the roundabout further up.


Added 25 December 2009

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