Childhood in The Village
I lived in Lycett Road from 1955 to 1981, what a change! Mostly the quietness at night, no cars or buses, no people. The street lights went out at midnight. The building on the right was Woods, something to do with cars, behind that was waste land till "Grower" Jones, a kind of home grown veggie shop, then nothing till Big Yard with its pig farm, a builders called H.H.Woods, then about two old cottages, then Hoyland and Garners and an old Anderson shelter, then a big house on the corner of Sandy Lane. Back to the roundabout and on the other side was a block of new shops, I think Timpsons was first, then Taskers, then a paint shop, opened by "Len Fairclough", can't remember the next two but then there was Jack and Jills, then an entry, then Macaneenys? Dewhursts, R and A wool shop, Johnny Grahame's, Thomas's then Berties, then Beechwood Ave, Rushtons, Howards, Quails and Joynsons. The rest was Sparks market gardens till the Esso station then The Farmers Arms, then the Phoenix. I may have some things wrong here so put me right by all means. I remember Saturdays lasting forever, standing outside the shop on the corner of Perrin Road, window shopping for toys, Zeta planes from Clarks (Tony's) and fish and chips from "fish Charlies chips", Ladybird school clothes from Fayes.. Matchbox toys from the Railway shop on Leasowe Road and the best steak pies on earth from Goodes. After the M53 came along it all seemed to change, it got busier and more built up and less.....COUNTRYFIED!! oo arr!!
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RE: RE: Childhood in The Village
Who do you refer to when you mention grower Jones? My girlfriend's grandad used to live in Lycett Avenue his name was Robert or Bob Jones and he mentions he used to grow his own veg and sell, interested to see if it is him you mean. He & his wife are alive and well both aged 90 & 91.
Comment from Barrie Mitchell on Tuesday, 18th January 2011.
RE: RE: Childhood in The Village
I too lived in Lycett Road - from 1943 to 1959, when I got married and left for New Zealand. Grower Jones was Bob Jones, who lived at either No.1 or No.3 Lycett. He had a couple of daughters, one, Jacqueline was about my age, the other one somewhat older.
Billy Hannah didn't mention Hockings, the newsagent on the corner of Beechwood Road. Mr Hocking and his brother ran it, and I did a paper run for them for several years, as did a few other local kids. And before that, after McEneanys and Dewhursts, there was an electrical good shop, then McFisheries, then Eccles greengrocers, and in the middle of the block George Longworth opened a cycle shop. On the other corner of Beechwood before the war was P.L.Edwards, a ladies lingerie shop. I remember it being destroyed in the blitz. And he also forgot Mrs.Povals, a little sweet shop between Sparks and the Cosmo Garage. Down two stone steps into a little wonderland of jars. The Cosmo became the Esso station, and it was right next to the Farmers Arms. The licensee of the Farmers was Mrs Witty, and her daughter Mary also now lives in New Zealand
Comment from Bill Howard on Saturday, 3rd September 2011.