Wordsley Hig Street
Wonderful to see these old photos of Wordsley. Unfortunately not of the shop where I spent the first few years of my life, from 1950.
My parents had a chip shop at 109 High Street, next door to the Cat Inn. Eventually they changed trades and went to fresh fish, then greengrocery, then hardware. Perhaps a few might remember "Bob" Hope and my mom, called Dora. As I walked to school every day (Brook Street Primary) I know the whole road as it used to be. From our shop uphill I remember a little shop owned by an old gentleman (well he seemed old then). He reputedly set fire to the shop, then hanged himself, when I was very young. Can anyone enlighten me and confirm my memory? As a young boy I knew all of the shop owners, from the Colliers, and several more.
Must stop rambling ... Thank you for a wonderful view of my long distant childhood.
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I grew up in Queen Street and my dad grew up in Chapel Street. I remember he told me about the newsagents - the man who owned it set fire to his shop and he died in the fire. It was particularly bad because it was just before November 5th and the shop was stocked with fireworks! His daughter and her husband rebuilt the shop and it became Davies (it's now a florist, by the bus stop). My dad was a paper boy there later on. He can remember Acker Bilk visiting the shop in the 1960s.
Comment from Carly Grandini-Williams on Sunday, 29th January 2012.