Shops
My family lived on the road approaching Monk Bar (behind photographer) from about 1950, through the 1980s and my Dad is still there, so this was our route into the City. The shop facing on the Right was for many years Bulmers secondhand shop. Behind that was a greengrocers, Wrightsons. Opposite is a public house and behind that was Brooke's fishmonger's where Mum bought Halibut steak once a week - I used to love sucking the bone - very tasty fish! It was fresh from Scarborough that morning.
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RE: RE: Shops
I'd forgotten the names of some of those shops.....thanks for naming them. Brooke's fishshop had great salmon fishcakes that we'd get for teatime when we were kids. There used to be a Post Office on the lower left side, not in the picture.
Comment from David Knapton on Tuesday, 5th June 2007.
RE: RE: Shops
Thanks for sharing your memory! I didn't know about the Post Office, but there was a butchers on the corner opposite the Pub before the modern hotel block was built.
Comment from Julia Cormack on Thursday, 7th June 2007.