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Nuneaton, Abbey Street And The Ritz c.1960
Photo ref: N89038
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More about this scene

It was in Abbey Street during the Great War that Palladinos had their ice-cream business. Michael Palladino used to go round the town with his ice-cream barrow and charged a penny for a wafer and just a halfpenny for a cup.

Memories of Nuneaton, Abbey Street and the Ritz c1960

For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. These memories are of Nuneaton, Abbey Street And The Ritz c.1960

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If this has sparked a memory, why not share it here?

Seeing the photograph of the old Ritz cinema reminded me of the time when I was a member of the Ritz Minors Club from approx. 1947 until 1952. We all paid 6 old pence to have a morning at the "pictures" watching films like Flash Gordon, Tarzan and many others. As time went on and I reached, what I thought was a ripe old age, the building on the other corner the "Coach and Horses" pub was one of the places where on a ...see more