Salfords Village

A Memory of Salfords.

I can remember so many old shops in Salfords. My favourite must be the newsagent which sold sweets and bottles of pop by the door. It also sold some toys and cards. The greengrocer's had a lovely old silver till which I can just about remember before decimilisation.
My first bike came from Pratt's the cycle shop. It was gold with white tyres and I treasured it. The chemist was very old fashioned and owned by Miss Tullet. The Kennedy Butcher's had sawdust on the floor and you paid a lady who sat in a cubicle{I think}
I went to school when Miss Rosier was the headmistress and Father George used to come and take the assembly from time to time. I remember Mrs Slade and Miss Ruecroft and Mr Wright who said there was no such word as' can't.'
When my friend Wendy and I were older we used to go to the Prince Albert and occasionally get banned for dancing on the tables. It was all quite innocent really but we'd always be back!
I also used to go to the Monotype social club frequently where I met my first boyfriend Andy on a disco night. The last song of the evening always seemed to be 'The sound of silence'
Does anyone else have any special memories of the the shops in Salfords?