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A Very New Broadway
In 1962 my parents and I (12 years old) moved from Bristol to open Victoria Wine (later to become the Wine Market before reverting back to Victoria Wine). There were still several empty units awaiting occupation. I can recall ...Read more
A memory of Plymstock in 1962 by
Shops
Bryant's Post Office with Mrs Robson, a Queen Motherish figure always dressed in a black two piece, dishing out pensions, stamps and postal orders from the aloof position behind her cage. Duggie Bain's cobblers, the warm oily smell, my ...Read more
A memory of Howden-le-Wear by
The Nag''s Head
One didn't have to travel to London in the past to watch pro bands plying their trade. The Nag's Head public house was a much attended venue during the late 1960s and early 1970s for watching many of the (what was then known as) ...Read more
A memory of Wollaston in 1969 by
Gardener's Boy
My father went to work at Hampton Court as a gardener's boy when he left school at the age of 14 in 1917. By then, it was in use as a convalescent hospital for soldiers. I remember my father saying that he had to put little ...Read more
A memory of Hope under Dinmore in 1910 by
Ashby Aint Like It Used To Be
I was born and bred in Ashby-de-la-Zouch, the eldest of three children. My memories of Ashby itself are snapshots from a time which now seems so old-fashioned that it as nostalgic as a Herriot novel. As a young ...Read more
A memory of Ashby-de-la-Zouch in 1970
Return Of A Native
Camberley, where it all began. Where I lived half of my life so far. In your head you never leave the place you were born and raised. On a wet un-comforting day I found myself revisiting the town of my past. I was cast into ...Read more
A memory of Camberley in 1988 by
Childhood Days
I too have happy and sad memories of Thurnscoe. I started school in 1952 at Hill Infants. Mrs Cartlidge was our teacher. I still remember where I sat behind the door and being given a small blackboard and chalk on my first day there. ...Read more
A memory of Thurnscoe in 1952
Re Comment By John Howard Norfolk On Wigan Clogs
Wigan-made clogs always did have a reputation even way back when - so it's nice to have this confirmation of their quality holding up even to today. I've even discovered that one of my ancestors made his ...Read more
A memory of Wigan by
Fishing With Billy
Billy was a hero to we boys. In the daytime you could go crabbing with him; at night, out drifting. He drove an old open jeep and at times you would see five, six or even seven boys clinging to parts of this ex-US vehicle as it ...Read more
A memory of Downderry in 1955 by
I Am A Beach Boy
I was born in July 1942 at 2 Church Road ,the youngest of eight children,the time I remember best is around 1952,being a kid in the Beach then was brilliant,so many things to do, Boating Lake,Minature Railway,Swimming ...Read more
A memory of Severn Beach in 1952 by
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Outside the extensive premises of Lewis & Godrey's clothing store, a No 51 charabanc and its white-coated and booted driver prepares to take on passengers.
The Town Square itself had begun to take shape by 1958, with the development of the shops on the left (incorporating Sainsbury's, Boots and Woolworth's).
Boots' double-fronted shop is now Harts book shop, and Lloyds Bank is just a little further on.
Boots and shoes are displayed in the shop window on the left.
seems to have had an abundance of shoe shops in 1950: Trueform (on the left) was a popular chain for decades, and Olivers (on the right), is still trading today - but who now remembers Dick's Central Boot
In the centre of the village, on Affleck Bridge, is the Independent Wesleyan Chapel built in 1874 to serve the Nonconformist industrial workers of the boot and shoe factories.
It was taken over by Boots, whose shop on the right displays a flag advertising the Booklovers' Library.
Boots has updated its fascia again (see R84026 page 32 and R84042, above), while still retaining, as it does to this day, the traditional script.
The tall building (centre) with carved bargeboards, dormer windows, ridge tiles and 'Tudor' chimneys was Boots.
It was demolished in 1977 and replaced by Boots. To the left is Musks, butcher and sausage makers, displaying their Royal Warrants.
In 1905 it became the duty of the hotel boots boy to pull and tie down a cord which silenced the quarterjacks during the hours of darkness.
Just past the Village Green, the Boot (left), one of the oldest pubs in the village, and the Barley Mow beyond, are both still trading, although the General Stores between them has been demolished to make
The Lloyds Bank on the left is still in place today but the Boots beyond it has been relocated to the new shopping development on the riverside.
Boots has moved to a prime site on High Street and has been replaced by a modern building occupied by a building society.
Because of the relatively small shop sizes the larger retail chains, such as Boots and Burtons, have moved to bigger and better premises in the new Horsefair development - a successful retail location
The lawns would either have been mown by a pony-pulled mower (the pony wore little leather boots to protect the grass) or one of Ransomes new petrol mowers - Ransomes were a fairly local
The Temperance Hotel had given way to Boot's. Also gone was the old Conduit: it was moved in 1939 to Tower Gardens.
To the right is an old house, formerly occupied by the village boot and shoe repairer.
The first shop on the right is Boots at No 10. Next door is Woolworths, and next but one is Westminster Bank at No 4. These three businesses are still in Petersfield at the same addresses.
Her livery was black hull with a yellow line and red boot-topping, buff paddleboxes and superstructure, and black funnel with a yellow band.
A pram is parked outside W Eden (right), the boot dealer and repairer.
It was only 10 ft long, ran on 10 inch wheels, and came with front-wheel drive and independent suspension.The battery was in the boot.
We continue on to the village pond, which now has a fringe of sedge and reeds and is home to many coot, duck and moorhen. The old thatched house on the left was replaced in 1959 by a modern house.
Most of the shops now have blinds compared with the 1895 picture.
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