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My Days In Northwich

I was born in Northwich in 1966, however I moved here to Lancashire in 1980 but I still consider time in Northwich as being the best days of my life. I moved here when I was 14, I lived in Greenhall Road and my best friend Tracey ...Read more

A memory of Northwich in 1970 by Vicky Wood

Critchlows Corner

The building in view was a Post Office and General Stores, the area was known as "Critchlows Corner" after the name of the family that owned the shop. The post office was the only one in the area. At the age of 10 I would cycle to the ...Read more

A memory of Blurton in 1963 by David Moore

My Home Village

I cannot remember the exact year but I remember the shop (centre) and the houses to it's right. The shop was called 'Jolly's' and sold sweets and other things. The road was widened in the 1960's so the shop and houses ...Read more

A memory of Mottram in Longdendale in 1964 by Jenny Roberts

Childhood Memories

As a small child I used to visit my Gran & Grandad in Shirebrook - Annie & Seth Oakton. I'm told they lived in Byron Street and they had a grocery shop which was part of the front room in their house. Grandad also kept ...Read more

A memory of Shirebrook in 1966 by Yvonne Kirby

St Joseph’ Junior School Pontefract

Born in December 1957 my maiden name was Kemp I must have started in Mrs Padgets class St Joseph's circa 1962. i remember the alphabet in pictures around the wall A is for apple B is for ball, C is for cat & D ...Read more

A memory of Pontefract by Margaret Lewis

Bullpitts

Hi in the early 1960s I worked in Bullpitts Department Store. It was quite an up market family owned business with shops in Southsea and Lee on Solent. I am interested to know if anyone else can remember it. I will add ...Read more

A memory of North End by Valerie Marshall

Yesterday's Birch

I REMEMBER BIRCH IN 1960'S. THE VILLAGE SHOP WAS RUN BY A JEWISH MAN CALLED MR WOLFE. WHEN YOU CROSSED THE ROAD ON TO WHITTLE LANE THERE WAS A ROW OF HOUSES THAT WERE ATTACHED TO THE WHITE HART PUB . AS YOU WALKED UP THE LANE ...Read more

A memory of Birch by franciscaine7

The Good Old Days At Betws Yn Rhos

Seeing this picture brings back many memories of helping my father to serve Petrol at our small village shop, called Min Afon Stores. Not too sure if that is not me, in the picture, as we actually went out to ...Read more

A memory of Betws-yn-Rhos by Bryn Jones

Fair Green

A cobbler, Mr Ruff, had a shop there, trading under the motto Ruff’s Stuff’s Tough!

A memory of Mitcham by John Walsh

Shop Names

'The Hayward' sign was outside 'Haywards Cafe & Restaurant' which flourished until the 1960s when it successively became 'Delmontes', 'Pieros', 'La Ferola' and now 'The Blue India'. Going down the right hand side of the Broadway ...Read more

A memory of Haywards Heath

Captions

3,478 captions found. Showing results 385 to 408.

Caption For Redcar, High Street C1955

This is another section of the main shopping centre, with the Red Lion Hotel on the left, Goodswens the butcher's in the centre, close to the grocer's shop of Pybus Brothers, and Hancocks on the corner

Caption For Ilminster, The Crown Hotel And Triangle C1950

The shop and garage on the left are now houses, and new houses stand high on Strawberry Bank beyond. To the right, there is still a fish and chip shop by West Street, which runs down to the Minster.

Caption For Stonehouse, Quietways C1960

The shops in Elm Road are structurally much the same today, although they have changed ownership. For example, Walter's bakery is now a pet shop.

Caption For Harlow, Broad Walk C1960

One of the busiest shops in Broad Walk was Bellmans, selling wool and patterns for babies and young children.

Caption For Worcester, The Shambles C1950

This was Worcester's and until the 1930s many of the butchers' shops had their own slaughterhouses at the rear of their premises.

Caption For Stamford, St Mary's Church C1960

By the time that this photograph was taken, Bettle's family grocers, together with its shop front, has gone to make way for two shops.

Caption For Belvedere, Nuxley Road C1955

Next to the Royal Arsenal Co-operative Society greengrocer`s shop on the right is Belvedere Baptist Church, advertising its Harvest Festival, while opposite is another greengrocer - but today

Caption For Halifax, Southgate C1960

This stylish Burton's tailoring shop was built in 1932; it replaced many small shops along Old Market and Princess Street. Originally, the upper floors contained a billiard hall and a skating rink.

Caption For Odiham, High Street C1970

The house on the right now has a bay window, and to its left a former carriage entrance has been filled in to become Mrs Holt's antique shop.

Caption For Grange Over Sands, Main Street 1891

Note all the blinds outside the shops on the left. The sign outside the shop on the right shows that they were the agent for Pullars, the dyers.

Caption For Whitstable, The Old Town 1950

To the right of this photograph is a poster advertising the film You Were Meant for Me, starring Jeanne Crain and Dan Dailey, and showing at the Embassy cinema.

Caption For Stourbridge, Town Hall And Market Street C1960

In the 1980s it was cleaned and renovated and partially incorporated within the Crown Centre shopping complex.

Caption For Chipping Norton, Middle Row C1960

Among the shops on the left is the Phoenix Café and cake shop (nearest the camera) with E Bennett's grocery store next door; the tallest building housed the premises of a ladies' hairdresser.

Caption For Farnborough, Queensmead Shopping Centre C1965

There are three massive shopping centres here. One of these is Queens Mead, which is home to over 80 shops.

Caption For Frome, Cheap Street 1964

This street's name comes from the Anglo-Saxon 'cepin', meaning a 'place of trade', and here its shops include opticians, tobacconists, dry cleaners, book and toy shops and the Crusty Loaf bakers with its

Caption For Alfriston, The Village Square C1955

Behind the chestnut tree in the village square, once known as Waterloo Square, the shops were originally a small row of cottages, which were apparently used as a quartermaster's stores and to billet soldiers

Caption For Metfield, Post Office C1965

The telephone box has gone, and the Post Office and shop, owned by R Boardman at this time, has closed, but the post box has become the letter box to the house.

Caption For Hermitage, Post Office And Hermitage Road C1960

The shop on the right of this photograph is Hermitage Post Office and Stores. Today the speed limit through the village is thirty miles per hour, not forty.

Caption For York, The Shambles 1909

The shops appear to be deserted, with even a door removed from its hinges. The street looks very different nowadays, with the hustle and bustle of visitors sightseeing and shopping.

Caption For Corby, Beanfield Avenue Shopping Centre C1965

Like many other estates in Corby, Beanfield was provided with a neighbourhood shopping centre and an adjacent public house in the centre of the estate.

Caption For Barns Green, The Village C1960

Parker's shop opposite the green is one of two shops recorded in the village in the 1960s. In more recent years the village has been the annual venue for a very popular half-marathon road race.

Caption For Morriston, The Cross 1954

Billy Hole, whose newsagent's, stationer's and tobacconist's shop we see on the left, was an interesting character.

Caption For Dibden Purlieu, Merriemeade Parade C1960

These shops are beside Beaulieu Road. C M Topp the grocer (far left) is still trading. There was also a newsagent here. Just off the main street in North Road is the Methodist church.

Caption For London, Old Curiosity Shop C1955

It has been claimed, probably erroneously, that it is the original of ‘the Old Curiosity Shop’ made immortal by Dickens as the home of ‘Little Nell’.