Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!
Christmas Deliveries: If you placed an order on or before midday on Friday 19th December for Christmas delivery it was despatched before the Royal Mail or Parcel Force deadline and therefore should be received in time for Christmas. Orders placed after midday on Friday 19th December will be delivered in the New Year.
Please Note: Our offices and factory are now closed until Monday 5th January when we will be pleased to deal with any queries that have arisen during the holiday period.
During the holiday our Gift Cards may still be ordered for any last minute orders and will be sent automatically by email direct to your recipient - see here: Gift Cards
I Would Love To Turn The Clock Back
A Memory of Thornaby-on-Tees.
I was born in Easton Street in 1941 and remember seeing the air raid shelters in the street, that would be about 44/45/46 time. The street had a shop and a old stable like shed which sold veg and potatoes, the families all seemed to help each other out. My granddad was Dick Addison and the family lived at No 5 , he was a Sergeant in the Home Guard.
My Granddad in his wisdom decided to have fireworks for November 5 1945,
he forgot to say that they were thunder flashes. Placing them on the back yard wall ,he lit them and the flash was that bright , no one could see for some time.
Tommy Rea the undertaker was near the street , also a ice-cream shop , the family was from Italy
but I cannot remember their name. I moved to Liverpool in late 46 but will never forget my love for Thornaby and the people that lived there.
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