Tradescanthia Posted June 17, 2010 Share Posted June 17, 2010 GlynnSheldon, didn't you used to know Pete Goddard ????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sycamore66j Posted June 17, 2010 Share Posted June 17, 2010 Great little shopping area when you look back weren't it .. Grocer Bennett , Butcher Bennett , Syd Moss, Boltons , Bookers , Don Valley cleaners , Kirbys, Wilds butchers to name but a few ...!! after shopping up the village we sometimes called in at the little fruit & veg shop opposite the old police station, very small inside,my mum said some things were a bit cheaper there, cant remember the name though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mh01 Posted June 17, 2010 Share Posted June 17, 2010 after shopping up the village we sometimes called in at the little fruit & veg shop opposite the old police station, very small inside,my mum said some things were a bit cheaper there, cant remember the name though.it was robinsons mid 70s through the 80s i think Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel Womersle Posted June 18, 2010 Share Posted June 18, 2010 I cant remember kirbys shop but i new mrs kirbys daughter agnes and her husband brian. they were good family freinds for years. both no longer with us. sadly missed The inside of Kirby's shop was like Aladdin's cave. There was hardly any household item they didn't have. When you went in, there was a small space for you to stand and facing you was a gap in the wall. That's where Mrs Kirby stood. The walls were covered in things for sale. It was 18 Townend Road. Sanders' Stores was just a little further up the road. This was a general grocery shop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GUZZIOWL Posted June 18, 2010 Share Posted June 18, 2010 GlynnSheldon, didn't you used to know Pete Goddard ????? I knew Pete Goddard .. used to drink with him ,Karl Hible , Pat Rollings and John Gibbons in t' Griffin around 70/71.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevew Posted June 18, 2010 Share Posted June 18, 2010 We always bought our pet rabbits from old Mr Kirby...........he had cages of them out of the back of the shop.I can still smell the tobacco from his pipe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firemansam Posted June 20, 2010 Share Posted June 20, 2010 I knew Pete Goddard .. used to drink with him ,Karl Hible , Pat Rollings and John Gibbons in t' Griffin around 70/71.. What about little Eric, Stuart, Dave Condon, Higgins, Paul Abdy ?? great pinball machine in the Tankard too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
denlin Posted June 20, 2010 Share Posted June 20, 2010 Think the fruit and veg shop which was more like a tin hut was Whithams but wouldn't like to bet on it Its a long time ago:hihi: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GlynnSheldon Posted June 20, 2010 Share Posted June 20, 2010 GlynnSheldon, didn't you used to know Pete Goddard ????? I still know Pete Goddard, just haven't seen him for a while. Well, years actually. one of the reasons I use my real name that I was called by the teachers at school is to tickle old memories!! Who are you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sycamore66j Posted June 20, 2010 Share Posted June 20, 2010 it was robinsons mid 70s through the 80s i think just been talking to my mum and she said it was eddie jordon who owned the place in the 60,s and early 70,s. the 2 middle aged women who worked there were sisters. there names unknown at this time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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