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I thought the fish shop was called Pringles,I remember the dairy i used to buy pasties from there.

The fish shop was certainly Jones,s we were very friendly with them and used their phone on occasions as we did not have one ourselves.There were two sisters, and a brother worked behind the scenes and drove the van. The Bellis dairy had the contract to supply milk to St Hughes school.

Now Bizzee Bee. I remember after the war a horse called Airborne won one of the big races at a big price and lots of people backed it purely out of sentimentality. Bert Ashman was unlucky because his house was burgled that night and they took his money and all the betting slips so he could not pay out. lol. I think I must be old too.

I think the milk bar was Weavers and the son Billy opened a betting office in Tranmere. The bike shop was Rogers Bros run by three brothers one of which went on to run the Astor club. Rogers shop was followed by Addisons chip shop followed by a shop run by one of the Marriots who sold second hand m/cycle parts.

:)Hi John nice to hear from you. Fancy you remembering me running down back eccie hey! Lol. I remember your family well, Glenys, you and at the time baby Graham. I loved Thursday nights when we all used to go to Livvy Baths and then coming home we'd queue at Johnny's in Conway Street for chips and ice cold coke.
I have many happy childhood memories from living in Gladdy and playing round in Lowther/Fox St.
Do you remember we all used to gather on Sandra and David Smalley's window sill or hang around/swing on the lamp post we played kick the can, rounders and we girls played hop-scotch, also skipping, and nick knock. I remember the Humphreys, but only Colin (maybe a Norman) not sure tho. My brothers Tommy & John (we also have Peter) but he was just a new baby when we moved, they remember you and Cavan Pew.

There were two fish shops in Exmouth Street one was Jones's run by the two sisters which was just a bit up from Rogers bike shop the other one was Pringles which was on the corner of Moon Street. There was also a fish and chip shop near the bottom end where we often got a free bag of batter

Dead correct MargieMck, Jones the fish shop followed by Weavers milk bar/sweet shop, followed by Rogers bros, followed by Addisons chippie and then a shop owned by one of the Marriots selling second hand motor bike parts

Not many comments on Bryants the sweet shop in Exmouth st or
Mrs Franks commic shop opposite were you could buy comics and
take them back after you had read them and you got a few pennies
for them, she used to have agreat selection of Yankee DC comics
Iused to deliver the papers all down Exmouth st 1951-1955 for the
paper shop on the corner of Exmouth st & Claughton rd
any one remember me (Judda Hayes )

Now then George,where would you like to start, I can remember pre 1939 there where two females who used to run it but there might have been others behind the scenes who made the sweets.In the window there was a big electric mixer stirring toffee and us kids used to have our noses pushed up against the window watching the toffee go round.In those days there were no vans and I dont think they supplied other shops.It was purely a home made sweet shop that made good sweets. Regarding Mrs Franks I think she just used her husbands first name who had the shop next door whose name was Frank Rushforth and was a retired music hall comedian.

Bryants used to make a home made pink pepermint chewy toffe
i can remember that, in the 50s with a bit of luck you could get a few sweets when they loaded the van in back Eccky
Me and my mates off Bright st were good at scrounging
if you wernt you got nothing

Now George,it looks as though you youngsters are only interested in sweets & comics not shops. SAD.

Hi Margie, yes I do remember you(of course)lol, I remember your brothers once took me on a bus trip somewhere I don't remember where to... some swings. They said it was their secret place LOL, and we had a great day out(good times.) :)yes we did all sit on smalleys window sill coz it got all the sun on the evens side of the street HA! and remember the games we used to play (letters in your name) (traffic lights) (sausages)( kick the can, where everyone went missing for hours LOL.thats just some games we used to play. me and our Glenys always used to get chips and beans in a cardboard tray from Johnny's chippy on a thursday after swimming. I used to think it was dead posh coz i had a little wooden fork LOL (I loved Lowther Steet I did)x

Thinking about Exmouth Street does anyone remember Owens Bike Shop, Ernie's sweet shop (buttermints as a treat on a Sunday)!! The off licence run by a Mrs & Mrs Brandon who had two daughters Pauline and Peggy, further up on same side a little general store Mrs Marshes and Prestons cake shop up near Rushworth's I think.
Coming down from the top on the other side Reg's who sold cheese, bacon etc there was a hole in the floor of the shop, obviously a cold store/cellar which I thought was great as he disappeared down it now and again. Okell's and Johnnys fruit & veg, Stan and Mrs Stan! butchers, can't remember what was next door think and old empty house?

Hi MargieMcK. In my day there was a tool shop next to Bryants and the greengrocers was called Candlish, I rememember Okells well and there were some empty shops one of which was used by Rogers Bros as a store and another which had been used at one time by a guy who ran a dental laboratory making dentures. He closed because he was exposing himself through the curtains at the back of the window to passing females. All the shops had cellers because they were built on the front of victorian houses and the servants lived below stairs in the old days. The Lord Exmouth still had kitchen ranges in the cellers and bells to call the servants with indicators to show which room.

Why was sitting in the gutter. picking at the Tar Bubbles with a lollyice stick such good fun, i can,t think of one good reason,,, it just was..