I remember a shop on the left before the awnings…was a sort of do it yourself shop, always had rolls of lino stacked up at the side of the shop in what looked like an attached garage. Think it might have been called Humphreys….I also remember Jack Bartleys butchers shop and the Old Mill Press….oh and Bruce’s papershop! Yeah and Youngs sweet shop and Deans cycle shop………….memories memories Ha!
The shop was Hackett and Baines run by Phil Tarry. You could buy anything in there. The sweet shop Youngs was run by Mrs Flo Young and her daughter Norma Wilson, my aunt.
The shop that sold lino on mill lane was called Hackett and Baines you could buy anything from a tin cup to a carpet a pair of shoes to a tent the list is endless. Also on that parade was The Old Mill Press owned and run by Les Wilson then there was Jack Bartleys butches the Duncans ? Then Hackett and Baines then the Meadow groceries then there was Hintons groceries then Jack Bruces paper shop etc.
I have just remembered Snowball”s the chemist shop, old Mr Snowball would make up a mixture for whatever ailed you. Must have worked, I”m still alive to tell the tale.
Also on Mill Lane, was a Maypole grocery store, and Miller”s hardware store, the family lived on the premises, there were twins Patrick (Patsy) and Peggy, they were in the same year as me at school. Wasn”t there a printing company as well, at the very end of the row of shops? It may have been the Billingham Press, I”m not sure. At least it was a time when you could walk a short distance from home to get all your shopping.
I remember the pink icing pyramid sweets with a hazelnut on top and the chocolate covered dates at youngs sweet shop, still the best sweet shop ever.The Young family were always very nice and friendly to all the customers. Hello to Ann Millward and brother David who I used to play with. Nice memories.
Norma Young was my Godmother. She used to decorate the window of the sweet shop beautifully with dummy boxes of chocolates and sweets. She often won a prize from the Chamber of Commerce for best dressed widow.
What a treat it was to be able to buy a bag of broken biscuits..and that was in the late fifties. Going to Bruce”s for the Gazette every afternoon, popping into Youngs for Licorice Root..yummy. Looking back, it was really something to know all the shop owners and staff by name. I look forward to this site every morning, it gears up the memories.
If my memory serves me correctly, Hinton”s grocery store was under one of the awnings to the left. I wonder if anyone else remembers the barrel of broken biscuits kept next to the counter by the proprietors.
I remember a shop on the left before the awnings…was a sort of do it yourself shop, always had rolls of lino stacked up at the side of the shop in what looked like an attached garage. Think it might have been called Humphreys….I also remember Jack Bartleys butchers shop and the Old Mill Press….oh and Bruce’s papershop! Yeah and Youngs sweet shop and Deans cycle shop………….memories memories Ha!
The shop was Hackett and Baines run by Phil Tarry. You could buy anything in there. The sweet shop Youngs was run by Mrs Flo Young and her daughter Norma Wilson, my aunt.
The shop that sold lino on mill lane was called Hackett and Baines you could buy anything from a tin cup to a carpet a pair of shoes to a tent the list is endless. Also on that parade was The Old Mill Press owned and run by Les Wilson then there was Jack Bartleys butches the Duncans ? Then Hackett and Baines then the Meadow groceries then there was Hintons groceries then Jack Bruces paper shop etc.
I have just remembered Snowball”s the chemist shop, old Mr Snowball would make up a mixture for whatever ailed you. Must have worked, I”m still alive to tell the tale.
I remember Young”s sweet shop run by two sisters. I used to go in with my ration book to get sweets. Lovely memories.
The printing shop was The Old Mill Press. My dad ran it for 36 years until he retired. I was born there and it is still operating today.
Also on Mill Lane, was a Maypole grocery store, and Miller”s hardware store, the family lived on the premises, there were twins Patrick (Patsy) and Peggy, they were in the same year as me at school. Wasn”t there a printing company as well, at the very end of the row of shops? It may have been the Billingham Press, I”m not sure. At least it was a time when you could walk a short distance from home to get all your shopping.
I remember the pink icing pyramid sweets with a hazelnut on top and the chocolate covered dates at youngs sweet shop, still the best sweet shop ever.The Young family were always very nice and friendly to all the customers. Hello to Ann Millward and brother David who I used to play with. Nice memories.
Norma Young was my Godmother. She used to decorate the window of the sweet shop beautifully with dummy boxes of chocolates and sweets. She often won a prize from the Chamber of Commerce for best dressed widow.
What a treat it was to be able to buy a bag of broken biscuits..and that was in the late fifties. Going to Bruce”s for the Gazette every afternoon, popping into Youngs for Licorice Root..yummy. Looking back, it was really something to know all the shop owners and staff by name. I look forward to this site every morning, it gears up the memories.
If my memory serves me correctly, Hinton”s grocery store was under one of the awnings to the left. I wonder if anyone else remembers the barrel of broken biscuits kept next to the counter by the proprietors.
One of the shops under the awnings was Hinton”s grocery…a great source of “broken” biscuits!