My great uncle Ernie Thompson (born 1907ish) in Stockton on Tees was an apprentice butcher here, I am guessing he will have been here in the early 1920’s if anyone remembers the name or had any relatives who may have known or mentioned him?
In latter life, he owned the butcher’s shop in Middleton St George. Wife Freda, sons Derek and Brian; he also had an adopted daughter called Gill/Jill.
We lived in Cobden St, number 73, our house was on the other side of the stores but right near it, we as kids used 2 play in the door way when the shop shut, brilliant memories
I lived at the corner shop opposite for a short while. My Auntie had this shop and she put us up after we were removed from our house in Glasgow St after my Dad handed his notice in to the foundry (the foundry owned the houses) to make a new start at Heads. We (Mam, Dad and my 4 brothers) then moved to no 31 Short St and lived there until the area was knocked down. We had a great childhood and were always out playing footy, kicky tin rounders etc. The picture brought lots of happy memories for me. We used to throw our tennis ball against the triangle at the top and see who caught it. Thanks for the memories!
We lived at the corner shop for a while after we were removed from our tied house in Glasgow St. Dad had got a new job at Head Wrightson and when he handed his notice in at the Bon Lea Foundry we were told to vacate the tied house. Our Auntie put us up in the corner shop (Mam, Dad and 5 boys!!) until we mved into number 31 Short St. We had great times as kids and were always playing in the streets near the Coop. I always remember these with great affection.
I remember this building from my days of living in Cobden Street, I remember during the fireman’s strike there was a large fire here and two Green Goddess fire engines arrived to deal with it. A lot of people from Cobden Street and the surrounding area came out to watch.
The pictures of the co-op brought back some fond memories .I lived at 34 Cobden street and some of my earliest memories are of my mother taking all of us kids shopping there our family Co-op number was 25364.A fond memory also of the butcher Buddy Bell and his wife Pat, who lived opposite the Co-op and their dog Lady who I used to take for walks to Stainton.I ended up working there for a few weeks before joining the Royal Marines.Great days indeed.
Yes this was our local Co-Op. the pic. is taken from Short St. the grocery side was on the left and butchery on the right. I remember going for sugar which was weighed and put into blue paper bags. The butter was cut from a big slab prior to weighing and wrapping, this I think was to the rear of the store. I believe they had a wire travel system to the cash out room maybe superceded by the vacuum system. Our Dividend No. was 382 on which stamps were collected for future purchases or maybe cash as I recall going to Stockton in order to retrieve the money. It was really old fashioned and a typical Co-Op. The butchers had sawdust on the floor and a marble slab in the front window for the displayed meat. used to watch the mincing machine as a boy, extrooding mince like wriggling spaghetti. On an evening the opening had green wooden gates locked with steel rods and then padlocked. Opposite on the right hand corner a small corner shop opened in competition whilst another called Pybus”,was in the next street on the right called Teesdale Tce. Used to get a small brown loaf for 6 old pence. As the picture shows all the strees were laid with granite sets/cobbles until being tarmaced over in the 60″s. to the left of the building in Langley Ave was a roof high metal vent stack from the sewer sytem, always wondered as a lad what it was for. It was a really close community area.
My great uncle Ernie Thompson (born 1907ish) in Stockton on Tees was an apprentice butcher here, I am guessing he will have been here in the early 1920’s if anyone remembers the name or had any relatives who may have known or mentioned him?
In latter life, he owned the butcher’s shop in Middleton St George. Wife Freda, sons Derek and Brian; he also had an adopted daughter called Gill/Jill.
We lived in Cobden St, number 73, our house was on the other side of the stores but right near it, we as kids used 2 play in the door way when the shop shut, brilliant memories
Sandra do you remember a Valerie Herron who lived in Cobden street.
She was a good friend of my wife. Is she still around?
I lived in Heslop Street as a lad. My grandfather worked there for a lot of years, I still remember my mothers divi number after all these years.
I lived at the corner shop opposite for a short while. My Auntie had this shop and she put us up after we were removed from our house in Glasgow St after my Dad handed his notice in to the foundry (the foundry owned the houses) to make a new start at Heads. We (Mam, Dad and my 4 brothers) then moved to no 31 Short St and lived there until the area was knocked down. We had a great childhood and were always out playing footy, kicky tin rounders etc. The picture brought lots of happy memories for me. We used to throw our tennis ball against the triangle at the top and see who caught it. Thanks for the memories!
We lived at the corner shop for a while after we were removed from our tied house in Glasgow St. Dad had got a new job at Head Wrightson and when he handed his notice in at the Bon Lea Foundry we were told to vacate the tied house. Our Auntie put us up in the corner shop (Mam, Dad and 5 boys!!) until we mved into number 31 Short St. We had great times as kids and were always playing in the streets near the Coop. I always remember these with great affection.
I remember this building from my days of living in Cobden Street, I remember during the fireman’s strike there was a large fire here and two Green Goddess fire engines arrived to deal with it. A lot of people from Cobden Street and the surrounding area came out to watch.
The pictures of the co-op brought back some fond memories .I lived at 34 Cobden street and some of my earliest memories are of my mother taking all of us kids shopping there our family Co-op number was 25364.A fond memory also of the butcher Buddy Bell and his wife Pat, who lived opposite the Co-op and their dog Lady who I used to take for walks to Stainton.I ended up working there for a few weeks before joining the Royal Marines.Great days indeed.
Yes this was our local Co-Op. the pic. is taken from Short St. the grocery side was on the left and butchery on the right. I remember going for sugar which was weighed and put into blue paper bags. The butter was cut from a big slab prior to weighing and wrapping, this I think was to the rear of the store. I believe they had a wire travel system to the cash out room maybe superceded by the vacuum system. Our Dividend No. was 382 on which stamps were collected for future purchases or maybe cash as I recall going to Stockton in order to retrieve the money. It was really old fashioned and a typical Co-Op. The butchers had sawdust on the floor and a marble slab in the front window for the displayed meat. used to watch the mincing machine as a boy, extrooding mince like wriggling spaghetti. On an evening the opening had green wooden gates locked with steel rods and then padlocked. Opposite on the right hand corner a small corner shop opened in competition whilst another called Pybus”,was in the next street on the right called Teesdale Tce. Used to get a small brown loaf for 6 old pence. As the picture shows all the strees were laid with granite sets/cobbles until being tarmaced over in the 60″s. to the left of the building in Langley Ave was a roof high metal vent stack from the sewer sytem, always wondered as a lad what it was for. It was a really close community area.
Hi Jeff, I think the corner shop that opened was owned by my grand parents, Freda and Stan Newall.