[cashman]

Originally Posted by susie123

I remember Ernie and his van coming down Owen Street in the fifties. He wore thick black framed glasses and a little trilby hat. The shop was what had been Thornbers chemists on the corner of Whalley Road and Knowlmere Street. My cousin used to work there and I spent many a happy hour behind the counter in the pharmacy looking at all the lotions and potions. There were several other rooms behind the shop that weren't used but Ernie opened them all up when he opened his little supermarket. I didn't know the family lived in Union street.

That was Ernie Everett, remember him well. used to come around all the streets that area wi his little van.