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Originally Posted by Bob Dobson
From the 1951 Barrett's directory....No 2, Trustee Savings bank No 4 Nobles, boots,shoes 6 Veevers, grocer 8 harris, outfitter 10 Crompton, furniture
12 Haydock Bros, dry cleaners then Pleck rd 14 Smith, confectioner
16 Douro Wines 18 Darbyshire's florist 20 Singer Sewing machines 22 Fasion fabrics 24 Metcalfe's, fruiterers.
Other side: Lloyd's bank, / Greenwood, newsagent, Caxton printing Co/ Greenhalgh's dry cleaners/ baptist Chapel then Infant St/ Loofe'stailor/ Crawshaw, furniture/Joseph loofe again/ J Hoyle, fancy goods/23/25/27 isobel Winter/ Ingham, wools then t'Palace flicks.
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I remember number 18 being a florist, it belonged to my god parents, Derek and Mona, don't remember their last name, and I know it was the mid 50s as I was born in 50. They lived in Rishton, they later had another shop on Blackburn Road in the shops by India Street, I don't know what happened to all of it and them as I moved away. And seem to suffer from a bad memory..Manantat