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Originally Posted by Bob Dobson
Great photo. I am annoyed that I cannot remembger the shop, but maybe it had gone by the time I was taking papers (1954-7) In 1951 Mr Standring was shown in the directory as a grocer at No 20, which is the location mentioned. I wonder if Owd'Bob's Twist was made in the allotmnents up Owd Bob's at the side of gatty Park?
I urge you to send a copy of this photo, with details, to :-accrington.library@lancashire.gov.uk
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That would have been my Uncle, Richard Standring. I think Claude my grandad, in the photo, died in 1947 and his son Richard along with my mum ran the shop. Only Grandma lived there. She died in 1953 when I was 1.
They may have sold the shop shortly after she died as my uncle lived on Park rd and mum lived on Blackburn rd.
I remember her as a kindly old lady....Ha Ha... just kidding I was still in nappies....
Phil