Old wooden cabin

Atarah · 20-11-2009, 20:59

Hi, just found this old newspaper cutting. Who can remember the old wooden cabin at the bottom of Oak Street, where newspapers and fags etc. were sold?

cashman · 21-11-2009, 19:03

that was also painted dark green in its later years if memorys correct.

we always called that shade= Lavatory Door Green.

ossy kid · 21-11-2009, 21:40

Yes, remember it well cash, sold toffee too, coldsfoot? rock and uncle Joes and pomfrepat cakes.

groove · 27-11-2009, 12:01

I too can vaguely remember this.It must have been removed in the early to mid 80's

BERNADETTE · 27-11-2009, 14:03

I remember it as well.

Retlaw · 22-12-2009, 23:22

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Originally Posted by Atarah

Hi, just found this old newspaper cutting. Who can remember the old wooden cabin at the bottom of Oak Street, where newspapers and fags etc. were sold?

Just spotted this. Garth Dawson's father had a shoe repair business in that wood cabin, and Garth when he first started had his darkroom in the back, then he moved to Infant St, then on to little Blackburn Rd. That wood cabin was one of the casualties when the Bayt Horse buildings collapsed one Wednesday afternoon
Retlaw.

Atarah · 22-12-2009, 23:24

Have you got your "wood cabins" mixed up Retlaw my pal? I think the one you are talking about was on Church Street, NOT the one I show a photo of, which was at the bottom of Oak Street.

cashman · 22-12-2009, 23:26

Just had another sneck at that photo, looks like "Tosh" stood in the doorway.

Bob Dobson · 23-12-2009, 09:48

I remember it too, though I cannot remember the Bat Horse buildings. I thought they went many years ago. I thought the chap in the doorway was Retlaw for a minute.

Retlaw · 23-12-2009, 12:19

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Originally Posted by Atarah

Have you got your "wood cabins" mixed up Retlaw my pal? I think the one you are talking about was on Church Street, NOT the one I show a photo of, which was at the bottom of Oak Street.

The wood cabin I'm refering to was on the pavement on Church St about 25 feet to the left
of the Pals Memorial, the Bay Horse buildings would have covered the memorial. The Bay Horse buidings collapsed in the mid 1960.
I could look up the right date in the reports but I do know it was a wednesday.
Retlaw

MargaretR · 23-12-2009, 12:36

These 'Bay Horse buildings' on Church St....were they on the church side of the street, where I think there is small garden area now?

If so, I have a vague childhood memory of attending a dancing class in the large upstairs room.

Retlaw · 23-12-2009, 14:10

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Originally Posted by MargaretR

These 'Bay Horse buildings' on Church St....were they on the church side of the street, where I think there is small garden area now?

If so, I have a vague childhood memory of attending a dancing class in the large upstairs room.

Spot on Margaret, there was a lady who held dance classes on the top floor, I think one of the ground floor shops sold furniture.

Retlaw

MargaretR · 23-12-2009, 14:30

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Originally Posted by Retlaw

Spot on Margaret, there was a lady who held dance classes on the top floor, I think one of the ground floor shops sold furniture.

Retlaw

I have remembered her name now - Miss Harker - a bit of a dragon - I didn't go there for long. She taught ballet. My flat feet had no chance of coping with 'going up on points', so I switched to Renee Cosgrove's class for tap dancing.

cashman · 23-12-2009, 15:02

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Originally Posted by MargaretR

I have remembered her name now - Miss Harker - a bit of a dragon - I didn't go there for long. She taught ballet. My flat feet had no chance of coping with 'going up on points', so I switched to Renee Cosgrove's class for tap dancing.

Paddy took up "Tap Dancing" until he fell in the sink.

Retlaw · 23-12-2009, 16:00

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Originally Posted by MargaretR

I have remembered her name now - Miss Harker - a bit of a dragon - I didn't go there for long. She taught ballet. My flat feet had no chance of coping with 'going up on points', so I switched to Renee Cosgrove's class for tap dancing.

Thats her, after the Bay Horse buildings collapsed she moved the dance classes to the top floor of the place on the corner of Holme St & Church St, think its now called Baileys.

Retlaw.