Originally Posted by magpie (Post 649669)

ah I remember Mrs Barns... you would have been there when I was: My mum also used to work at the cafe... do you have any pics of the area or school... Magpie

Originally Posted by hedman2003 (Post 648164)

When was the police box on Ormerod Street removed I have a vague recollection of it being there probably in the mid 60's however I could be mistaken

I went to the Barbers I think on Higher Antley Street as a child but it wasn't on the corner it 4 or 5 properties away from Ormerod Street with a large red leather chair.

In the mid late 70's I sold the newspapers for the first week of Accy holidays as at that time only newsagents were permitted to sell newspapers. it was my first paid employment

how times have changed

Originally Posted by stevie96 (Post 649837)

i'm hoping so i know we had quite a few,but for some reason my mum decided to cut them all up to make a coluage:confused: one of them things were you stick aload of pics to make one big pics.anyhow i'll go and dig out what i can:)

Originally Posted by stevie96 (Post 649856)

i can't remember the police box,but i remember the local bobby his name was george thompson he lived round the corner from me on brown st i recieved a couple of slaps on the legs off him for going on what i remember we called swanie lake and once for walking over the railway bridge across the lake and then got another wack off my mum when george told her what i'd done.the next day i'd see him an all was forgiven wish we had that sort of bobby now:)

Originally Posted by magpie (Post 650089)

Cheers Stevie... I have a group pic somewhere when I had birthday party will have a look this weekend and pm you a copy ( if you don't laugh at my home made hair cut ) it was the 60's and times were hard... I remember the factory fire... and the cafe had to close for a day or so. I lived on Victoria Street and my dad got me up to watch it ... must have been nothing on TV
cheers magpie

Originally Posted by stevie96 (Post 650261)

i remember it to we lived next to shop so we were told to leave from what my dad tells me he thinks the fire was 1966

Originally Posted by hedman2003 (Post 650345)

which fire are we referring to I've looked back over the thread and can't find any reference to a fire

If it was the one and H and B my grandad and dad both worked there and would have thought it was late 60's

Originally Posted by stevie96 (Post 650386)

yep sorry about that, it was H and B my dad reckons it was 1966 don't remember to much about it ,only i couldn't find my spuds once the fire was out,and come to think about it my tortoise went walkabout that night:bingobang

Originally Posted by stevie96 (Post 649856)

i can't remember the police box,but i remember the local bobby his name was george thompson he lived round the corner from me on brown st i recieved a couple of slaps on the legs off him for going on what i remember we called swanie lake and once for walking over the railway bridge across the lake and then got another wack off my mum when george told her what i'd done.the next day i'd see him an all was forgiven wish we had that sort of bobby now:)

Originally Posted by stevie96 (Post 649451)

the shop on the corner of ormerod st and brown st was run by micheal cavanagh and is wife

Originally Posted by magpie (Post 621900)

did any of you go there in the 60's I was there in 1966/7