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hi jg the chip shop you remember i think was marsdens

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will have to stop drinking the bombay on sundays
post should have read
lived on grange st in the early 70s
i was steward of the pop club at the time.

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No i dont recall there being any name. The front of the House didn't face out onto Wellington Street, it was at the end of a block and faced sideways towards the Pop Club, with a Garden area in front of it. Ive actually been in the house as a kid when it was empty and derelict, think there was about 6 bedrooms. Dont remember anymore than that really.

Best Regards - Taggy

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Thanks Retlaw.
Oh! dear,what a swelling of emotion inside.Where those two people are crossing,that was the corner where we lived.
At the end of the war,after we'd all made it through,my mother passed away after giving birth to my sister Christine.They both died.
Dad crumpled,and spent a lot of his time in the Popular club.He also went to the British legion,a place I remember as being round the corner of Blackburn road to the right near the arches.
Anyway,thanks for the pictures
jg

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Thanks Annlez,
It could very well have been.I only remember the 'bits' he gave us were tasty because they were cooked in beef dripping.
jg

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Acorn Lodge and the Flats were there when I lived on Nelson Street in the mid 70s beechy:confused:just read your later post beechy:D

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I dont actually recall any Chip Shop on the bend in Cotton Street, i might be wrong. Where the bend is as it goes onto Belfield Road used to be a "selling owt" shop for many years, certainly when i was a kid in the 60's. There was a Chippy in that area though, it was on Napier Street just before it joins onto Belfield Road, again this was in the 60's. There was also a Chip Shop called Marsdens, but that was on Marsden Street and was operating certainly in the 70's & 80's!

Best Regards - Taggy

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Thanks Taggy,
That was it - Napier street - I remember now.Mind,I'm going back to the 'forties'.
jg

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I remember the chippie on the top end of Napier St, I lived in the confectioners on the corner of Napier and Nelson from about 1950-1955. There was also a selling out shop on the corner of Napier and Royd St. {spelling doesn,t look right**

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I remember there being Two "Sellys" on opposite corners of the Royds and Napier street crossroad, one was owned by a lady called Mary Capell, she had a dog called Whisky that was great with us kids, but used to chase postmen!! The other was owned by a couple called Albert and Margaret Hargreaves! I lived on Royds Street from 1957 till 1988. I'm trying to recall the confectioners on Napier/nelson but cant bring it to mind, where was it in relation to Pollards workshop? I now live on Avenue Parade, but when we moved here, our next door neighbour was called Kathleen, and i'm sure she also said she worked at at confectioners on Nelson St! My Mum used to work at the Confectioners called Smiths on Cotton Street, they also had another shop of the same name on Abbey Street near where Norths cleaners is.

Best Regards - Taggy

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hello Ossykid,
You would remember the Ritz down Church Street then?And further down was the dace-
-hall where Syd Ashmead and his !broadcasting band! used to play.
jg

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Hi jg...well no not really, although ive often heard my parents talk of them. I was actually born in 1957 and lived in Royds Street for the first 31 years of my life!

Best Regards - Taggy

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Hi Taggy,
Looks like I am a bit before your time.
The Ritz was a ballroom where we had some great times.And when I was even younger we would go and sit on the 'planks' at the front in the Kings Hall cinema at the bottom
of whalley road.Snooker hall there as well.We were told to stay out of there!
jg

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Remember when I lived on Nelson Street there was a Wibis selly on the corner of Royds St. and I think it was Albert St, I later worked for a shopfitting firm at had the contract for Wibis, they had shops all over Lancs

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Yep thats one of those two shops i was talking about Jaysay, was actually corner of Royds and Napier. It was the one that was owned by Mary Capell, then later became a Wibis. Which stood for Wines, Beers and Spirits if i recall.

There also used to be another Chippy or Pie Shop, i think, down at the bottom end of Napier Street/Grange Street ,close to Wellington Street, this was run by Annie Sudders who was also on the Council at the time, she used to have the nickname of "Pie Annie" in the area. After the Shop closed, her Husband used to sit with the door open playing his accordian!!

Best Regards - Taggy