I am unsure about the taxi office. It was on the corner of King Street/Seabank Road, the part that runs to St Lucia Rd (goes around the back of the chippie etc.)But it was on the next block towards the Royale. I was about13/14 at the time so we are looking at 1970/71.
#645546 - 2nd Jan 20121:41pmRe: Who remembers... General History Chat...
[Re: Bezzymate]
zigzagwanderer
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Originally Posted By: Bezzymate
It was a toy shop Zig.
Can't remember it being a toy shop Bezzy , I asked my mum & she remembers it as an electrical shop selling radios & spares , valves etc . This was mid '60's when we lived in Park Avenue .
About 1960, the taxi company was Arrow Taxis & was above the old furniture shop. I don't remember any nightclub. I used to run a government surplus type radio shop on the corner of King St & St. Lucia Rd. (Now boarded up)We later moved across the road & had the right hand shop of what is now Seashells Day Nursery.
yeah morris is my dad and my nan ran it for many years and yes he did deliver the echos he still remembers joe newtons shop when you went up the side path by the kiosk there was a brick pillar that it stood against said to be the origional gatepost to killens
reference post#547600 herons was in the park entrance in the 50/60`s my uncle was the foreman there along with the main garage based in rake lane Parry & sherlock moved there early 80`s there original bodyshop was in cleveland street we used to get our fllet cars and van body work done there and yeah i remember morris delivering papers to us when i worked at normans newsagents in mill lane corner station rd
Eldon Street to Conway Place There was a Church, Mr Ashworths Sweet Shop, a Chip Shop a Coop I think it was branch 69 on Conway street you had Lords Dairy shop Peters Cafe The old Blood Tub selling Sasparella Drinks etc The Crown Pub Two big houses owned by the Lunam family, (who owns the furniture shop at the park entrance. Just a start.
Hi, You mentioned Neville Close, we lived in number 20,on one side were the Kelly's, the other the Layfields, we moved there in early 1968,I moved in out in October to get married,my parents stayed there till 84. We lived in Claughton Road, opposite our house was a newsagent,the music Hall on one corner,the Bakers on the other.It was a big change no shops locally, and a long walk to the bus,and no pubs.
My younger sister and I used to go the Plaza Cinema on Borough Road on Sat.mornings (back in the '50's) for the 'Auntie Gladys' Club - used to sing along the 'bouncing ball'. I think there was also an organ there that came up out of the pit. Just along the road was the Kingsland Ballroom. Across the street was a cafe whose name escapes me now - they had a big jukebox I think and the tedddy boys used to stand outside there in their 'beetle crusher' shoes.