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chriskay #249525 20th Aug 2008 12:04pm
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Hey Chris, how long did you work at WH Smith, my brother Tony Miller(deceased now)used to work there.

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Hi, Dave, I didn't work there very long; probably less than a year, 1952/53. After that I became a cinema projectionist, first at the Plaza, then at the Ritz. Went into the Air Force in June 1956 & never went back to Birkenhead. I visit it quite a lot now though.


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Hey chris just wondering if you knew a Den Platt who worked there ??


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Originally Posted by SoundLad
Hey chris just wondering if you knew a Den Platt who worked there ??


No, sorry. I wasn't there long & can't remember any names; it is 56 years ago confused


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Ahh okie doke happy no problemo hehe!


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Originally Posted by MattLFC
Gateway in Moreton, which then became Kwik Save and now Somerfield.

Solo which was owned by Somerfield was also in Moreton, but it was something else before it was Solo. It then became Somerfield, and when Somerfield and Kwik Save merged (until the shitty Labour government decided the likes of Tesco and Asda shouldnt have so much competition) it was eventually bought by Cool Trader and that stands there to this day.

Ill think of other shops soon!

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It used to be Lennons in the 80s I remember

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The Beefeater in Moreton in the bighouse.

Toymaster toy shop in Moreton

The Village Trader in Moreton (where Kwik Save is now)

There used to be a clothes shop in Chadwick Street that used to sell school uniforms and things it was quite old fashioned from what I remember.

The co-op Supermarket in Moreton


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Remember that shop in chadwick street.
Moreton mart
The market in moreton
John menzies or wh smith in moreton
Was it tesco's where iceland is now?

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Iceland used to be opposite the church on that road leading up to a.p.h. upton road?

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Originally Posted by RUDEBOX
Iceland used to be opposite the church on that road leading up to a.p.h. upton road?


Yep Upton Road. Where Iceland is now used to be Tescos and then it was a Victor Value or something like that.

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do you remember shoppers world opposite were iceland is now it was like an early argos....and the toy shop on the corner of roslyn drive i think it was called keighleys or sumin like that..i used to look in the side window on my way home from school ...oh those were the days

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Originally Posted by sonyj
do you remember shoppers world opposite were iceland is now it was like an early argos....and the toy shop on the corner of roslyn drive i think it was called keighleys or sumin like that..i used to look in the side window on my way home from school ...oh those were the days
omg! I do yeah-vaguely. What year was this?
I got caught robbing from that toy shop and being took home by the police :$

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Timpsons-somewhere by the samaritons charity shop. Back in the day when 'measuring size of feet' was standard.

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the year must have been about 1976

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Originally Posted by sonyj
the year must have been about 1976
thought so! As i said, only a vague memory so knew i must have been young-i was 4!

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