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Originally Posted by kenisherwood
The shop on the corner of Old Chester Road and St Paul's Road was not Sturlas but was in fact a similar type of shop called Rostences'


You used to get the football echo at 6-00pm on Saturday evening from a seller in the doorway of Rostences in the 50s and 60s

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Originally Posted by scoops
Sorry Doc but the bookbinders/printers was on Grove road. I had a friend who lived in the massive flat that was above/behind it.
The taxi office is right and there was an electrical shop on the Old Chester road side.


The book binders/printers was/is Countyvise now based in Birkenhead.

They're also a publisher.

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does anybody have any pictures of the shops/library at the top end of old chester road rockferry? ie....galviers sweet shop, queenies news agents opposite, wendys, charlies chippy. (aka. the golden sunrise) thanks any1.

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remember the Bluebird cafe ?

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i dont remember it. where about on old chester road was that mate?

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Originally Posted by toffeehater
remember the Bluebird cafe ?
I did a lot of my courting in the Blue Bird cafe,I knew how to show a girl a good time.

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