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Bezzymate #681244 2nd Apr 2012 7:51am
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My first job I had was in a grocers shop in Market street that was called Stranaghan And Nixons would like to get a photo of this I use to work on the order bike with a big basket it in front of it and I use to make deliveries on it I felt like the hovis kid.

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What year was this Capernicus?

Bezzymate #681262 2nd Apr 2012 9:35am
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I was 8 at the time this would be 1957 my school at that time was Trinity Street Primary School but I kept going there till I was about thirteen and in my secondary School Hamilton Secondary Modern School or Hemmie for short.

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It was 1964-1966 It was a shop that sold provisions like cheese cooked meats bacon sausage it had a cellar where all the stuff was stored it was about three quarters of the way up on the left. They also had a order bike which I used to do deliveries.

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I had a relative that worked at Viota in Bromborough now Cereal Partners I think. There must be some picturs or stories out there???

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yep i worked in kwik save new ferry . early eighties sorry no pics though x

Bezzymate #689160 29th Apr 2012 9:04pm
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yep i worked in kwik save new ferry . early eighties sorry no pics though x

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my wife worked there in 1968-69 she had to memorise all the prices in the shop. no photos tho

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was it the old kwik save where the roof collapsed?

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Originally Posted by dave_g
was it the old kwik save where the roof collapsed?


I worked at the new ferry one as well, i was there when the roof fell in ,in the old one where iceland is now.

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can anyone remember the stylewear factory in new ferry

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My Mum worked there for years.....she even helped make the pants the Everton team wore for an FA Cup final ....it was in the Birkenhead News at the time !!

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Originally Posted by marzie
can anyone remember the stylewear factory in new ferry


was that the old "jacksons" place on grove rd? my mum worked there

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grove rd is in rock ferry not new ferry

marzie #699536 6th Jun 2012 6:32pm
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Originally Posted by marzie
can anyone remember the stylewear factory in new ferry

yes----i worked there for a while many years ago, it was in Rock Ferry not New Ferry, it was off Bedford Rd---can't remember the name of the rd, and part of it was in the old church that was on New Chester Rd.

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