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[kes]

charlie, is his name cm ,smashing bloke too. good frend of my sons, loy, his wife, is also a nice person.my sons wife and loy go swimming regular,.

[Griffin]

I think Charlie's real name is Chow Chu Fai, if I remember correctly. Yee Why used to have the laundry there; I can still see his name in the green painted window. Everyone thought it was dreadful when his premises were attacked following the incidents described above. He was a real gentleman.

Was that restaurant called the Sun Wah?

[cowley]

griffin, on Dec 30 2006, 01:16 PM, said:

Was that restaurant called the Sun Wah?

What was the name of the Indian restaurant further down?

[kes]

i think it was the taj mahal, not sure? first indian meal i ever had in there, anyway, welcome to the forum cowley,

[glenda]

When my folks would take me and my kid sister to the Capitol picture house, we always went to the Chinese restaurant in Duke Street afterwards. It was a real treat in those days. I recall it was the Golden Moon, next to a butcher shop, then the Talbot pub. My dad always said the Chinese waiters were inscrutable. I always wanted one of those dragon lanterns, and they bought me one from some place in Liverpool for my birthday. I had it in my room at University, but somebody liberated it.

[eddiedunc]

cowley, on Jan 4 2007, 12:47 PM, said:

What was the name of the Indian restaurant further down?

An Indian restaurant called Sun Wah? I find that velly stlange

[Griffin]

glenda, on Jan 12 2007, 12:45 AM, said:

When my folks would take me and my kid sister to the Capitol picture house, we always went to the Chinese restaurant in Duke Street afterwards. It was a real treat in those days. I recall it was the Golden Moon, next to a butcher shop, then the Talbot pub. My dad always said the Chinese waiters were inscrutable. I always wanted one of those dragon lanterns, and they bought me one from some place in Liverpool for my birthday. I had it in my room at University, but somebody liberated it.

I'd forgotten the butcher's next to the Golden Moon (later the Hai Cheng?). It closed, and the restaurant expanded into its premises. When that butcher's was going, there was another butcher just across the road called Gerald Penketh, who was a close neighbour of ours. It struck me as odd that two butchers would trade directly opposite one another.

[Phyll]

Just thought I'd bring this thread up again, for those of you racking your brains about
Chinese Restaurants and the riots in 1963.

[SWIMMER]

Ilived in Talbot Street, but I was only ten at the time so all this probably went over my head. Charlie is a really nice guy I went to school with him also and quite frequentlly went into the take away Chinese I think we went to his restaraunt once or twice pre kidslol. I'm trying to remember the name of the restaraunts There was a chinese directly opposite the theartre and I think that was called The Silver River and there was an Indian a bit lower down just before the pub can;t remember its name.The town has changed so much its hard to get your bearings lol

[Carr Millite]

Is that the Charlie who's parents owned the laundry opposite Central Modern Boys on North Road?

[gilly]

Swimmer the chinese was the Silver star and the indian was the koh i noor

[SWIMMER]

Thanks Gilly knew you would know. Can you explain to Phyll were Dickie Glovers was. I tried but i think I got mixed up there's a shock

[HORT]

The butchers in Duke St was Burrows. It is now or was Dukes Restaurant

[Dion]

gilly, on 23 August 2010 - 10:53 PM, said:

Swimmer the chinese was the Silver star and the indian was the koh i noor

Don't start that again I was looking for its name in the sixties at the time of the riot.The indian WAS the Koh i Noor.

SWIMMER, on 24 August 2010 - 02:36 AM, said:

Thanks Gilly knew you would know. Can you explain to Phyll were Dickie Glovers was. I tried but i think I got mixed up there's a shock

Dickie Glovers was opposite Holy Cross Hall near the Catholic shop.

[SWIMMER]

Dion my husband who's memory is slightly better than mine says that is spot on love swimmer