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[dragonmyst]

Does anyone remember the little sweet shop on the corner of Rivington Road, just before St Teresa'a School in Devon Street.? I remember there was a half penny tray, loads of sweeties and gob stoppers, the jammie dodgers were massive and full of jam. It was always full of kids after school and the shop was really tiny. Then there was Mrs Livesley in Sidney Street who had a shop as well, you could get allsorts in there.



And, wasn't there a woman who used to live opposite Queens Park, just by the baths and she used to sell the most fabulous pies out of her house - then again I could have just overloaded on the sugar & be imagining this last bit!

[Alan]

dragonmyst, on Nov 2 2006, 09:51 PM, said:

And, wasn't there a woman who used to live opposite Queens Park, just by the baths and she used to sell the most fabulous pies out of her house - then again I could have just overloaded on the sugar & be imagining this last bit!

You're not imagining this. I've been trying to think of the name of that shop. It was in the block nearer to The Lingholme than Wainwrights. A tiny little place with stuff in what was little more than a normal front window. The daughter went to Rivvi Road infants school. She'll be in her mid sixties now. It'll come to me later

[Olliebeak]

There was a lovely lady who lived in Lingholme Road, almost opposite the Spoggy Brook bit of the park - near the Denton's Green Road end of the road. She baked pies, cakes etc and took orders for celebration cakes. Her front door step was VERY high and her parlour was her shop with a proper counter just inside the door. She also had a display shelf in her front window. Used to love watching her pour the 'jelly' into her home-made pork pies.

The name escapes me at the moment - but I'll speak to my mother later - she'll probably remember the name.

[Alan]

Which side of Hansons dairy was that Ollie?

[Griffin]

Dragonmyst - I used to go in that shop a lot in 1964, when I was knocking about with some lads who lived up that way. The one thing I remember about it is that, in the glass transom window above the door, there was a permanent advertisement for Sweet Afton cigarettes. I think it might just be a house now.

[dragonmyst]

Griffin - I don't remember the permenant sign. I was only 5 then! I drove up Rivvie Road a few months ago and it was a house.

[Olliebeak]

Alan, on Nov 3 2006, 11:08 AM, said:

Which side of Hansons dairy was that Ollie?

It was between Hanson's Dairy and Dentons Green Lane, Alan - practically facing the side of the Spoggy. I'm sure that if somebody took a drive along Lingholme Road they would notice the front door step of this particular house - the step is higher than most - by that I mean that it had just the ONE step up instead of two. At the back of the house she had a storage area that looked like a huge shed/barn. It was past Smeltzer's - may have been next door to Mrs Hunter's.

[Alan]

dragonmyst, on Nov 2 2006, 10:51 PM, said:

And, wasn't there a woman who used to live opposite Queens Park, just by the baths and she used to sell the most fabulous pies out of her house - then again I could have just overloaded on the sugar & be imagining this last bit!

It hit me like a hammer-blow. It was Clewarths, not sure of the spelling so it might be the Welsh version

[NIMROD]

dragonmyst, on Nov 2 2006, 10:51 PM, said:

Does anyone remember the little sweet shop on the corner of Rivington Road, just before St Teresa'a School in Devon Street.?

If you mean the shop on the corner of Hewitt Avenue and Rivington Road,as kids it was known to
us as Mrs Looties shop.

Regards Nimrod

[Bartie]

The shop on Lingholme Road was still selling pies when my Granma moved in there in 1970. I used to go down and get 'em for Saturday lunch

[woodsman]

Dragonmyst, ref the lady opposite the queens park selling the pies, your right, her pies where delicious. Am I right in thinking that you used to enter her premises through the back gate and down into her kitchen.

[Olliebeak]

NIMROD, on Aug 22 2007, 09:18 PM, said:

If you mean the shop on the corner of Hewitt Avenue and Rivington Road,as kids it was known to
us as Mrs Looties shop......

I don't remember a shop on the corner of Hewitt Avenue and Rivington Road, but I do remember one on the corner right by Rivington Road School. That one was Gornall's - it was on the corner by the gates to the infants playground and the Senior School annexes.

Gornall's also had a shop at the City Road end of Hard Lane and a Car Hire business.

[NIMROD]

Olliebeak
I was referring to the early 1950s.

Regards Nimrod

[Olliebeak]

That's probably it then - I remember Gornall's being by the school around the late 50's .

[Harold]

Olliebeak, on Sep 10 2007, 01:35 PM, said:

I don't remember a shop on the corner of Hewitt Avenue and Rivington Road, but I do remember one on the corner right by Rivington Road School. That one was Gornall's - it was on the corner by the gates to the infants playground and the Senior School annexes.

Gornall's also had a shop at the City Road end of Hard Lane and a Car Hire business.

http://home.freeuk.c...pagegornall.htm

There is a picture of the shop on this page.

Harold.