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[Dion]

Does anyone remember the name of the mens shop higher up than Jack Barnes on the same side?

[gypsygeoff]

Bradleys.

[Dion]

You could be right I'm not sure,it was a shop something like Greenwoods.

[gangad]

i think it was greenwoods

[jinx]

What era are we talking about?

[Dion]

Early 70's (it was like Greenwoods) but it was a different shop lower down.

Edited by Dion, 31 August 2010 - 08:28 PM.

[jinx]

Only Bradley's come to mind at the moment but hey/ the night is young and tomorrow is

another day, who knows what will turn up.

[Veronica]

The shop in Bridge Street was definitely Bradleys (Chester) Limited, Men's and Boys Clothing & outfitting. it also says School Wear Specialists.

I have two of the celluloid rulers they used to give away as advertisements when you bought clothing from there.

On the reverse side are British Weights & Measures of the kind we used to use at school. including avoirdupois weight, drams, ounces, pounds stone, quarter, hundredweight ton etc., and Measure of capacity pint, quart, gallon, peck bushel and quarter, and the measure of length.

I have had these since the 1940's so treasures.

In Ormskirk Street there was the Transport Toilets and then the knitting wool shop, then Tom Knowles Posh shop for men or thesr may have been the other way around Tom Knowles first and then the woolshop. further down was another Dewars tobacconists, and Morris's Ironmongers and then the Pub on the corner of Brook Street.


Veronica

[BarbaraC]

I think you are you are talking about the row of shops between the old Brook St Congs Church and the top of Westfield St - there was also a tiny cake shop that had 2 or 3 steps up to the inside - very small once you entered the shop. I seem to remember there was also a type of haberdashery or stationers or similar between this cake shop and the pub (was it The Duke of Wellington?) on the corner (Brook St Congs Church on one corner and Boots Chemist across the road).

[brunty]

willoughbys

[Phyll]

I think the pub near the Tech. was The Prince of Wales, spent many a happy hour in there!

[jinx]

Phyll/ Ill second the Prince of Wales, it was a Burtonwood house and their beer was a

better taste than Greenalls. This pub was one of the few Burtonwood pubs in the area.

[gypsygeoff]

I wus right wi Bradleys.Defo Prince of Wales too,Forshaws Burtonwood ales,nice drop.The landlord had two great danes,well in the late 60's he did.
I think The Brown Edge at Nutgrove was also a Burtonwood house ,as was Rainhill Labour.
Waht was the name of the upmarket taylors opposite beechams on the corner of Westfield st,Cant remember the street.I think it ran all the way to duke St.

[DJGAZZA]

Courtmans Geoff, now the Dali Bar. Peasley Cross Labour was also Burtonwood

Edited by DJGAZZA, 06 September 2010 - 07:53 AM.

[Phyll]

While we are on the subject. What was the name of the posh shop next to the Sephton?
Opposite Helena House. I used to look in the windows, while we waited for the Clinkham
Wood Bus. It had a long entrance before you went in the shop, good for sheltering when
it was cold.