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[stephen nulty]

Some VERY familiar Prescot names (France, Quick, Fowler, etc) appear in this section taken from the Prescot Reporter in October 1916

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[jvy20]

Agreed -some familiar names.

Joseph Norman's newsagents was still going when I was a child. Can't quite make out the number in High Street in 1916 but I remember May Norman running a newsagents in High Street just on the corner of High Street and Atherton Street. To me it seemed a very old buildings and you had to climb some steps to get in. Remember going there with my mother to get the Prescot Reporter - had to buy it in those days. I recall May Norman's hands being very dirty which came as a result of handling news print all day. The building has long since been demolished. I think May could have been Joe Norman' daughter rather than daughter in law.

Quicks was still going when I was growing up and I think it changed to Eckersley c 1960.

James Morris's butchers shop was still in the family up to around 1960 - can't remember the owners name although it could have been Bill - he used to live in South Avenue.

The hairdresser's mentioned was still a barbers shop - you had to go down some steps to get into it. I remember Bert Williams being there but there was a man before him whose name I think was Birchall ??

[leschip]

Blimey Morris' butchers brings back memories. Did Prescot have more butchers than you could shake a stick at?
Morris's
Martindales,
Cooks
French
Whittle
Showerings
? by the Reform Club
? Top of Market Place and stood on its own
? the one in Chapel st
anymore??
?= memory loss
Les

[stephen nulty]

1918 Commercial Directory has:-

William Henry Sampson, 2 Chapel Street
Sarah Baker, 16 Eccleston Street
John Martindale, 31 Eccleston Street
Argenta Met Co Ltd, 45 Eccleston Street
James Morris, 54 Eccleston Street
Thomas Peers, 60 Eccleston Street
William Walker, 12 Eccleston Street
Ralph Cook, 12 High Street
Charles Brown, 2 Market Place
John Burke, 6 Market Place
William Halton, 42 Market Place


John - Have added your Great Uncle to the "Also Served" page of my website - see this page

[jvy20]

leschip, on 08 April 2011 - 02:55 PM, said:

anymore??

Les

Can think of a couple of others.

Bill Sass - spelling ?? - was a butcher in Kemble St - more or less opposite Hunter's sweet shop.

Jackie Platt was a butcher but can't remember where.

The butcher at the top of Market Place next to the old iron gate leading to Churchyard was called King.

There was a butcher on the corner of Maryville Rd and St James Road.

Bill Martindale used to deliver meat before he opened the shop - went with him several times when I was young. He certainly delivered meat to Lord Derby at Knowsley Hall

stephen nulty, on 08 April 2011 - 03:15 PM, said:

John - Have added your Great Uncle to the "Also Served" page of my website -

Thanks Stepen

[Phyll]

Found these old ads.

http://www.prescotia...scotadverts.htm

[leschip]

Here's a shopping blast from the past for our Rainhill Folks.

Jessop's Antiques. Run by Mrs Jessop a lady who kept pigeons in one of her bedrooms The smell that crept outside was to say the least "ripe". According to an article in the "Reporter" Anthony Armstrong Jones was or had been a customer. But what he was doing in Rainhill was never explained.
TL, I know you'll say it was a junk shop. but it did say Antiques over the door

[Thumpa lumpa]

Antiques Les, she used to frighten the bloody life out of us, we used to have bets to see who would dare go in, two of us went in one day, and she hit me with one of those long handled brass bed warmers, just because I picked something up to have a look at it. !!!! Very scary woman. Everyone in Rainhill used to call her Ma Jessop, even to her face

Edited by Thumpa lumpa, 11 April 2011 - 02:46 PM.

[leschip]

I was stopped at the lights by the Kings Arms (I know) and saw Seddon Close, and that got me thinking about the choice of grocers/provision merchants we had in the 50's, 60's & 70's.
Co-op, Seddons, Maypole, Pegrams, Lennon's, Nevin's, Irwins (later Tesco) and in Shaw Lane, Kelly's.
Now your'e stuck with Tesco and Co-op. Progress????

[Thumpa lumpa]

From what I hear Les there arn't many more shops in Prescot still open, other that what you mention, and Tesco are going for World Domination

[leschip]

Thumpa, don't like to contradict you, but Tesco achieved world domination a long time ago As to shopping in Prescot you are spot on, but has Rainhill only got the Co-op now??

[Thumpa lumpa]

I think so Les, the other one that was Reynold's as closed down, and there is not much in the precinct, they have opened a new coffee bar in the old Midland bank,

By the way Les have a look at the newspaper clipping Stephen posted at the top of the thread,

J Fowler, Hairdresser,??? Umbrella's recovered 2/6d 3/6d 4/- 5/-???? what did he cover them with, Hair??????????

Edited by Thumpa lumpa, 19 November 2011 - 12:15 PM.

[leschip]

Good one TL. Do you think HJ got his brawn recipe from Brown's Butchers??

[Thumpa lumpa]

He could of done Les, or Showering's

[gypsygeoff]

I remember ma Jessops ,she had a shop full of shite,that by todays standards is probably worth a fortune.So Mal Gods little acre hasn't got a supermarket?
Bring back the indian shop at the top shops!!!!
It all changed once Elvis died!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1