Gas Centre Perth Scotland All posts by this member | 721 of 787 Thu 1st Dec 2016 8:12am Member: Joined Dec 2014 Total posts:84 The First clothes shop is still trading, it is now in Daventry Road opposite Quinton Road. Alan H |
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Old Lincolnian Coventry All posts by this member | 722 of 787 Thu 1st Dec 2016 9:56am Member: Joined Sep 2012 Total posts:500 It's still owned by Gary Kirton who is also a very talented drummer. |
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Rob Orland Historic Coventry All posts by this member | 723 of 787 Thu 1st Dec 2016 9:22pm Webmaster: Joined Jan 2010 Total posts:1404 On 24th Sep 2016 5:38pm, Prof said:
Anyone remember Isherwood's pork butcher in Walsgrave Road, Stoke?
Oh my word yes - down near the forum end of the road. I nearly mourned when they closed down - we've never found homemade sausages and faggots anywhere near their quality since - absolutely delicious!! ![]() ![]() |
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covgirl wiltshire All posts by this member | 724 of 787 Fri 2nd Dec 2016 11:03am Member: Joined Jun 2015 Total posts:63 I certainly do remember Isherwoods, I passed it on the way to and from school every day, the thought of faggots or sausages for tea kept me going all day, I wonder what happened to their sausage recipe, I've never found anything as good. My mother always got the Sunday joint from there, wonderful stuff, do I remember sawdust on the floor or is that my imagination? |
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Dreamtime Perth Western Australia All posts by this member | 725 of 787 Fri 2nd Dec 2016 2:19pm Member: Joined Jan 2010 Total posts:3253 Covgirl - My hubby had a Saturday morning job when very young at the butchers opposite Radford common and one of his jobs was to clean the shop floor and sweep the sawdust up before closing time, so it would have been usual to see sawdust in many butchers shops. (50's) ![]() |
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Prof Gloucester All posts by this member | 726 of 787 Tue 3rd Jan 2017 2:56pm Member: Joined Jul 2014 Total posts:954 I wonder whether anyone remembers Mrs Osbourne's sweet shop on Binley Road, and next to the Biggin Hall pub, opposite Momus Boulevard? Just inside Crescent Avenue (same area) on the left was a small cake shop. I think it had no upper storey. They sold their own individual Madeira cakes with a paper wrapper and the shop name. I know it well enough but just now cannot recall the name.
Took me 5 minutes to remember, how could I forget? Wimbush, name of the bakery.
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Prof Gloucester All posts by this member | 727 of 787 Tue 3rd Jan 2017 3:15pm Member: Joined Jul 2014 Total posts:954 On 2nd Dec 2016 11:03am, covgirl said:
I certainly do remember Isherwoods, I passed it on the way to and from school every day, the thought of faggots or sausages for tea kept me going all day, I wonder what happened to their sausage recipe, I've never found anything as good. My mother always got the Sunday joint from there, wonderful stuff, do I remember sawdust on the floor or is that my imagination?
Cov girl I don't think I remember sawdust on the floor of Isherwoods, but at Stan Roberts' butcher on Binley Road there was. |
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Midland Red Cherwell All posts by this member | 728 of 787 Tue 3rd Jan 2017 4:24pm Moderator: Joined Jan 2010 Total posts:5202 On 3rd Jan 2017 2:56pm, Prof said:
Just inside Crescent Avenue (same area) on the left was a small cake shop.
A couple of images of Crescent Avenue in here for you ![]() |
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houghton1854 coventry All posts by this member | 729 of 787 Sun 8th Jan 2017 11:07pm Member: Joined May 2012 Total posts:13 I had a nest of tables and a three piece suite in 1972 from Waring and Gillows at corner of Hay Lane |
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petunia Coventry All posts by this member | 730 of 787 Sat 14th Jan 2017 3:05pm Member: Joined Jan 2017 Total posts:6 On 24th Sep 2016 5:38pm, Prof said:
Anyone remember Isherwood's pork butcher in Walsgrave Road, Stoke?
I remember Isherwood's from the 70's - delicious pies. There was also a bakers on the corner, think it was called Moores. The large electrical appliances shop called Trident was also there at that time. Wonder if anyone remembers the small supermarket called Midland Grocers on Alfall Road, it was owned by the Bryant family. I worked there in the 70's. We knew a lot of customers by name. One day a customer who lived nearby asked if we would like to go round to her house and watch Princess Anne's wedding on her new colour tv, so we took it in turns to go!
Looking at Street View from 2014 I am pleased to see that it is a supermarket once more (Costcutters). |
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dots Mid Wales All posts by this member | 731 of 787 Sat 14th Jan 2017 7:50pm Member: Joined Dec 2016 Total posts:2 Hi Slim, re Ireland's stationers Smithford Way, I started work there the day after my 15th birthday. A family owned business office equipment, pens Parker, Sheaffer, Waterman, greetings cards, the whole gambit.
I will always remember my first customer, "a box of paper clips please", of course I had no idea where they were. I asked Mr Radford the manager saying "this woman wants paper clips, Mr Everton". He whispered "this woman is a lady until we find out otherwise", a lesson I have never forgot. I also met my wife there so Ireland's holds many special memories for us both. The company was owned by the Smith family, although no big pay packets as the car factory lads, it was a great place to learn retail that led my wife and I to buy our own business in Wales.
As a postscript the Smithford Way shopkeepers were a nice bunch. I was friends with John Orme, his dad owned the workwear shop. John and I started work at almost the same time. Adams the crockery shop.
Ashers material shop who gifted us curtains as a wedding present. A tailor gave me a huge discount on my wedding suit, made to measure, three fittings, I've never had such a good suit since. Such good family run firms. The big boys can't compete on proper service, great times, thank you, A Ireland's stationers.
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Midland Red Cherwell All posts by this member | 732 of 787 Sat 14th Jan 2017 8:14pm Moderator: Joined Jan 2010 Total posts:5202 Hi dots ![]() |
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Midland Red Cherwell All posts by this member | 733 of 787 Sun 12th Mar 2017 6:44pm Moderator: Joined Jan 2010 Total posts:5202 Telegraph article on "shops we have lost" ![]() |
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Prof Gloucester All posts by this member | 734 of 787 Mon 13th Mar 2017 3:37pm Member: Joined Jul 2014 Total posts:954 On 1st Sep 2016 7:27pm, mickw said:
Hi Prof there's a photo of Lynes store on page 21 post 302 on this topic posted by Midland Red unfortunately it's boarded up awaiting demolition.
Thanks, mickw. Yes, I did see it but I would love to see Lynes' shop front when it was still trading!![]() ![]() |
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Slim Another Coventry kid All posts by this member | 735 of 787 Fri 24th Mar 2017 12:44pm Member: Joined Mar 2013 Total posts:523 I remember the old style Sainsburys when it used to be on the opposite side of Trinity St, before becoming Halfords. It was a long thin shop, and as young boy, I found it boring being dragged around with my mum. There were separate counters, tills and queues for everything; each purchase had to be paid for separately, so one spent an age in the place. The term "supermarket" had not been heard of. When I was a bit older, everyone was asking "What's this new supermarket they're going to open in Coventry? What is a supermarket?"
The shop also had a distinct smell, because nothing was prepacked. Raw meat, fish, butter, cheese etc. was everywhere. Flitches hung from huge steel S-hooks. I daresay the cheese was the biggest contributor to the overall smell, and I hated the place and its smell. My command of the English language was still in its infancy, but I distinctly remember telling my mum "I don't like this shop, this shop stinks!". Mum was quick to castigate me with "You mustn't say that, Sainsburys is a nice shop". Mum remained a loyal customer of Sainsburys all her life, despite the numerous competitive supermarkets in later years. ![]() |
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