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A few doors to right of Gibsons there used to be a small boutique/clothes shop, must have about early ' 70's. I spent a fortune in there! It was probably around about where the health food shop is. (I very rarely go the village these days, the parking situation is not good).
I thought I had forgotton how to make lumpy gravy.
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Originally Posted by
Sgt Wilson
Does anyone remember Mr Leather? He used to sell and repair bycycles in a tiny little workshop immediately adjacent to the level crossing, opposite side to the station. He was there for a long time up until the mid-seventies. I once bought a white racing cycle from him, as a schoolboy it was my pride and joy.
This is quite an old comment but I came across it and thought I may as well answer. I don't remember the workshop but my Dad was a friend of Billy Leather. Don't recall how he knew him but, as kids, whenever we had a puncture we used to take our bikes round to him. He lived in Aughton Road somewhere across from where the bookmakers is.
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Originally Posted by
fairbs
This is quite an old comment but I came across it and thought I may as well answer. I don't remember the workshop but my Dad was a friend of Billy Leather. Don't recall how he knew him but, as kids, whenever we had a puncture we used to take our bikes round to him. He lived in Aughton Road somewhere across from where the bookmakers is.
My old fella bought a new moped PWM368 off Mr. Leather, it was a Mobylette 49 cc. You had to pedal it to start the engine and it could nearly get up to 30 mph. If I remember right it was either 1957/58, he kept it for a couple of years then bought an updated moped, you could kick-start this one but still wouldn't exceed the speed limit.
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Talking about the record shop, there used to be a beautiful girl worked in there ( girl? she'll be pushing 70 now!) .
She had long dark hair, and, I think, lived in Alma Road.
Mr Leather the bike man! He was a god send for me.
As a teenager, I always seemed to be getting punctures, and I used to find that mending them was such a messy chore.
That's where Mr Leather came to the rescue.
Last edited by xroads; 14/03/2016 at 08:32 AM.
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