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    Vanished Businesses Of Southport

    Phil Mitchell's mention of Weatherby's bakery brought to mind other trade names that were familiar years ago - what are your memories of them and what happened to them???

    For example, do you remember: Coultons, Seymour Meads, White Hudsons, Redmans, Moores Market, Blowers supermarket, Renders, the White House, the Gem, the BonTon??

    There must be many more so let's have them and your anecdotes about them.

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    Booths

    I remember Booths on Lord Sreet.

    Martin and Bury on Tulketh Street I worked there when I left school.

    Maries Cafe on Tulketh Street.

    What was the name of the shop next door to the pet shop? you could buy all the old fashioned drinks like sasperella and dandilion and burdock e.t.c .

    Nell

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    The Bon Ton is still there in Mill Lane/Botanic Road.

    The White House

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    Whilst we are on about it how about

    Bates Haberdashery in the Cambridge Arcade

    Holmes Drapery ( Where the Army and Navy store is/was Tulketh Street)

    Whites Creamery (3 shops in Town I think) always smelt of cheese as you passed by.

    The Eulah Toffee shop, with the machine stretching and shaping the sweets (lovely when they dried out and were brittle but crunchy)

    Timothy Whites

    Gerados Coffee Bar
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    Copy of Phil Mitchell's post in the chippy thread...

    Weatherby's bakery was located on Duke St half way between Railway and Shakespeare St.(By the phone box) Their balm cakes were superb.
    In the 50-60s they had one of the best bonfires in town.
    They had two sons Alan & Neil. I think Alan is still a plumber in Churchtown.
    Anyone remember any of the other shops around their of that era?
    Mrs Watts the grocers (her husband Jim played for Southport in the 30s)
    Wall's motors ( Rodger the dodgy number plate man's dad)
    Fred Reeves junk shop (Dave's dosn't compare with the crap Fred had)
    I think only Brian Radam at Stanley's are still their. Is his dad still alive?
    Phil

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    Thanks Ped- you are really bringing memories back for me.
    Heres some more:
    Chas Hill- Plumbers
    Gerty Gertzhog? junk shop on Shakepeare St. She used to dress like a tramp but it was rumoured she owned half of Virgina St. She still used to attend the auctions into the 70's

    Delahunty's Bike shop besides the shop in Ainsdale I think they had another shop but forget where.

    Norman's - electrical, tools + odds&sods. Shakepeare St

    Rodger's when they were behind the ABC.

    Kearns the green grocers-Shakepeare St

    Can anyone remember the name of the hardware shop on Bridge St that sold whitewash?
    Phil

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    Alf

    Remember Alf with the one leg?
    he used to repair bikes, he was situated at the back of Arcaries
    Vegetable shop by the Railway in Ainsdale.

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    Yes Phil M..... I remember Weatherby's too. As you say the BEST barm cakes. What was the shop opposite Lattimers on Shakespeare Street? We used to get sausage barmies from there (Weatherby's barmies!) every morning. Owners names were Rene & Dave....... might have been Ball?

    What about Wayfarers Arts, that's gone as well hasn't it?
    UCP, the Co-Op and Mac Fisheries are another three that have vanished.

    Herb shop next to pet store was Fozzards Nell.

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    Renders Fuel

    I remember Renders as that was the first place I worked after Southport High, as office junior it was my job to pick up the barm cakes from Marie's. In the office at that time, Mr. Render, Muriel Cronshaw, Mr. Dearden(?) and little old me.
    Also remember Outrams Bakery, Delahunty's Cycles. In High Park was The White House, Bill Bartons Butchers, Burrows Stationers, Horrocks Greengrocers.
    Sylvia(Nickeas)Dorman

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    Its strange to think how many corner shops there were until fairly recently. Most have now been converted to dwellings. I used to live in Crowland St and we had Spencer's shop on the corner of Canning Rd. Further down Canning Rd there were 4 shops on each corner of the junction of Milton St - one is a chippy still, but there was also a grocers, a sweet shop (Websters?), and another shop that I can't really remember. At the next junction with Newton St there were another 3 shops, one of which is now Alvista motor spares shop. I cant remember the other 2.

    Wennington Rd/ Cobden Rd junction had about 7 shops, including Dixons butchers (still ongoing in the market), Jewels chemist, Threlfalls chippy (now Pips Chips), Norris' newsagents, Pearsons grocers, a small electrical/hardware shop. Then just up Wennington Rd there was Holdens bakery, then Fletchers fishmongers, A couple of other shops I cant really remember, the Wennington Market, another chippy, Forshaws groceries, NatWest bank, then further up there was Harkness' chemist.

    Can any Blowick/ High Parkers fill in any of the blanks??

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    I think you will find that Dixons Butchers are no longer in the Market ........Flyp!
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    Surely you have NOT forgotten Partingtons haberdashery store.
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    OH NO D, it's back to liberty bodices and directoire knickers again!

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    But that one is still there (Partingtons) - so we cant mention it. Did this topic to death on VS about 12 months ago Philip - you must have been taking photo's in London or something lol.

    Jill's and Stotts on Bispham Road. Harrisons on Wennington Road and also French's newagents. Greenwoods on that road to churchtown - the twins both became Ministers - so I heard! What was the name of the sweet shop near Pitt Street, by the bridge?
    I thought I had forgotton how to make lumpy gravy.

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    I think we can mention shops that are still there.... it may help to jog peoples memories......

    This Topic has been discussed at length on VS and SNow, however as in VS the topics disappear off the end of the board with no recovery or search facility it is much better on here. SNow died a death 18 months ago!

    So come on..... I am going to email Blowick to get his input. Which will be invaluable.
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