Anyone remember
Carruthers
It was just a chance that you may have been related Brian. I have the same problem there are one or two Smiths about but not all genuine full blooded ones like me.
laygate and the handy shop
yes, i remember the handy shop well. used to spend all my pocket money in there. it was owned by bill and peg i think.i remember refusing to buy those advance promotion records cos i wanted the real ones like my friends.wish i had bought a few green/white label beatles promo's and kept them.they're worth a mint now.
also, does anyone recall a shop next to allens in laygate called johnsons or johnsons & sons i think. bought my first stereo record player from there.at the same time, my sister bought me the beatles double ep magical mystery tour.
also, does anyone recall a shop next to allens in laygate called johnsons or johnsons & sons i think. bought my first stereo record player from there.at the same time, my sister bought me the beatles double ep magical mystery tour.
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Linda,
noticed in one of your other posts that we were 'born in the same year'.....my first ever Saturday job was in Allens.... in the food department (cutting cheeses and unpacking boxes of bananas with dangerous spiders in them). Also, my mother and aunt worked there for more years than I dare think of.
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noticed in one of your other posts that we were 'born in the same year'.....my first ever Saturday job was in Allens.... in the food department (cutting cheeses and unpacking boxes of bananas with dangerous spiders in them). Also, my mother and aunt worked there for more years than I dare think of.
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hi offthewall you must have worked at Allens the same time as me. It was quite stuffy when I worked there but I heard it turned into a dump. Yes Jimmy I recoised the coins We called them toy money. There used to be a fish and chip shop round the corner that we used to go for l;unch They had the best fish and chips.
We lived in John Williamson Street and had all our clothes bought from Allens. If it hadn't been for the Handy Shop we wouldn't have had any records. Great days.linda wrote:I must be older than all you as I remember all those places. Worked in the mens department at Allens and bought my records at the handy shop. Brings back memories. Guess the old codgers site is the one for me
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Pies and peas was on Thursday dinner time we had fish and chips from Atkinsons (Marshall Wallis Road) on Saturdays. We used to live at 231.offthewall wrote:If you lived in John Willy and got your clothes from Allens......then we must have met in the queue at the corner bakery on a Saturday for pie and peas, with a jug in your hand for the peas !
me and baldy
HEY baldy guess what the first three years of my life were spent at M.W.R
apart from the 30 year gap we have lots in common
apart from the 30 year gap we have lots in common
South Shields, I was born here, and I'll d*e here