flapdoodle
Coventry |
256 of 947
Sun 14th Oct 2012 11:30am
All that neon looks quite striking! |
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TCP36
Warwickshire |
257 of 947
Wed 17th Oct 2012 7:46pm
I worked at Barnby's Toyshop, Werffs ladies shop and Alexon Sale, all sadly no more. I loved the art shop run by Edith in Spon St, now sadly closed and the Midland Educational. All the dozens of shoe shops we lost, the pet shop, the tiny sweet shop in Hertford St. And Woolworths of course.
The city is changing all of the time. I don't think the market is as good as it was. Mindfulness
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pat
tile hill |
258 of 947
Wed 21st Nov 2012 12:27am
I know this shop disappeared several years ago but does anyone know where to? It used to have lovely brands and xmas gifts which I cannot find in other delis ![]() ![]() |
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dutchman
Spon End |
259 of 947
Wed 21st Nov 2012 12:38am
The business closed for good in January 2009 after a catastrophic drop in trade during 2008.
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Midland Red
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260 of 947
Wed 28th Nov 2012 4:48pm
Back in the late 50s and early 60s I recall that much of the food shopping was done locally, although I think the family used Bausor's butchers (Fleet Street) and Docker's fishmongers (Bull Yard)
Other than those, I often did the shopping on my bike for both my mum, and for my grandma who lived quite close by
Mainly it was a trip into Mayfield Road in Earlsdon - Mrs Dunn on the corner of Huntingdon Road for greengrocery, Mr Brassington (grocer) on the opposite corner were the main destinations. On the corner of Mickleton Road was the local post office (which kept all new stamp issues for dad and for me) and opposite was Mr Ranby's wonderful sweet shop. Further along, on the corner of Stanway Road, Mrs Wagstaff had a grocery store, and my mum became quite friendly with her, so we didn't use Mr Brassington so much after that
Last part of the trip was down to the bottom of Spencer Avenue for bread and cakes from Stead's on the corner of Albany Road
There was never a "big shop" like today, just an expedition to buy what we needed for the next couple of days
Happy days ![]() |
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Beesman
Cornwall |
261 of 947
Wed 28th Nov 2012 5:20pm
I remember Mr Ranby's sweet shop in Mickleton Road. Several of us would make excursions from KHVIII to sample his splendid comestibles!
We were also friendly with his son, Pete, who was about 2 years older than us. He also had an Afghan coat and long hair which made him seem very worldly-wise to us mere schoolboys! ![]() |
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Marge
Kenilworth |
262 of 947
Sat 29th Dec 2012 3:57pm
On 26th Jun 2012 6:35pm, TonyS said:
Thanks for that Philip. It's really strange that I've been racking my brains just trying to place whereabouts in the city centre this very shop would have been, then Pat posts about it!
I believe the street is called New Buildings. If my memory serves me right the pet shop was angular in shape, although I don't recall ever going inside I do remember watching the little monkey that was always in the window. Happy memories.![]() |
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Dreamtime
Perth Western Australia |
263 of 947
Fri 4th Jan 2013 4:21pm
I remember Agers, also Dolcis. Now where was that. Shoe shops were my weakness you would think I could remember them wouldn't you. Trueform, Hiltons, John Brittains and Manfields - I think. Trying to picture where it was. ![]() |
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Midland Red
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264 of 947
Fri 4th Jan 2013 5:14pm
Agers shop still exists
We knew the Orme family well as they lived opposite us, and the son was a contemporary at KHVIII ![]() |
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Midland Red
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265 of 947
Fri 4th Jan 2013 5:15pm
On 4th Jan 2013 4:21pm, Dreamtime said:
I remember Agers also Dolcis. Now where was that. Shoe shops were my weakness you would think I
could remember them wouldn't you. Trueform, Hiltons, John Brittains and Manfields - I think. Trying to picture where it was.
Corporation Street!
Here's a more recent image ![]() ![]() |
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heritage
Bedworth |
266 of 947
Fri 4th Jan 2013 6:34pm
Had a couple of pairs from Agers in 2011. Still a nice shop. |
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PhiliPamInCoventry
Holbrooks |
267 of 947
Fri 11th Jan 2013 5:59pm
Hi all ![]() ![]() |
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PhiliPamInCoventry
Holbrooks |
268 of 947
Thu 17th Jan 2013 1:07pm
Hi all, ![]() ![]() |
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dutchman
Spon End |
269 of 947
Thu 17th Jan 2013 2:08pm
On 17th Jan 2013 1:07pm, PhiliPamInCoventry said:
The start of this year has already seen the demise of three of our large retailers, adding to those that have gone previously.
In what way were they "our" retailers Philip?
I seem to remember these same faceless national chains putting dozens of independent local retailers out of business.
On 17th Jan 2013 1:07pm, PhiliPamInCoventry said:
I saw a dot graph recently that showed a very strong link to those who have inter-net access to the pattern of their shopping, which is increasingly NOT in our city centre.
I moved my own business from the city centre to mail order and the internet due to downright hostility from the city council and later from some of the remaining city centre businesses who have since gone bust! A former business partner did likewise and is still thriving but not in Coventry.
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PhiliPamInCoventry
Holbrooks |
270 of 947
Thu 17th Jan 2013 2:29pm
Hi Dutchman ![]() |
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