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frs
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Heanor Market Place
replied on: 11/7/2004 5:23:36 AM In the 50's there used to be a tea bar on the market called TUDORS TEA BAR,what a welcome place it was for a hot beverage,on a cold winters morning while waiting for a bus to take one to ones destination |
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RMMee
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Heanor Market Place
replied on: 11/7/2004 6:11:18 AM Was that the one that stood on the Market Place itself, next to the bus stop, opposite the Co-op and half way between the Cosy and the Market Hotel? Where the entrance to the Market Place car park now is? I can't remember back to the fifties, but I do remember there being a tea bar in the location I describe, probably in the late 60's or even the very early 70's. Whether or not it's the same one, until tonight I'd totally forgotten that that used to be there, so many thanks for reminding me. |
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frs
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Heanor Market Place
replied on: 11/7/2004 10:45:52 AM yes that was the one,I think it changed hands in the late 60's ,but I am not sure |
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Azzabuv
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replied on: 11/7/2004 12:57:33 PM Also in the 1950s, there was a second-hand bookstall on the market on Friday and Saturday. It was run by a elderly but delightful cheery lady who came from Nottingham, i think. Return/take a book and generally receive threepence for it or whatever according to the original value of the book. To buy a book was sixpence ordinarily, but better value books could cost from a shilling upwards. It seems quite a few Heanor people brought their books from there as the stall front was generally packed with people shoving and jostling. The mostly paper-back books covered literally every subject under the sun and those two market days were awaited eagerly each week, by what seemed at times, the bulk of the Heanor population. Azzabuv. |
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suzard
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replied on: 12/13/2004 12:48:24 PM I remember the book stall-cowboy books for Dad and "love" books for Mum.They used to have a lot of "comic" style books for "grownups"-nothing sleazy about them though!! It was a bit like a lending library where you paid a fee-the books cost a few pence and when you returned them you got a couple of pence back-towards your next lot! |
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Heanor Market Place
replied on: 12/13/2004 1:19:28 PM It was a truely marvellous book store for the time. Books of every discription, including the much sought for factual mystery and horror books. I could have literally spent hours there, searching through the piled displays. Each time you partially moved a pile, a new book of deep fascination slipped into view, bringing on a new bout of deep comtemplation. Was it raining at times? No, it was always a sunny day there. That book stall really was 'The Good Old Days' Azzabuv.  |
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Heanor Market Place
replied on: 1/1/2005 12:42:58 AM Hi, my New Year's Resolution is to trace my family. I am Bert Hunt's grandson. Mum is still alive and in Heanor. |
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RMMee
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Heanor Market Place
replied on: 1/1/2005 11:41:22 AM Tim Is there anything about the shop or the business that is still known? I am sure that I have seen his name on the back of a photo in the last few months, but I can't for the life of me remember which. Does your mum still have any old photos (especially photos of places rather than people) - if so the Society would be extremely interested in copying them. If it is specifically genealogical interest, then it would be worth starting a new topic in the family history section. Good hunting! |
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replied on: 1/1/2005 2:55:24 PM My mum is still alive and well and lives in Heanor. She's 83. She worked at my grandfather's shop so I'm sure she could help. I have a few 'photo's and old Heanor guides if I can dig them up. Regards, Tim |
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replied on: 1/1/2005 3:56:53 PM My grandfathers shop was in action then, the only other photographer my mum can remember is Randolp Nield in Ripley. Hunts used to process his work. Much later along came Hubbards I think. |
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replied on: 1/1/2005 4:05:32 PM What dates were these shops related to, Tim? I remember Hubbards the chippy, but they were near the top of Loscoe Rd; in the early 1950s, but their son held a photography shop somewhere across from them shortly after they closed down. Is that the Hubbards you mean? Azzabuv. |
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replied on: 1/1/2005 4:15:06 PM My knowledge of my grandfathers shop is virtually non existent (I was born in '55) but my mum remembers a lot as she lived and worked there. I can put you in touch if you wish, she'd tell you a lot. Hubbards photography I remember well opposite Morleys. |
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replied on: 1/1/2005 4:23:16 PM Yes, that would be interesting, Tim. Does she happen to have acquired any of the (long) past customer account books. They would be very interesting. Personally, i'm searching for the dates of some old copies of photographs i hold of certain members of the Ratcliffe and Hardy families. It's a long search, but who knows? Azzabuv. |
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replied on: 1/1/2005 4:26:36 PM I doubt she'd have any old accounts but her memory of the time is very good. How do I go about putting you in touch with her securely? |
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RMMee
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replied on: 1/1/2005 4:57:02 PM Tim To contact the Heanor & District Local History Society (emails come direct to me), please follow the link to the ContactUs page of the main web site, and I will reply, complete with email and real address, etc. I live near to Heanor, and visit the town regularly. Anything which is obtained is always acknowledged back to its source. Regards Robert |
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