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Message: Emoticon Listing HTML Help	[quote]A new topic, offspring of Banks (and Jewellers) I can't actually remember Stanway's, though the name rings a bell, but I well remember Cromford Road in the 60's and 70's - we lived on Cromford Road (opposite Gladstone Street), and my mum worked for the Co-op. Before I set up this site, I was in correspondence with Peter Chamberlain, who is now a regular contributor here, and an early e-mail he sent me listed all the Co-op stores he could remember. And waht a list it was - if ever there was a town which had a vast array of local shopping opportunities, Langley Mill was it. Peter recalls.... "I count at that time (1952) 11 Co-op shops between The Midland and the Mill Lines starting with [b]Chemist shop Hairdressers[/b] these two on the left hand corner of Bridge Street looking up towards G R Turners. Next starting after the then main door into the Co-op hall [b]Shoe Shop[/b] Manager Harry Stone [b]Grocery [/b]Manager Walter Wood [b]Bakery [/b]Hazel and Barbara On Dean Street [b]Hardware/Furniture[/b] Eddy Rowley and Lillian [b]Tailoring (men's) Ladies wear and Drapery Butchers [/b]Manager George Maltby [b]Greengrocery[/b] and no. 11 the lone one on the opposite side of the road next to Pearsons [b]Paint and Wallpaper shop[/b]. Of course there was a Co-op branch on Station road and also one at Aldercar." All this, of course, before we even start looking at the shops that were in private hands, like Stanway's. Where did it all go wrong? I hope that this brings some more memories back, and that we can gather lots more information about shops, etc., in the area.[/quote]
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This message was updated on 8/21/2005 8:56:35 PM by RMMee

Shops in Langley Mill
replied on: 11/29/2003 7:53:08 PM

A new topic, offspring of Banks (and Jewellers)

I can't actually remember Stanway's, though the name rings a bell, but I well remember Cromford Road in the 60's and 70's - we lived on Cromford Road (opposite Gladstone Street), and my mum worked for the Co-op.

Before I set up this site, I was in correspondence with Peter Chamberlain, who is now a regular contributor here, and an early e-mail he sent me listed all the Co-op stores he could remember. And waht a list it was - if ever there was a town which had a vast array of local shopping opportunities, Langley Mill was it.

Peter recalls....

"I count at that time (1952) 11 Co-op shops between The Midland and the Mill Lines
starting with
Chemist shop
Hairdressers
these two on the left hand corner of Bridge Street looking up towards G R Turners.
Next starting after the then main door
into the Co-op hall
Shoe Shop Manager Harry Stone
Grocery Manager Walter Wood
Bakery Hazel and Barbara
On Dean Street
Hardware/Furniture Eddy Rowley and Lillian
Tailoring (men's)
Ladies wear and Drapery
Butchers Manager George Maltby
Greengrocery
and no. 11 the lone one on the opposite side of the road next to Pearsons
Paint and Wallpaper shop.
Of course there was a Co-op branch on Station road and also one at Aldercar."

All this, of course, before we even start looking at the shops that were in private hands, like Stanway's.

Where did it all go wrong?

I hope that this brings some more memories back, and that we can gather lots more information about shops, etc., in the area.

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