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Message: Emoticon Listing HTML Help	[quote]Below Saxton's chip shop on Derby Rd in the same block were two shops belonging to Oxley Brothers I think they were men's outfitters.On the opposite corner of Abbott St was Cousins fruit and veg shop.A bit further down was Marchbanks anything from a bike to a piece of leather to mend your shoes. Mr Shardlow the barber was close by.At the bottom of Mount St where Cousins moved to was Wilson's antique shop. The paper shop on the opposite corner was then Howarth's.A bit further was Lomax the grocer.Cluskey's the wool shop and Balls chemists were around there.Hunters groceries were about opposite the Empire.Before King's motor cycles it was Hepworth's tailors.Between there and Woolworths were the Maypole and British Traders,both grocers.Above Woolworths was Holland radio electrical etc. Further up was Broughton's jewellers,Sketchley,Hiltons shoes and next door was the Meadow Dairy where I was errand lad before I left school.The Maypole moved to there later on.[/quote]
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replied on: 9/25/2004 12:04:52 PM

Below Saxton's chip shop on Derby Rd in the same block were two shops belonging to Oxley Brothers I think they were men's outfitters.On the opposite corner of Abbott St was Cousins fruit and veg shop.A bit further down was Marchbanks anything from a bike to a piece of leather to mend your shoes. Mr Shardlow the barber was close by.At the bottom of Mount St where Cousins moved to was Wilson's antique shop. The paper shop on the opposite corner was then Howarth's.A bit further was Lomax the grocer.Cluskey's the wool shop and Balls chemists were around there.Hunters groceries were about opposite the Empire.Before King's motor cycles it was Hepworth's tailors.Between there and Woolworths were the Maypole and British Traders,both grocers.Above Woolworths was Holland radio electrical etc. Further up was Broughton's jewellers,Sketchley,Hiltons shoes and next door was the Meadow Dairy where I was errand lad before I left school.The Maypole moved to there later on.

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