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Post by cubbyian53 on Apr 7, 2008 14:49:51 GMT 1
auld mrs ure died and her daughter sold the shop to a traveller who used to come into the shop(boab) i stayed one up in the close next to the shop and the ures stayed on the top flat but may ure moved away shortly after she sold the shop
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Post by Sandy Hills on Jul 6, 2008 13:55:38 GMT 1
There was a barber shop adjacent to the sweet shop next to Stevenson Taylors later to become Harry Daly's pub,the barber was called Richardson.I don't recall the previous owner of the sweet shop but it was taken over in late sixties by the Ure family and the son married Cathy Armal from Yate street and they lived in the newer flats built at the corner of Stamford street and Camlachie street just around the corner from Granny Thomson's sweet shop.
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Post by holywell37 on Jul 6, 2008 22:11:08 GMT 1
the shop was known as may ure's and alec anderson's bookies was next to it, alec anderson lived at 44 holywell st.
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Post by Sandy Hills on Jul 8, 2008 0:48:51 GMT 1
And Alec Anderson's first bookies was on Holywell street next to the Mill Inn,I used to go round to his house on Sunday morning to get any returns for my auld ma,which wisnae too often but Alec was always good for thruppence any time I went there,real nice man.
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Post by Sandy Hills on Jul 8, 2008 0:55:21 GMT 1
Re post 31 I should have said the Ure family had the shop from around the late fifties I don't remember much about the previous owner.
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Post by amethyst on Aug 2, 2008 16:39:57 GMT 1
The wee shop next to the wee smelly parc was called May Muir's she was a lovely woman and she lived just above the shop. I remember to Granny Thomson's and Lachie's. When my mother cale up the low road every night after her work she would buy sweets at granny Thomsons's the penny tray.Then come up to Dalserf street to wash my sister and prepare our school clothes for the next day.
Amethyst
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Post by scout on Oct 18, 2008 12:28:52 GMT 1
My recollection of the shops are, the arches pub then a shop called johns that had cakes on the counter that I personaly have seen nicked. next to that earnies where I would get my comic the Bunty and my brother would get the beano or the topper,then a close, then the chip shop the owner was called alfie if you gave him old newspapers he would give the left over crumbles of chips at the side,he would ask if we got then from the midden and would be reasured that they were not. It wasnt easy getting clean looking newspaper from the midden.then the fruit shop the guy was called nicky I think he was greek his wife was english and they had a small son as I recall he was downs syndrome, and they lived in back of the shop.then another close then the dairy when I was small a lovely woman called Maud worked there and was very popular with all the children ,next to that Cocranes with a black and white floor it seemed the biggest shop compared to the rest, I remember It was robbed in broad daylight with a waterpistol and a huge crowd watched him thrown into a black maria I do know his name but wont say for obvious reasons, then the butchers, I remember a young chap called Frank worked there he gave my brother frank and I a lift home from St Micheals school one day in his car we had never been in a car before. thats how I remember the shopsl
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Post by holywell37 on Oct 20, 2008 15:17:34 GMT 1
Ernies shop was nugents, the guy in the fruit shop was english the same as his wife, his name was nick but he was known as "nick the greek".
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Post by scout on Oct 25, 2008 13:52:56 GMT 1
got to correct you holywell Nick from the fruit shop was defenatly not english he was greek or turkish I can still recall his broken accent,my husband andy as a a boy .went to the cash and carry in Sorby st for him many times.Nickywould give him a note and a pram to put everything in.
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Post by scout on Oct 25, 2008 13:55:14 GMT 1
forgot to say my husband met nicky again in 1968,in Cardiff city center ,Nicky was running a small cafe.
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Post by scout on Oct 25, 2008 13:57:27 GMT 1
hi john healy didnt realize it was you .hello from maureen and andy.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 25, 2008 20:17:38 GMT 1
got to correct you holywell Nick from the fruit shop was defenatly not english he was greek or turkish I can still recall his broken accent,my husband andy as a a boy .went to the cash and carry in Sorby st for him many times.Nickywould give him a note and a pram to put everything in. Hi Scout.....had completely forgotten about that cash and carry! Was in it a few times.....can't t remember why or who with! Isn't it weird the things that are in the back of our minds.
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Post by holywell37 on Oct 25, 2008 20:27:15 GMT 1
Hi maureen, regards to andy.
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Post by Waverley on Nov 16, 2008 19:12:20 GMT 1
hi it might have been 1969 or 1970 my granny aggie nugent moved to 51 whitevale street the high flats. there were 2closes in arch st. no4 and no8 my granny lived in 8 and also her sister annie cassidy and her family lived next door. and in no4 her other sister rosina conner and family lived they were jackie and rose and jim. my dad was ernie and his brother was john but they both died young so cant get anyone who remembers them someone sent me photo of dads shop just next to camlachie bridge that was great and means a lot to me cheers Aggy
Originally posted by wee Aggy but moved here during the 'winter clean- up'.
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Post by elaine on May 1, 2009 22:39:18 GMT 1
hi all av really enjoyed reading this page brought back a lot a memories an a wee tear to my eye as well god bless Elaine
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Post by amethyst on May 2, 2009 15:03:13 GMT 1
Hi Aggy was yours dad's shop called Lackies?
Amethyst
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