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Zeke
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Back in the mid-1950s I used to frequent a book/toyshop in the heart of downtown Barnoldswick. Can't remember the name or street where the shop was located. Not only did they sell a myriad of books; they also sold toys, electric trains ect;. My last visit to that shop was a few days before Christmas, 1957. A friend of mine, Gloria Rogan came along with me. It happened to be snowing on that particular evening while both of us admired all the toys and books thinking how wonderful it would be to find some of those goodies under the Christnas tree. Memories :)
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Zeke
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Posted - 06/12/2009 : 17:19
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Another wrote:
The shop was used by the Wesleyan Sunday school to purchase prize books for attendance etc. Very modern approach in that you were told that you were to get a prize then you went to Harrisons to choose the book. They supplied the lot to the church then you got your choosen book on prize day. Much better than getting a book you had read or didn't want. I recall once getting Treasure Island and it has remained a favourite of mine.
Its coming back now. Does anyone remember "Classics Illustrated" a comic type magazine based on classic stories with drawings just like the good comics - Tiger, Lion and Eagle. I think I'd read Treasure Island in this version hence getting the full novel. Also read Tale of Two Cities, Rob Roy, Last of the Mohicans, Moby Dick in these versions which then led me on to reading the real thing.
Slightly different level I used to enjoy the war comics that were about A5 size. Coloured front cover and black and white inside. Real beat em up stuff with tough Brit commandos taking on "Squareheads" and "Nips" ...very violent and non PC. They were done in series and me and my mates used to get different ones and swop.
Thanks for the info on the Brickbuilder and Lotts Blocks. I can now see why I never got one if my mum knew all about the mess involved!!.
Below Harrisons there used to be a DIY/hardware shop on the gable end to the street bejhind the main Co-op. One Christmas in the late 1950's they had a grotto upstairs and it was crammed full of toys, bikes, pedal cars etc that must have come as a job lot. I tried and tried to get my dad to take me to and persude him to buy something for me without success.
Anyone else remember the Co-op on Wellhouse Road? Nolic
Yes, I remember "Classics Illustrated" very well. Today, these comics are considerd highly collectable. Here is a link you might enjoy: http://www.tkinter.smig.net/ClassicsIllustrated/index.htm
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Posted - 06/12/2009 : 20:14
Thanks Zeke. They we em.
Thomo, all the names look the same to me but I bet the one he gave me is in that list. I think I'll have to have a good interwebby explore. You're right about the liquid cement. Very good stuff and much better than the glue that came in tubes or those little capsules that were in some of the bigger Airfix kits - the ones in boxes as opposed to polythene bags.
Just booked our holiday on the Norfolk/Suffolk Imperial War Museum for a day out. Nolic border next year so it will be a trip to Duxford
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tripps
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Posted - 06/12/2009 : 22:23
Call in for a cuppa if you have time. We are only 15 minutes from Duxford. there's plenty to see there now.
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Posted - 06/12/2009 : 23:52
Church St chippy, i remember having come out of Bethesda youth club one thursday night to find snow on the ground, so we all started throwing snow balls at each other coming down Rook St, on to Church St. Trying to avoid being hit i slipped in the doorway of the chippy went in on my arse and through the partition just inside the door leaving a big hole in it, but being the gentleman i am i still bought meat pie and chips, as i left the owners were still looking at each other,thinking what happened there. Mean while the three other people with me almost wet themselves laughing two are now or were pillars of Barnoldswick society, names available on request. Nolic you know both of them.
Barlick Rog
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Posted - 07/12/2009 : 07:56
At least I know its not me. I'm not respected and I've been called names like it but I'm not a pillar. C'mon Rog. Dish the dirt!! Nolic
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Posted - 07/12/2009 : 19:46
Nolic, take a look at the Bethesda photo on hear or on Gus`s site, the two are on there, the other one is now a head teacher at a school in Derbyshire, a clue could be that one of them has the looks of a famous film star...............thinking cap on eh, i was the one who slipped but could have been any one of us.
Barlick Rog
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