tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2157596724577720469.post8610552645889991601..comments2024-03-19T15:33:57.300+00:00Comments on THE MIDDLEWICH DIARY: THE BULLRING, 1969SALT TOWN PRODUCTIONShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08706424934131762804noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2157596724577720469.post-74158325637695429672021-04-04T20:53:38.895+00:002021-04-04T20:53:38.895+00:00Looking at the old photos- was Brockleys a paining...Looking at the old photos- was Brockleys a paining and decorators shop? next to Lathams clothes shop- Georgina (Gina) Latham was a school <br />friend. The Co-op I remember and upstairs (toys?) and a chemist and food downstairs . <br />Next shop on the same side a Shoe shop, then Samuels -ironmongers Elizabeth Samuel - my best friend back then. Then next to that Taylors newsagents and gifts and toys. <br />I lived there from 1963-1970 in 4 New King Street next to the Catholic Church and School. and then 1976-1982? ish. Dad-James William , mum Alma, Sister Janet and brothers Ian and Malcolm. Lots of fond memories. Thanks for the photos.<br />anne partingtonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2157596724577720469.post-51907772421947359292012-06-21T10:21:25.943+00:002012-06-21T10:21:25.943+00:00Pegrams was one of the shops opposite the old Town...Pegrams was one of the shops opposite the old Town Hall. I think it is the one now occupied by The Cheshire Royal Indian Restaurant. Pegrams used one of the garages at the back to park their small Ford Thames 5cwt van which was accessed by the side of The Kings Arms on Queen Street.<br />The row of cottages that stood on Booth Lane by then junction of Warmingham Lane/Booth Lane were Boatmens cottages orginally (or so I was told). In the early 1960's,Ernie Paxton and his daughter Josie lived in one and the Jinx family lived in another. I remember them well because the cottage sat about 12 inches lower than the road and often flooded. A length of stout railing fronted the row of cottages at the kerbside. Yes you can still see the old Warmingham Lane road surface in that triangle of ground there. In the early 1960's, Long Lane South did not exist yet as Long Lane itself started at Manor Lane (off St Anns Road) and went over the canal and straight across the Hayhurst Avenue round-a-bout and finished at the end of the row of houses just before Rutland Drive. My parents had Chris Earl build a new house for them at 27 Long Lane which was right by the bridge/canal and our family moved in there during 1962. I was just 17 and, at that time, thought Middlewich was a place that God built and then forgot about it. Blink whilst driving though and you'd miss it. How wrong I was.<br />If anyone has any old maps of Middlewich through the years, I for one would love to view them. It would help to locate old building and places more accurately. And what do I think of Middlewich now? I wish I had never left her.Bill Armsdennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2157596724577720469.post-49861776742556609022012-06-19T11:56:17.214+00:002012-06-19T11:56:17.214+00:00Bill, Many thanks for your comments, and your inte...Bill, Many thanks for your comments, and your interest. Yes, Brockley's was some kind of video shop at one time - it operated round-the-clock and some kind of machine was installed for people to check videos in and out after hours. But Vernon's/Fitton's was a video shop before that. It was called (I think) 'Titles' Was Pegram's on Hightown? I seem to remember the name, but not where it was. Was it anything to do with Hulme's? We have mentioned Densem's record shop in Lewin Street in passing. It ended up as the Square One hardware shop and was demolished around the same time as the CofE Infants School. I'm always intrigued by the Booth Lane/Warmingham Lane junction, where it's still possible to make out the old road alignment. I haven't any photos of the cottages which were once there. If anyone has any, please don't hesitate to get in touch.SALT TOWN PRODUCTIONShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08706424934131762804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2157596724577720469.post-39608994380802897592012-06-17T22:33:08.160+00:002012-06-17T22:33:08.160+00:00I had moved out of Middlewich in 1965 and came bac...I had moved out of Middlewich in 1965 and came back in 2000. My memory is that Brockleys shop building was an automated video/dvd shop and not the butchers or, has there been two video shops over the years?<br />During the early 60's I worked at Pegrams grocery store which is just out of this shot and opposite St Michaels. I drove a small Ford Thames van delivering customers groceries. I can find no mention here of Pegrams shop nor Dawsons Music shop on Lewin Street. I am also interested in seeing any photos of the row of cottages at the junction of Booth Lane and Warmingham Lane which were demolished sometime after 1966 or later.Bill Armsdennoreply@blogger.com