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Nice one Tim, I remember waiting in that bus shelter on Ormskirk Rd many times !

Those shops is that where "Alan the chef" is nowadays?

Fabulous... the newsagent store on the Corner of Mitchel Street and Manor Street, Union Bridge bus stop, this brings back so many memories for me.

The place that I remember as a boy, what a wonderful photo. The last building on the left was a newsagent/toffee shop come tobacconist which joined Mitchell Street, (where I Lived). The central awning with Masons Cafe was owned by my grandparents and did a roaring trade providing lunches to the Pioneer workers. I remember Cunninghams butchers to the right, but can't recall the name of the shop on the left even though I went in there regularly. Great photo, a different time and a truly better time, I think!

note how clean the streets , dont know why it looks like a sunday morning no one about /rushing to get up their own bottoms like they do now lol ,great pics

Syd, the name on the shop blind looks to be Glover so it was probably the fishing tackle shop.

If I am right Humphrey Glover's fishing tackle was the end shop, just out of the picture, I think it became a bakery in later years. I went to school with Humphrey Jr and Adrian so knew the family well. These are all marvelous memories, in those days I lived at 282 Ormskirk Rd, jsut at the start of Spring Bank, but played with friends from Mitchel St., etc.

I think Humphrey's shop was next to the end shop, David - one door up from the access road for the Pioneer works

I don't know this area at all, but oh! what memories of the road-signs, bus-shelters and shop sun-blinds of my childhood!

As best as I can remember, they had the two shop at the end, Mrs Glover ran one business in one of them and Humphrey, the tackle store in the other

He (Humphrey) died a good few years ago.
If I remember rightly, he retired to Greenodd, between Ulverston and Newby Bridge.

You are quite right Mick, The second last shop was Humphrey's fishing tackle shop, the one on the end was Mason's greengrocers, I remember this well because I knew their daughter Janet quite well.

Thanks Syd - got my first rod there in 1966. Cost 27s 0d (£1.35). Still got it somewhere!

I also remember the Masons, I photographed Janet's wedding, but I can't place the green grocery store. I have a good recollection of Cunningham's butchers, the little cafe and the grocery store