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WHO dosen't remember this shop? What a blast from the past!

We used to have a penny cordial there on our way tofish down the Flash.

There was another temperance bar just over the canal bridge where the Volkswagen place is now. We used to call in there for a pint of herb bitters and think that we were grown up. The man who ran it had a navy shirt on and he wore a skull and crossbones ring on his finger.There was a fruit machine on the wall.

Superb record! Thanks for sharing

Thankyou so much for this photo. I don't recall this particular shop as I lived in Ince, but the "temp" on Ince Bar was so similar. I remember "drene" shampoo and all the little cards hung up on the wall holding babies' dummies, rolls of bandage, combs etc.etc. The little toffee-scales and the three-cornered toffee-bags, "tapes" of "Aspro" and little bottles of patent medicines that our Mam's had such faith in. A wonderful picture.....how I would love to be able to walk in there now!

I well remember this and the other temp. bar. which was more of a bar not a shop. It was before the canal bridge between Sharp St and Wilcock St. I believe the lady there was called Faith Greenhalgh.

Irene, I think it was the Temp on Ince bar we got Vimto lollies when we were kids. Lovely photo Philip

An excellent photo - the sort of thing this site should be all about.

there was a temp on Manchester rd.used to go in for a penny vimto.I remember going for half an ounce of indian brandee you had to take your own bottle.

Irene,I just knew you'd love this one..and I'd forgotten all about Drene,and do you think to the left in the cabinet looks like Ponds face cream..my mam always used that..it's a lovely reminder of times gone by.

Irene,I posted a a drawing of the temperance bar at Ince with the with the kind permission of Tom Whalley,of Whalleys pet Shop.If you put Whalleys tempernce bar in the search box you will find the photo.

panc That's the one I remember at the top of Dobb's fold which we used to call Dog's Fold. I think they used to sell Vimto.

I have seen that, Dave, many thanks. I have a book called "Vimto, the story of a soft drink", and there is a picture of Whalley's in it taken in the 1920s. Maureen, you and I should be like Gary Sparrow in Goodnight Sweetheart.....wouldn't we enjoy going back in time into all these lovely old shops?!

the one nr the bridge was known as mushy chads when i lived there next door to jack craggs fruit and veg ,he kept his horse in stables at the back of the shop great time then coz i was a kid ,ha ha

Spot on les, wasn't one of Jack Craggs horses called Dolly?
Mushy used to talk through his nose and i mimicked him once only being a kid and he whacked me round the head, i shot off home and told my dad who went round and threatened to throttle him. It seems like three life times ago now, happy days indeed!

to ann21 : I lived on Dobbs Fold but it became Haig Street before I was born in 1935. The temp. bar was much nearer to Seven Stars bridge next to Jack Craggs. I remember getinng worms for fishing from Jacky's pile of horse manure.

andy c do you have a brother called gerald and lived at end of willcox st if so you deff know me , les gaskell

andy c do you remember an old mate of mine wayne p if your the andy i remember he lived across the rd form you he moved to worsley mesnes aswell as the watkins family lol and the days spent on the park lol no swings r anything just tarmac many a skint knees playin football now cant stand the game

We sure would Irene,just to be a fly on the wall for a day....as long as we didn't get swatted.lol

i worked at trencherfield mill we used to go into the temperance bar at dinner time we used to have hot vimpto i remember the two ladies brings back good memories

bet there was not much call for those cigars in the counter cabinet.

Hi Les yes it's me, i thought it was you straight away with your first posting and name.
Where's the time gone? It doesn't seem two minutes since we were building "bommys" on the land at the back of your house and raiding all the derelict houses around Wallgate for wood and god knows whatever else.lol
How you keeping pal?

hi andy 40 years ago we left wallgate only seems like yesterday goin over wagon works at back of your house , when i worked at contitech i got chatting to a lad who married jannet bannister i saw him in hossey when my step dad was in he died weeks after never seen any one of the old gang since i left ,i live in hindley green now and have two kids and one grand kid ,i still have a quiet laff to myself at times thinking of what we got up to down there , how you doin andy

I remember this shop and these ladies, I can smell the shop now thinking about it. Not a dirty smell but a mixture of sweets, toiletries and I don't exactly know what but when I look at this photo it brings back luvly memories