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jack watsons
jack watsons
Photo: kevin snalam
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Item #: 7975
jack watsons bike shop.
on the far left you can see what type of petrol was once sold there,above door, red square.I was born 2 doors down from the shop on the left, demolished from pic.plenty good memories from that era.

Comment by: kevin snalam on 16th November 2008 at 15:12

this is the place where our noses pressed against the windows wishin for what we wanted for christmas.
really nice family the watsons,knew them well.

Comment by: stephen hughes on 16th November 2008 at 19:04

exccelent picture,have you any more from the same area about the same same era

Comment by: 1934granada. on 17th November 2008 at 15:20

Hi Kevin. I'd like to see more photos of the Chapel Lane area, any era. I had relatives who lived in Bradford Street and Johnsons Terrace.

Comment by: John B on 17th November 2008 at 15:54

Been in there for a few puncture outfits I can tell you !!!

Comment by: bill Gratton on 17th November 2008 at 17:22

I was born just this side of the old iron Chapel Lane bridge and so knew the shop very well.I was a mate of Jack's eldest son and was taken out with them on many a Sunday ride in one of the few cars around in those days. When my sons wanted their first bike it was straight down to Jacks for it! Great family - as was a lot round there at the time.

Comment by: Susan Barton on 8th October 2009 at 19:52

my grandad had the clog shop at 28 chapel lane and i dont know if anybody remembers him,he had a "peg Leg"

Comment by: Sheryl Bohm on 23rd February 2010 at 04:59

This is the first time I have come across Chapel Lane. My great grandfather William Wood and family were living at 3 Chapel in the 1881 census. Im sure the building is long gone!

Comment by: margaret on 12th June 2010 at 14:35

My father tried to buy me a bike from watson's around 1962 it was £16 complete with gears and a dynamo,but dad was refused credit as my mother left my dad in debt when she left him.We lived in chaple st and i was given a secondhand bike.

Comment by: Terry Catterall on 11th September 2011 at 17:57

I bought my first bike off Jack,when i left school,and i lived in Hartley Terrace,between Faggy Lane and Queen St.

Comment by: mrgaret farrimond on 10th June 2014 at 09:21

Why has my comment re Watson's bike shop june 2010 be deleted it was there last Saturday 7 June 2014 it was something that happened in my past and was not harming any one mum and dad have now passed away.

Comment by: Jim M on 30th June 2017 at 16:23

I may have dreamt this, but was there some kind of bell under the mat as you walked in the shop?

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