I guess he works at Oasis then,they have three of the shops now I believe !
Oasis took over the shop from me, Carl Chester was running it at the time. His father Keith was a neighbour of mine in Third Avenue.
The end shop was an off licence,the next one was the Hornby shop,it was my business from 1974 to 1994. )
Hi sistersue,when I first had the shop it was toys,models,etc. but I changed it over several years to all fishing tackle,so if your dad and brother fished they probably did come in the shop on occasions ! )
Always the best maggots from "Andy's" !!
HOW WONDERFUL. I was a paperboy at the newsagents,which was about half way up. I used to deliver around Gerardsfield and Shirestone Road. I used to go to Shirestone and then Central Grammar in Gressel Lane As I lived in the prefabs in Leycroft Avenue,next door to the school -this suited me !! Colin StarkRecently came across this pic. of new shops being completed on East Meadway in 1956..The unfinished one second from right was mine from 1974 to 1994 !View attachment 84036
Further..I have been informed that the newsagents in East Meadway was owned by a MRS MOORE. My mum used to send me to the newsagents for 5 PLAYERS WEIGHTS. The other 5 were kept for a few days. No Vaping then !!!!!!!!HOW WONDERFUL. I was a paperboy at the newsagents,which was about half way up. I used to deliver around Gerardsfield and Shirestone Road. I used to go to Shirestone and then Central Grammar in Gressel Lane As I lived in the prefabs in Leycroft Avenue,next door to the school -this suited me !! Colin Stark
You may have crossed paths with my older sister, born in 1947. Janice Clarke?Seems that I am much older than you ! I went to Shirestone when it opened in (?) 1953 until I went to Central Grammar in Summer of 1958. I lived in Leycroft Avenue next to Byng Kenrick and Central Grammar. I loved the BK uniforms !!! Miss Pullen was my form teacher in my last year. In these pages I met Barbara Tidball who sat next to me in that last year.