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I’ll see if we can find it next time I see him

My father remembers some friends he had whilst growing up at 160 Villa Street: Stanley (Taffy) Morgan, Ray Walker, Doug and David Haddleton, Johnny Moorhouse and Ronnie Edwards. He has a photo somewhere of Doug and David Haddleton with Johnny Moorhouse he thinks. He remembers an Alfie Rowe who...

I’ll try and see what else he can remember too

Thanks Lyn, great to have photos, especially as it is now all gone

Thank you My dad remembers the Pearl Button Factory

Wow that’s great thanks. My dad remembers it well. The window above the main shop window apparently is where he used to be when recovering from Scarlet Fever. He used to be allowed to step out there and his friends used to send him comics up on a rope He doesn’t have any pics himself except...

If anyone has any old photos of the shop or 160 Villa street I’d love to see them

That’s my late grandmother . her son, my dad John is still with us, living in Weston Super Mare now aged 90.

They had from around 1930 through to about 1952. They lived at number 160 I believe and leased the shop from I think a Mrs Hunt? They sold all groceries but no newspapers or alcohol

Hi, my grand-parents ran a small shop on Villa Street, Harry and Elsie Bailey and my Father and Aunt also John and Patricia Bailey