Salford Bridge

[chocks2]

Suze. I remember the shops at Salford Bridge. If you turned right out of Slade Rd they were on the right just before you went over the bridge. The pavement was about 3ft lower than the road and there was for many years a huge set of penny scales chained to the front of one of the shops which my sister could never resist weighing herself on.

 

[BernardR]

My cousin Stan Gill used to work as a Driving Instructor based at one of those shops Suze.

 

[Frothblower]

Wasn't their a cafe called the Birdcage there?

 

[Suze]

Crikey...dont remember those! What were they used for weighing? Perhaps I was still half asleep in the morning

 

[Suze]

Funny to imagine how it was then,where did everybody shop when they had gone?

 

[Suze]

Wasn't their a cafe called the Birdcage there?

Where did people go for their cuppa when that had gone?

 

[BernardR]

Crikey...dont remember those! What were they used for weighing? Perhaps I was still half asleep in the morning

Err People? Yes I had forgotten the scales that were usually outside chemist shops. Stand on them, put in your penny and you could see how much you weighed.

 

[davidfowler]

Hi Just had a quick look on Google earth.I couldnt see any sign of anything that could have been a cave,just looked like gardens to me. Were they between the two sets of houses?
Any photos of Salford Bridge before it was demolished.There used to be shops there I seem to remember when I was on the bus going to work....centuries ago!

Hi Suze, here are 2 PCs of rush hour on Salford Bridge.

 

[chocks2]

Thats the type that were there Bernie but I seem to remember that they were bigger than the normal chemist type and they were painted bright red unlike those in the chemist that were usually a sickly green colour.

 

[chocks2]

Great Pic's David, Show the shops clearly don't they.

 

[Suze]

Hi Suze, here are 2 PCs of rush hour on Salford Bridge.

Great pics...we should never throw anything away! we never know when it might be needed!...and someone will find them interesting.
I have been to Family History Fairs,where these type of cards fetch a good price....