This week we continued with the reminisience sessions and visited Hornbeam Close and collected some more fasinating memories.
I worked at the Clifton in the 1940’s as a usherette, we had lovely uniforms and there was always a doorman outside
I got my first job at the Murphy’s bottling plant at the top of Church Road, I was 14 years old! Murphy’s also had a brewery on Market Street
My favourite shop was Macfisheries, it sold wet fish, rabbits and pheasants
I used to work at Bates and Hunts for Chemist before I got married, next door there used to be Owens the butchers, he would give us bones to get the fat out of which we used for baking, this was around 1945.
I remember the Chad Valley Factory making parachutes during the war, there was a lovely fish and chip shop opposite.
We always used to go down the Bingo Hall every Sunday night,
The shops and the market in Wellington was always known for good quality, you could get anything here!
The Charlton had a lovely Dance Floor we used to go there for the posh dinner dances.
I used to work at the Chad valley Rubber Works, we used to make rubber dolls and ducks
My favourite pub in the town was the Smithfield, it’s now a chip shop.
As a child we were taken to the cattle market for a treat our parents used to call it the ‘zoo’.
Agnews was always known for its quality menswear, but it was ever so expensive!
As a child me and my brother used to go down to the Cock Hotel on a bank Holiday and watch the tourist coaches going past!
I remember walking into town down Market Street the first thing you would notice is the smell of beer coming from the breweries in town!
The Belmont Hall was named after a school that used to be there.
Boyles was the place to get your fresh fruit and vegetables in the square, there was always plenty of choice in the market though on market days.
Down New Street there used to be little cottages, they were not shops but they used to sell things from there front rooms, from potatoes and carrots, to peg rugs and even clothes.
Wellington used to be a town with lost of little shops, there were never any supermarkets but there were lots of butchers and bakers.
As a child we used to go to Dabb’s sweet shop, blackjacks were always my favourite, but you used to get more for your money if you had cherry lips!
I remember Espleys cooking the black puddings, they used to bring them into the shop steaming!
Wellington market was so busy on a Saturday morning that I couldn’t get in with my pram and the children!
I lived in the old new street before it was renamed, I remember in 1929 we had no gas, no electric and three families had to share a tap!
As a child I had to go and buy the wood for the fire, it was sold by Miss Hayward on the high street, she sold wood, nets and all sorts of things.
My favourite shop was Mr and Mrs Burroughs on Market Street it was a general store and sold everything
Wellington was always known for its quality meat, there were at least 6 butchers just in the market!
I remember the first supermarket in town was the Co-op it sold clothes as well as groceries.
I used to work in the market selling cakes and biscuits for Mrs Burroughs, I used to work on Thursdays and Saturdays
I remember in the 1930’s all the ladies walking into town on a Saturday evening wearing their long dresses going to the dances in town.
I used to go to McClures for my new hats, they had a sale on twice a year, I think every lady in Wellington bought their new hat from there when they had the sale on, everybody wore a hat in those days.
I moved to Wellington from the south thirty years ago, I went to a fish and chip in town and ordered fish chips and peas, they were mushy peas! I had never seen mushy peas before!
My first job was working in the market on a Saturday, I was 13 years old !
I worked at the Clifton in the 1940’s as a usherette, we had lovely uniforms and there was always a doorman outside
I got my first job at the Murphy’s bottling plant at the top of Church Road, I was 14 years old! Murphy’s also had a brewery on Market Street
My favourite shop was Macfisheries, it sold wet fish, rabbits and pheasants
I used to work at Bates and Hunts for Chemist before I got married, next door there used to be Owens the butchers, he would give us bones to get the fat out of which we used for baking, this was around 1945.
I remember the Chad Valley Factory making parachutes during the war, there was a lovely fish and chip shop opposite.
We always used to go down the Bingo Hall every Sunday night,
The shops and the market in Wellington was always known for good quality, you could get anything here!
The Charlton had a lovely Dance Floor we used to go there for the posh dinner dances.
I used to work at the Chad valley Rubber Works, we used to make rubber dolls and ducks
My favourite pub in the town was the Smithfield, it’s now a chip shop.
As a child we were taken to the cattle market for a treat our parents used to call it the ‘zoo’.
Agnews was always known for its quality menswear, but it was ever so expensive!
As a child me and my brother used to go down to the Cock Hotel on a bank Holiday and watch the tourist coaches going past!
I remember walking into town down Market Street the first thing you would notice is the smell of beer coming from the breweries in town!
The Belmont Hall was named after a school that used to be there.
Boyles was the place to get your fresh fruit and vegetables in the square, there was always plenty of choice in the market though on market days.
Down New Street there used to be little cottages, they were not shops but they used to sell things from there front rooms, from potatoes and carrots, to peg rugs and even clothes.
Wellington used to be a town with lost of little shops, there were never any supermarkets but there were lots of butchers and bakers.
As a child we used to go to Dabb’s sweet shop, blackjacks were always my favourite, but you used to get more for your money if you had cherry lips!
I remember Espleys cooking the black puddings, they used to bring them into the shop steaming!
Wellington market was so busy on a Saturday morning that I couldn’t get in with my pram and the children!
I lived in the old new street before it was renamed, I remember in 1929 we had no gas, no electric and three families had to share a tap!
As a child I had to go and buy the wood for the fire, it was sold by Miss Hayward on the high street, she sold wood, nets and all sorts of things.
My favourite shop was Mr and Mrs Burroughs on Market Street it was a general store and sold everything
Wellington was always known for its quality meat, there were at least 6 butchers just in the market!
I remember the first supermarket in town was the Co-op it sold clothes as well as groceries.
I used to work in the market selling cakes and biscuits for Mrs Burroughs, I used to work on Thursdays and Saturdays
I remember in the 1930’s all the ladies walking into town on a Saturday evening wearing their long dresses going to the dances in town.
I used to go to McClures for my new hats, they had a sale on twice a year, I think every lady in Wellington bought their new hat from there when they had the sale on, everybody wore a hat in those days.
I moved to Wellington from the south thirty years ago, I went to a fish and chip in town and ordered fish chips and peas, they were mushy peas! I had never seen mushy peas before!
My first job was working in the market on a Saturday, I was 13 years old !
The Miss Hayward mentioned above would be my Great Grandmother.
ReplyDeleteThe Hayward's had a Family Butchers shop in the High Street, Wellington. Wish there was a picture of it.
Dave Gosling