Memories of Marple!

[heather]

what was norbury mews before they were built  i know it was the smithy years ago but what came in between please

[bluebelly]

brilliant post,the chocolate box, stiffs, the butchers next door? ,dr reader, the alpine man, building tree dens and bonfires where the holy spirit church is,cycling up to the quarry,dee discount. was there a sports shop up near the navigation pub?some fantastic childhood mems, youthclub at the ridge,the old lady who used to come and sit and dance with us on the hollins?...

[bazschofield]

Mr. Morris the chemist was commonly known as the Welsh Wizard. When you went to see him with a prescription he more often than not said. I have something better than that in the back.  The last owner of   Dale Road Cafe  was Gorden Pott I have been to many wedding reception there.   Ray

Dale Road Cafe    thats it  i thought it had a spanish name for some reason  it could have changed name a few times  !!!!    I went to rose hill school with Ian Potts   whose dad  owned it

[RAY NOBLE]

Mr. Morris the chemist was commonly known as the Welsh Wizard. When you went to see him with a prescription he more often than not said. I have something better than that in the back.  The last owner of   Dale Road Cafe  was Gorden Pott I have been to many wedding reception there.   Ray

[sooty2]

Does anyone remember the CHEMIST that used to be on station road ?    Going from the Jolly Sailor   past the first row of terraced houses it was in the first detached house on the right   next to the passage from Station Road to Hollins Green Road
I can remember going in it used to scare me to death   very dark,  only one light bulb    and the man who used to be there looked like Alfred Hitchcock  i used to run all the way home   lol lol

The chemist on Stockport rd loooked like Alfred Hitchcock,he didn't dress his window very often.It was full of faded crepe paper and displays of soap,talcom powder and bath cubes that you couldn't read the label on due to fading.His name was Mr Morris he retired to Wales.

[sooty2]

It may of been called Glendale at one time or something like that.A man who lived in New Mills ran it.

[bazschofield]

Can anyone remember the restaurant on Dale Road, backing onto the railway, don't know it's name?

Yes i remember it   a lad i used to go to rose hill school with  his mum and dad ran it for a while   i keep trying to think of the name of it  but cant get it yet  lol      i remember it had a spanish name    and it was a wooden building on a brick base     ill ask my mum  she might know its name  Baz

[bazschofield]

Barrie  I think you have that wrong, in fact i am sure you have. Ray.

Ill ask my mum  she's a font of all knowledge

[RAY NOBLE]

Barrie  I think you have that wrong, in fact i am sure you have. Ray.

[bazschofield]

Does anyone remember the CHEMIST that used to be on station road ?    Going from the Jolly Sailor   past the first row of terraced houses it was in the first detached house on the right   next to the passage from Station Road to Hollins Green Road
I can remember going in it used to scare me to death   very dark,  only one light bulb    and the man who used to be there looked like Alfred Hitchcock  i used to run all the way home   lol lol

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[bazschofield]

Barrie. Would that be Antony, Ian, Peter, John, and Julie..  Ray

Yes Ray it was   only Tony wasnt there with us that day    i could put it on here if i knew how   do i need to send it to someone   ?   Barrie

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[Water Rat]

For the slightly balding amongst us - how about Fred Hyde the barber in Marple Bridge?  I well remember sitting in the chair for a short back and sides and wondering what singing meant on the price list.

[Lisa Oldham]

Someone told me the other day that the Curly wurly tree is scheduled for removal

[JMC]

I do he was there for the opening of the coop or something, funny but not 3 days ago I was telling my Dad about meeting him there.

I remember the bon bon on Church Ln, the Choclate box on Stockport Rd. Going for a loaf for my Nanna at the bakers that used to be next to where the Cheshire is now. The kids boating lake and wishing the council would fill it full of water.

Marple in the mid 80's was a young boy's dream, living 2 secs from the countryside and the canal.

Ah I thought it may have been opening the Co-op. I too remember the Chocolate Box and the boating lake. You're right, Marple is a lovely place to grow up.