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Archive => Archived Boards => Miscellaneous => Topic started by: Ali Bee on September 10, 2008, 05:39:34 PM
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As Marple, Marple Bridge, Mellor have lost shops/businesses over the years, which do you most miss?
Me, Lovin' Givin' in Marple Bridge, so what's yours?
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i miss savers, the ony savers is now in stockport.
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i miss the choclate box in the middle of market street they did warm salted peanuts :(
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Going back a bit I miss the sweet shop on Stockport Rd near the post office (I thought that was called the Chocolate Box?) The walls were lined with jars and we used to go in after swimming club to get 2oz sweets.
Alison
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I also vote for "The Chocolate Box". I loved going in there to spend my pocket money. I also liked Sid Procter's. which was the most disorganised-looking shop in Marple. It was an absolute glory hole but it was great going in there as a kid and looking at some of the enormous shoes he kept, as he speciaised in shoes for men with large feet! There are some photos of Side in his shop on the Marple Time Tour pages.
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:)
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going back even further i miss the bon bon guess i have a sweet tooth
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I miss John's super save!!! hehehe maybe because I worked there! lol (shampers is there now)
and my mum worked in the chocolate box :) friday night was always treat night from there ;)
Heather are you thinking of Bargain box? cos my mum worked at the chocolate box which was opposite the pine next door but 1 to the church lane garage? Bargain box was run by Keith the landlord at the bulls head.?? or am I completley wrong??
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ahhh was it the Bon Bon?? lol
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no mums got it wrong the chocolate box was down stockport road where Halifax bank is now,, bonbon was where e and e have there storage and the video shop (cant remember the name but yes keith did run the shop), was where the hairdresses is next to the wallpaper shop is.
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thankyou susan the bon bon was there but i am going back about 30 years the one in the middle of market street was the candy shop does any one remember goran wilson :)
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does any one remember the copper kettle the nice little village tea room if so where was it, my husband keeps going on about how nice it was to have a cup of tea and a scone
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Does anyone remember Pickfords, the Deli in Marple Bridge? I was not born there but had always grown up with a local Deli, so Pickfords was a welcome place for my Parents and us children to buy a wider variety of foods that were not available either locally then when we first moved to the Bridge.
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The Copper Kettle was on Stockport Road opposite the entrance to the park on the corner of Queen Street. Now a Chinese Takeaway. Ray
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I'll vote for the Chocolate Box on Stockport Road. Had many a visit to the dentist after visits to that shop! ;D Does anyone remember the shops that used to be at the bottom end of Buxton Lane? There was a grocers/butchers, ran by a family called the Frisbys at the end. There was also a hairdressers and a Mace, which became Spar then a bedding shop. There's only the one left now which is Tommo's newsagents. I'd love to see some pictures of these shops were all talking about on the time tour! ;)
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I immediately thought of both the Bonbon and the Chocolate Box too! I remember the four shops at the bottom of Buxton Lane.. running towards Cross Lane.. When I was a lad (ahem) there was the grocers and then where the hair dresser's used to be that was a hardware shop.. Then came Tommo's and nearest to Cross Lane was Mace!
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does any one remember the copper kettle the nice little village tea room if so where was it, my husband keeps going on about how nice it was to have a cup of tea and a scone
You will just have to make him a nice cup of tea and some scones, hehe. make them on saturday when we are up for tea so that i can have some to, Thanks mum.
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I miss Lloyds TSB! I now have to travel to Stockport! Grrr
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i have told you a million times i cant cook so scones are of the menu for tea i will buy some from the shops instead ha ha ha i remember the shops being built at the bottom of buxton lane my older sister dropped her tiny purse into the foundations with her birthday money in and one of the builders came over to try to get it out when he couldn't he gave her the money that was in it we was on our way home for dinner from peacefield
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Heather... slightly off topic here sorry Mark! but.... Peacefield are putting photographs up of past and present pupils... there is a celebration bbq soon... go and have a look :0)
Back on topic :P..... Tommo's we used to call in there on our way to Peacefield to buy a chocolate biscuit in purple foil for tuppence lol we used to call it the tuppence biscuit... the old man there was lovely :)
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sorry about this admin but is there any chance of getting the photos on the web site, maybe a new section of all the schools in marples old photos could be interesting for all the old pupils thanks :)
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I know about the BBQ on 20th but where are they putting up the photos? Happy to add photos to the site but don't necessarily have the time to go chasing them. Is there anyone who could ask on our behalf when they take the kids to school?
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just to ask mark sorry, but is it tickets on the 20th or can you you just turn up, if so what time does it run from
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sorry..the photo's I was talking about are being put up around the school. There was a huge stack of them from over the last 50 years!
I will ask about them when I go into work in the morning.
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tina, do i need a appointment to see the photos, or can i just turn up on saturday and have a look at them.
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I'm more than sure it's a open day, so turn up on the day...I shall double check when I go in this morning. :)
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Right I've found out...it's a open day so anyone can turn up...the photograph's are going to be displayed in some class rooms 58-68 etc... I have asked about if they could be put on here and they are looking into it :) enjoy all...see you then x
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tina what time does it start and finish
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See here :
http://www.marple-uk.com/smf/index.php?topic=1906.0
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Thank you Mark.