HYDE CHESHIRE

Harry Rutherford's
Festival of Britain Mural




Sunday 17 March 2013

Hyde "Old" Supermarket

Below is an advert for the old supermarket on Clarendon Street showing  the range of goods and services that were available circa 1976.

 

When I was young I used to love going in there with my Mum and Nan on a Saturday afternoon and  buying chocolate biscuits which were all sold loose by the pound . As I got older I liked to peruse Hubbles record shop on the first floor. My Mum used to spend a lot of time on the haberdashery stall at the top of the stairs which always left me free to roam the entire shop floor with my sister. I never went in the Bingo area though - that was out of bounds.
Happy days !!

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An aerial photo showing the old supermarket ( just above the middle of the shot)

Thanks to John Hopwood for the photo :)

3 comments:

B Williams said...

How I enjoyed reading this post. I had forgotten all about the stalls that were in there but I had a lovely time reading through the list and going round them all in my mind's eye.

Lynn Hallas said...

I love reading your blog every day and this post of Hyde Supermarket has brought back some happy memories for me once again! My Mum used to work on Lowe´s stall there and I remember when me and my Dad used to go and pick her up when she finished work. She had a lot of friends working in there.

Hydonian said...

@ Lynn
We bought our house off Reg's wife. They owned a few in Hyde at the time :)