tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8599481671908734427.post6385800815637760235..comments2024-03-23T16:10:12.319+00:00Comments on Hyde Cheshire Blog: Postcard from home...Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04167792394551286975noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8599481671908734427.post-42618287660062528442014-12-26T16:34:07.972+00:002014-12-26T16:34:07.972+00:00I used to live at 236, Higham Lane which was two d...I used to live at 236, Higham Lane which was two doors down from the shop. When I first remember it was the Tunstall family and then taken over (I think) for a short time by someone else. I'm guessing it closed as a shop by the end of the 1960s but don't know exactly when. Incidentally, for a time when it returned to a house Mark Taylor and his family lived there. He was a performer/magician/pickpocket who went under the stage name of Mark Raffles. He didn't use pigeons in his act but baby chickens instead - he would load up his car with them in old large bread trays. I met him, quite by chance, over 30 years later at Bispham Tip, Blackpool and we had a good chat. His wife and he both had fleeting appearances in the film 'Funny Bones'.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17960173947640386128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8599481671908734427.post-21217290114837310592013-09-26T18:38:15.487+01:002013-09-26T18:38:15.487+01:00I remember walking up Joel Lane to the shop in the...I remember walking up Joel Lane to the shop in the 1950's.<br />A crowd of us young people would go after afternoon Sunday School at Stockport Road Methodists and sit in the little side room after buying cold drinks.<br />A great place to weigh up the boys you fancied!<br /><br />Happy DaysAn old Gee Cross girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06065750562208183648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8599481671908734427.post-18647904022087994542012-12-08T08:55:19.465+00:002012-12-08T08:55:19.465+00:00I remember the shop very well and could never unde...I remember the shop very well and could never understand why it closed. In the early 50s when I started Holy Trinity School there were twin sisters in my class who lived there - Christine and Mary Blackwell. They didn't stay long though as the family moved from the area. Does anyone know when the shop closed?Werneth Lownoreply@blogger.com