BlueBearBoots
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mackenzie said:
Ohhhh chelsea girl!! I loved that shop always thought it was so cool lol
A trip down memory lane around Manchester....
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Ohhhh chelsea girl!! I loved that shop always thought it was so cool lol
Bill
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anyone remember the shop mike summerbee and George best had behind kendals, used to pop down when I wagged it and they'd be in there or on the door step chatting. good times.
pluto
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Flyover over manc way on top of the bus , always seemed a close call call if another one coming other way.
Piccadilly records
Corn exchange market
Harry hall cycles could never afford anything
Comic book shop on side road near the demolished bbc building
Queuing all night for tickets internet ended that.
Afflecks
53 bus only reason to get was maine road
Piccadilly records
Corn exchange market
Harry hall cycles could never afford anything
Comic book shop on side road near the demolished bbc building
Queuing all night for tickets internet ended that.
Afflecks
53 bus only reason to get was maine road
Prestwich_Blue
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It was next to The Village Barbers, which was the first place I could go to and get a decent haircut.de niro said:
My mum used to have a place on Hanging Ditch at the front of the Corn Exchange that was a bit classier than a cafe but not quite a restaurant. Mike & George were regulars in there. Mike of course could talk for England but George was actually quite shy. They used to have the Model Railway Exhibition in the Corn Exchange every year and it was all hands on deck as we opened all weekend. Hard work but we could get into the exhibition for free through the back of the cafe.
Someone mentioned the barrow boys on Church St and they used to come in after they'd shut in the afternoon. "Big Louie" their leader was known as the King of the Barrow Boys and was, as someone mentioned, a well-known ticket tout. My grandad came into town one afternoon and popped in to the cafe and him and Louie recognised each other as they'd been pals at school.
Other shops that were part of the Corn Exchange that I remember were Harry Hall cycles, Brighams (the mountain sports shop) and the Lost Property Shop which sold suitcases and umbrellas.
Found this picture of it back in the '60's with that British Road Services building and the Hertz office.
jitsubluedan
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I remember when "Legends" opened - used to go Thursday nights and they'd give you a ticket for a free drink when you were leaving so you'd come back again to use it. Soon changed to "£1 off a drink" - must have cost them a fortune with all the free double vodka's, whiskey's etc!
It's now Fifth Avenue or something.
Graduated to The Cypress Tavern which was over the road - still miss that place. Virtually lived there through the latter part of the eighties.
It's now Fifth Avenue or something.
Graduated to The Cypress Tavern which was over the road - still miss that place. Virtually lived there through the latter part of the eighties.
I will let you girlies into a little secret, us boys could see into your changing rooms in Chelsea GirlBlueBearBoots said:
Its not me being a perv or anything it was just a well known fact amongst us Manchester lads at the time, the girl i was going out with at the time wouldn't try anything on in there as i told her!
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blue underpants said:
Haha never knew that!!
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Now; do you mean clothes, or ''something else''? Oh, and pics would be a bonus!blue underpants said: