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  1. Hi again all. with so many refs to the Broadmarsh shopping centre in this post, I thought you may want to see this recent photo that I've obtained. I will be adding this to my website www.macfisheries.co.uk
  2. We had a similar shop in Reigate when I was a kid, it was called Gramophile, the sort of shop where you could go in and ask an assistant (who resembled a bit part from the Adams family) if they had, or knew a song by......and you could badly sing it to them and unless you were rubbish at singing (like my wife who could sing the national athem and get it mistaken for Mull of Kintyre) Uncle Fester would more often than not identify it. I even remember my sister (the only one who had the nerve to do it) record a song in a booth and it was recorded to a 7" vinel. I wonder if she still has that so
  3. What was 'Selecta Disc' all about, Was it just a record sale store ??
  4. Not 100% sure but I think that van maybe a Fiat..very rare today
  5. Here's the other pics I promised A close up of that bridge in the pic above. It states OSCROFTS, Vauxhall cars, Bedford trucks and Castle Boulvard. Next two pics are roughly at the same bus stop.
  6. Hi Cliff Ton, Do you have that first picture in a clearer format or is it one that I can find somewhere?
  7. Yes, Boxhill, Abinger etc, on my doorstep, it is a lovely area to live but boy do you pay for it, you can't buy a garden shed for under £500,000 in the Byfleet, Weybridge, Esher area. Good job I live in a dog kennel......LOL
  8. Hi Katy (?) First of all can I just say forget my last post, having just Google street mapped the area using Hanson and the Tyre centre as a referance, I see that the position of the shops in my photo is now occupied by the Broad Marsh shopping centre. I grew up in Reigate, but now live in a small village called Newdigate, just south of Dorking. The Mac Fisheries connection is so random to my life. Macs ceased trading in 1980 (sold to the International Stores Group) My sole interest is/was my Morris Z van but if you have a quick look at my web-site www.macfisheries.co.uk you will see that ov
  9. Well thank you all for this info, so what you are all saying is this branch of Mac Fisheries was in CARRINGTON STREET and that these buildings still exist today. Any idea of the street number for Macs?? I aggree with some of you that these busy old photos of your local area really have a feel to them. I have a couple more 50s Bus photos which I think are from your area, just for your own interest I will scan them and add them here later. Some lovely old buildings in the background.
  10. Hi All. Can any of you locals shed some light as to where this photograph was taken. I was lead to believe it was a West Bridgford bus but there is no indication as to its exact location. I must admit that studying Google street views bought me to almost believe I had pin pointed it to the Old Market Square in Nottingham, but further scrutiny rules that out. I am aware that Mac Fisheries / Mac Markets had the shop on South Parade, which is now the RBS. This is not the branch shown in the photo. Hopefully with those bus street names and with linking this late 50s photo to someones local kno