merlin7

I remember right at the top of Egypt Road was Blanchards the bakers, we called it the bakehouse, you could but your bread straight from there, they also sold bags of broken biscuits. Further up the road was a butchers and a greengrocers, on the corner with Durnford Street was a chip shop run by Mr and Mrs green, they had a daughter called Linda, she was one of my friends, used to go there on thursday nights to watch the telly, Liberace and superman and a plate of chips, lovely memories. Going on down Egypt Road there was a grocer cum off licence and opposite here was a cobblers, which was just