Originally Posted by Kopite77

if you look cleary on the side of 121 Upper Aughton Road(Corner of Elm), you can still see the shop signage in the brickwork.

yes that was a shop, i used to live in upper aughton rd,
and the chinese laundry has that gone they did shirts proper there starched collars and that ,
not many shops their now though was great at time use to go chippy opps blundell for a bag of crunch it was 5p and 20 seconds walk,,

Originally Posted by one arm bandit

There was also a TV repair shop along there, before my time but it was my Great Aunte and Uncles shop. Not sure exactly but I would think it shut in the 70's though I may be wrong could have been earlier.

Your right, it was next door to the Off Licence by the Crossing.. Hmm was it called "Roberts"... Considering I lived in that area for about 14 years, I really should have a much better recollection of the area..

Remember Horans the tailors? Would that be nearly opposite the Upsteps?

i think Makins the barbers was opposite the uppy too.

In the early/mid 70s I went to school with a boy who's parents owned the news agents before the crossing. Every couple of weeks or so, both his Mother and Father would have to spend the evening at some convention or similar. I would wait for that phone call giving the all clear single and the off I when. Both him and me would then spend the entire evening raiding the top shelf mags'! What joys to behold. Carefully tumbing through the pages and then skillfully putting them back so nobody including the customers would notice. I dare say that a couple of the pages could well have been stuck together but we firgured that the punters wouldn't be brave enough to bring it back and complain.

This wasn't my first encounters with the pleasures of the Center Fold. You'll have to tune into the Lollipop lady thread to gen' up on that.

i seem to remember a pop factory on the corner of Elm rd & upper Aughton rd, i think it may have been called Webbs.

ken see above
from 1909

Originally Posted by knight templar

ken see above
from 1909

yep KT i missed that one, serves me right for skipping through the posts.

Originally Posted by TheTrout

Your right, it was next door to the Off Licence by the Crossing.. Hmm was it called "Roberts"... Considering I lived in that area for about 14 years, I really should have a much better recollection of the area..

It was "D. Berry's"

Roberts Radio Service (?) was at Duke St crossing wasn't it?

Originally Posted by TheTrout

Your right, it was next door to the Off Licence by the Crossing.. Hmm was it called "Roberts"... Considering I lived in that area for about 14 years, I really should have a much better recollection of the area..

No it was further down, number 61 my Mum thinks. No longer a shop.

Originally Posted by Ken B

i seem to remember a pop factory on the corner of Elm rd & upper Aughton rd, i think it may have been called Webbs.

My Granddad was a delivery driver for Webbs.

There was also a couple of shops on the other side of Upper aughton Road between Eastbourne Road and Compton Wreck, I remember there being a sweet shop i think its on Matlock Road corner

also as part of this website there is a 360 photo feature which features Upper Aughton Road and other parts of Southport - some really good pics by Roving Eye

What Software is used to make this type of image

There used to be a chip shop on the corner of Matlock Avenue (you could take your basin and have it filled for sixpence) and an off-licence across the road with a separate area for buying booze. Perhaps the shop itself was sweets but I can't really remember.

At the other end of Matlock Road (No. 5) where Richard's shop now is, that was also a sweet shop and I recall getting sweets in two ounces in a little paper triangle. Coupons were still inforce, but not for long.

there was a little shop you could hardley get into it the stock was everywhere. sold everything from hotwater bottles to mirrors it was like an Aladdins cave in the 70s

Originally Posted by pgt

there was a little shop you could hardley get into it the stock was everywhere. sold everything from hotwater bottles to mirrors it was like an Aladdins cave in the 70s

It could have been Micks Bargain Shop........a little Jewish bloke
had the shop next door to what is now Rod Ainsworths the Architects.