i remember at christmas time how every year they used to do christmas window display, i remember staring at it for ages thinking how lovely it was, they would put black insulating tape on the windows to make it look like georgian windows, they would use pink strip lighting to soften the lighting and use large branches painted white to look like a christmas tree and hang chocolate decorations from the branches and cheap plastic toys that they used to sell, then they would place boxes of chocs under the tree, does any one ever remember this.

Tom and Doris Dykin,sadly Doris died, but I bump into Tom frequently.
He is a nice man and ran a wonderful shop.

i remember how organized the shop was and those lovely old antique fixtures they had, then the new owners came in and ripped the lot out and ruined it never the same since

Originally Posted by ex more

Tom and Doris Dykin,sadly Doris died, but I bump into Tom frequently.
He is a nice man and ran a wonderful shop.

I am sorry to let you know, but Tom Dykins has also died, during the last 18 months or so . Doris and Tom were really lovely people who played a great part in my teenage years. If you remember they had two lovely daughters Libby(Elizabeth) and Janet. When I was at the High School I went around with Libby quite a great deal. We went to the dances at the Palace Hotel on a Saturday evening meeting up with other pals from school, yes that includes dear Myrtle (poster on here). The Pool was another favourite meeting place, we also knew guys that played football at Hesketh Casuals, inc Peter Rimmer, Ian Whiteside, John Kitchen etc. I went with Libby and her parents to a wonderful Freemasons Ball in Liverpool, we felt almost like "debutantes" there I can tell you.Her sister now lives in Australia and I have not seen her for years, I remember Libby and I taking Janet to see th Beatles at the Empire in Liverpool. I still have contact with Libby and as I am sure any High School contemporary of mine also does, every five years or so, when she arranges our School Reunion . The newsagents was indeed very well run under the Dykins, a tribute to Libbys' parents indeed

Originally Posted by flamingo

I am sorry to let you know, but Tom Dykins has also died, during the last 18 months or so . Doris and Tom were really lovely people who played a great part in my teenage years. If you remember they had two lovely daughters Libby(Elizabeth) and Janet. When I was at the High School I went around with Libby quite a great deal. We went to the dances at the Palace Hotel on a Saturday evening meeting up with other pals from school, yes that includes dear Myrtle (poster on here). The Pool was another favourite meeting place, we also knew guys that played football at Hesketh Casuals, inc Peter Rimmer, Ian Whiteside, John Kitchen etc. I went with Libby and her parents to a wonderful Freemasons Ball in Liverpool, we felt almost like "debutantes" there I can tell you.Her sister now lives in Australia and I have not seen her for years, I remember Libby and I taking Janet to see th Beatles at the Empire in Liverpool. I still have contact with Libby and as I am sure any High School contemporary of mine also does, every five years or so, when she arranges our School Reunion . The newsagents was indeed very well run under the Dykins, a tribute to Libbys' parents indeed

Now that is sad news.
A Lovely man .
What a loss. But you know he did miss Doris.. at last together again

cant believe it he was part of my child hood, dykin always trusted me in his shop with sweets, i remember cud look round his shop and he would never watch me for stealing like he did with lots of kids, he trusted me and so he should of as i was always honest and he new it, he new how to run a business, never forget him him he ran a superb newsagents

And ian whiteside and jack kitchen where all friends played at casuals with them also jimmie bell and parkie local copper,any info on there wereabouts much appreceiated,regards mike barnes

Originally Posted by flamingo

I am sorry to let you know, but Tom Dykins has also died, during the last 18 months or so . Doris and Tom were really lovely people who played a great part in my teenage years. If you remember they had two lovely daughters Libby(Elizabeth) and Janet. When I was at the High School I went around with Libby quite a great deal. We went to the dances at the Palace Hotel on a Saturday evening meeting up with other pals from school, yes that includes dear Myrtle (poster on here). The Pool was another favourite meeting place, we also knew guys that played football at Hesketh Casuals, inc Peter Rimmer, Ian Whiteside, John Kitchen etc. I went with Libby and her parents to a wonderful Freemasons Ball in Liverpool, we felt almost like "debutantes" there I can tell you.Her sister now lives in Australia and I have not seen her for years, I remember Libby and I taking Janet to see th Beatles at the Empire in Liverpool. I still have contact with Libby and as I am sure any High School contemporary of mine also does, every five years or so, when she arranges our School Reunion . The newsagents was indeed very well run under the Dykins, a tribute to Libbys' parents indeed