Here’s another great 1960′s photo of West Kirby – recognise the view? It’s the row of shops opposite the train station. At the time the photo was taken new drains were being installed, helped along with high pressure water to push the pipes along.
Look at that newsagents sign promoting Benson & Hedges – I think I’m correct in saying that that sort of promotion is illegal now?
What can you tell me about any of these shops …please feel free to leave a comment.
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I have been (belatedly) browsing the West Kirby web-site and came across the photo of Grange Road shops. The one on the left was the newspaper/tobacconists founded by my grandfather, Alfred Harry Absalom (1878-1946) – you can see the ending of the name in the photo. My grandad established the shop (having previously managed the Mackie and Gladstone branch nearby) in about 1912, naming the whole building (which he owned) Havana House. The fishmongers next door, to the right, was, in the 1940/50′s (when I remember it) Harley and Millers fishmongers (Paynes in the photo)
Hello Peter
Thanks for commenting and sharing your family history!
Always nice to hear from people with an attachment to the local area.
Kind regards
John
My brother Alan (Venables) came home full of the news that he had been in Absolom’s when Paul McCartney and his then girlfriend, Jane Asher, had come in to buy something. This must have been about 1965/6 when Paul was living in Caldy. Al was probably about 15 and totally awestruck.