Post by gd on Sept 23, 2011 17:55:29 GMT
Shops On Guide Lane Around 1930-32
Reminiscences of Guide Lane Audenshaw by Marion Davidson (Hilton).
Marion was born on 7 May 1920 and lived on Bye Street Audenshaw for the next twenty odd years. She moved to Denton around 1944, and she died 22 August 2001.
Going towards Ashton from Shepley Brow, the shops etc as she remembers them were:
On the corner of Shepley Brow and Guide Lane a Butchers.
After the Methodist Chapel was:
Bon Marche a (Clothes Shop).
A Clothes Shop, Miss Buckton.
An undertaker.
The Corn Shop (pet shop).
The Mechanics Arms
A Barbers Shop, Mr Plymouth.
A Clothes Shop, Emmie Crosswaite
A Grocers Shop, Nellie Knowls.
A Green Grocers, Crosswaites (Emmie Croswaites parents).
A Clothes Shop, Buckleys (my grandmother Ethel Hilton was the cleaner there)
A Bicycle Shop (my grandmother was cleaner there and my mother Marion Hilton's first bicycle was bought from there around 1930).
A Fish & Chip Shop, Fullers.
A Sweet Shop, Finneys.
A Newsagents, Ashworths.
A Garage. On the corner of Bye Street.
An Undertakers, Arnold Pike. On the opposite corner of Bye Street
95 Guide Lane, Doctor Stewarts Surgery. Dr Stewart had lived there with his family but when he moved out he carried on renting the front parlour as a surgery. The practice was later taken over by Doctor’s Galvin and Gibson. During this period my great grandfather William Henry Hilton lived there with his wife Eliza and children John William and Harold. When William Henry died, Eliza was remarried to Levi Winterbottom. During the First World War, her two sons went to war with the Seaforth Highlanders in Mesopotamia. John William came back but Harold was unfortunately killed in action. Later my auntie Beaty (Beatrice) moved into 95 Guide Lane with her husband Alfred Edward Williamson, they had one son Stephen and lived there until the area was redeveloped. I used to visit regularly during the sixties.
Next was a house occupied by Lillie Rowland, this later became a Fish & Chip Shop.
A Sweet Shop, Newton’s.
A Hairdresser, Millie Rowbotham. This was on the corner of Provident Street.
On the opposite side of Provident Street, was a Factory.
A House occupied by Nellie Jacques.
A Tobacconist, Mellors.
The Lamp Oil Shop (hardware)
A Grocers, Bardsley’s.
A Plumbers, Mees.
A Butchers Shop, Joe Wilde
Then all houses up to a Milliner’s Shop.
A Sweet Shop.
A Confectioners.
A Factory, Arnfields.
A Coal Merchants, Mellors (Alfred Williamson’s father Ernie worked there).
On the other side of Guide Lane:
The Labour Club.
An Off Licence.
A Post Office, opposite Bye Street.
A Pawnbroker’s, Rafe Johnson.
Then further up towards Ashton:
Knowles Grocers Shop, where my mother was born. On the corner of Poplar Street.
A row of houses.
A Clothes Shop, Annie Knowles.
On the corner of Groby Road was a Butchers Shop.
Reminiscences of Guide Lane Audenshaw by Marion Davidson (Hilton).
Marion was born on 7 May 1920 and lived on Bye Street Audenshaw for the next twenty odd years. She moved to Denton around 1944, and she died 22 August 2001.
Going towards Ashton from Shepley Brow, the shops etc as she remembers them were:
On the corner of Shepley Brow and Guide Lane a Butchers.
After the Methodist Chapel was:
Bon Marche a (Clothes Shop).
A Clothes Shop, Miss Buckton.
An undertaker.
The Corn Shop (pet shop).
The Mechanics Arms
A Barbers Shop, Mr Plymouth.
A Clothes Shop, Emmie Crosswaite
A Grocers Shop, Nellie Knowls.
A Green Grocers, Crosswaites (Emmie Croswaites parents).
A Clothes Shop, Buckleys (my grandmother Ethel Hilton was the cleaner there)
A Bicycle Shop (my grandmother was cleaner there and my mother Marion Hilton's first bicycle was bought from there around 1930).
A Fish & Chip Shop, Fullers.
A Sweet Shop, Finneys.
A Newsagents, Ashworths.
A Garage. On the corner of Bye Street.
An Undertakers, Arnold Pike. On the opposite corner of Bye Street
95 Guide Lane, Doctor Stewarts Surgery. Dr Stewart had lived there with his family but when he moved out he carried on renting the front parlour as a surgery. The practice was later taken over by Doctor’s Galvin and Gibson. During this period my great grandfather William Henry Hilton lived there with his wife Eliza and children John William and Harold. When William Henry died, Eliza was remarried to Levi Winterbottom. During the First World War, her two sons went to war with the Seaforth Highlanders in Mesopotamia. John William came back but Harold was unfortunately killed in action. Later my auntie Beaty (Beatrice) moved into 95 Guide Lane with her husband Alfred Edward Williamson, they had one son Stephen and lived there until the area was redeveloped. I used to visit regularly during the sixties.
Next was a house occupied by Lillie Rowland, this later became a Fish & Chip Shop.
A Sweet Shop, Newton’s.
A Hairdresser, Millie Rowbotham. This was on the corner of Provident Street.
On the opposite side of Provident Street, was a Factory.
A House occupied by Nellie Jacques.
A Tobacconist, Mellors.
The Lamp Oil Shop (hardware)
A Grocers, Bardsley’s.
A Plumbers, Mees.
A Butchers Shop, Joe Wilde
Then all houses up to a Milliner’s Shop.
A Sweet Shop.
A Confectioners.
A Factory, Arnfields.
A Coal Merchants, Mellors (Alfred Williamson’s father Ernie worked there).
On the other side of Guide Lane:
The Labour Club.
An Off Licence.
A Post Office, opposite Bye Street.
A Pawnbroker’s, Rafe Johnson.
Then further up towards Ashton:
Knowles Grocers Shop, where my mother was born. On the corner of Poplar Street.
A row of houses.
A Clothes Shop, Annie Knowles.
On the corner of Groby Road was a Butchers Shop.