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Author Topic: Things you don't see on Witton roundabout anymore  (Read 6466 times)

Offline recruitment-launderer

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Re: Things you don't see on Witton roundabout anymore
« Reply #15 on: January 05, 2020, 01:40:56 PM »
I remember a newsagent/general store run by I think an Indian guy who was an Elvis enthusiast. He had the most amazing hair. He had a sign in the store saying, "Do not ask for credit as this will lead to a blue suede shoe up the bum!"

Offline Damo70

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Re: Things you don't see on Witton roundabout anymore
« Reply #16 on: January 05, 2020, 06:07:54 PM »
Porno mags in the newsagents


Random pages from porno mags showing women with very hairy lady parts stuck onto tree branches in the local woods.

Maybe not on Witton roundabout but in the woods down the road from where I grew up.

Offline tony scott

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Re: Things you don't see on Witton roundabout anymore
« Reply #17 on: January 05, 2020, 06:33:12 PM »
I remember Newsagents oposite the Co-op always brought a programme there on match Day .

Offline sid1964

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Re: Things you don't see on Witton roundabout anymore
« Reply #18 on: January 06, 2020, 07:31:16 AM »
Damo, is that where that song comes from"if you go down to the woods tonight, your in for a big surprise"

There was nothing like that going on in the woods by me when I was a kid.

Offline Damo70

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Re: Things you don't see on Witton roundabout anymore
« Reply #19 on: January 06, 2020, 08:40:09 AM »
I remember Newsagents oposite the Co-op always brought a programme there on match Day .


I can remember my amazement at being able to buy the 1984 Everton v Watford FA Cup final programme on the day of the game from the 'Lucky Star Candy Bar' on the Robin Hood island.

Offline Oscar Arce

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Re: Things you don't see on Witton roundabout anymore
« Reply #20 on: January 06, 2020, 03:19:09 PM »
The Villa Special

Offline AlexAlexCropley

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Re: Things you don't see on Witton roundabout anymore
« Reply #21 on: January 06, 2020, 03:29:39 PM »
Pork butchers on the corner of Aston Lane /Witton Rd. Run by a German emigre.Big bruiser with ruddy cheeks and a flat top.Used to scare the beejeebies out of me.
Newsagent was Buckley's back in the day.Real heart of the area.Used to get all my comics including Mad,National Lampoon and all the latest DC.
Bike shop where I got my Raleigh Chipper from.
Wrights the bakers:always had a soup of the day from there.

Offline Des Little

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Re: Things you don't see on Witton roundabout anymore
« Reply #22 on: January 06, 2020, 09:23:28 PM »
Witton island sounds like it had more shops than the Bullring

Offline Damo70

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Re: Things you don't see on Witton roundabout anymore
« Reply #23 on: January 06, 2020, 11:37:45 PM »
Witton island sounds like it had more shops than the Bullring

It was in the good old days when corner shops sold washing machines, motorbikes, parachutes and eight track cartridge players.  ;)

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Re: Things you don't see on Witton roundabout anymore
« Reply #24 on: January 07, 2020, 09:14:21 AM »
Ronnies Roller Rink just off the island in Witton Road.

Offline AlexAlexCropley

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Re: Things you don't see on Witton roundabout anymore
« Reply #25 on: January 07, 2020, 04:48:17 PM »
Ronnies Roller Rink just off the island in Witton Road.
Prior to that a pool hall

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Re: Things you don't see on Witton roundabout anymore
« Reply #26 on: January 29, 2020, 08:38:17 AM »
Pork butchers on the corner of Aston Lane /Witton Rd. Run by a German emigre.Big bruiser with ruddy cheeks and a flat top.Used to scare the beejeebies out of me.
Newsagent was Buckley's back in the day.Real heart of the area.Used to get all my comics including Mad,National Lampoon and all the latest DC.
Bike shop where I got my Raleigh Chipper from.
Wrights the bakers:always had a soup of the day from there.

I remember the bike shop a bit further up, on the corner of Jardine Road. I got a Raleigh Olympus from there.

Offline ez

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Re: Things you don't see on Witton roundabout anymore
« Reply #27 on: February 02, 2020, 02:24:13 PM »
I always remember a shop called The Chocolate Box that was somewhere around there.

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Re: Things you don't see on Witton roundabout anymore
« Reply #28 on: February 06, 2020, 03:54:31 PM »
Jollys Electrics
Midland Bank
Lloyds Bank
Co-op
Aston Hotel pub
Vincent and Gavin hairdressers
The Witton Firm grafitti

We didn't start the fire.

A chip fan did on the football shaped cafe at the top of the Witton End

Offline in exile

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Re: Things you don't see on Witton roundabout anymore
« Reply #29 on: April 06, 2020, 09:34:29 AM »
This thread has made me smile and brought some happy memories, so thank you all

 


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