Long lost shops of Bolton

Was gregory and porrits on great moor street?  I had a flat opposite there years ago

Still non the wiser?

It was Great Moor Street.

boltonbonce wrote:It was Great Moor Street.

Thank you.  Thought so.  I think i probably only went in there once.

Bought a big pot elephant from there once,and managed to hump the bloody thing home on the bus.
When we got to our front door I gave it to my brother to hold while I fumbled for my key,and he dropped the bastard. Smashed to bits.
I got my own back by bending his picture of Wyn Davies in half. (He got it free with Typhoo Tea).

Cantors Furniture store arcade near Newport street
Boardmans another small furniture shop was near a pet shop ?

And the first job i had on leaving school was at King Kong sales on Manchester road sold all sorts of stuff but i enjoyed my short stay.

Masons Leisure on Chorley New Road was great. Used to go there once or twice a month for an Atari ST game.

Barb Dwyer wrote:Masons Leisure on Chorley New Road was great. Used to go there once or twice a month for an Atari ST game.

Was it Computer World that was on Chorley Old Road?

karlypants wrote:

Barb Dwyer wrote:Masons Leisure on Chorley New Road was great. Used to go there once or twice a month for an Atari ST game.

Was it Computer World that was on Chorley Old Road?

I meant Chorley Old Round. ComputerWorld was next to Masons Leisure. Computerworld was more like PC world, Masons Leisure was a gamers paradise.

Barb Dwyer wrote:

karlypants wrote:

Barb Dwyer wrote:Masons Leisure on Chorley New Road was great. Used to go there once or twice a month for an Atari ST game.

Was it Computer World that was on Chorley Old Road?

I meant Chorley Old Round. ComputerWorld was next to Masons Leisure. Computerworld was more like PC world, Masons Leisure was a gamers paradise.

I don't think I ever went in Masons Leisure but was always in Computer World.

I remember my mum buying the Monopoly game for the Amiga 600 we still have and it was £34.99 for the games then.

Masons leisure is where all the cool people went.

Button bashers on st Helens Road was always good for retro gaming stuff m loved it in there

Did there used to be a pet shop in bolton town centre (not pets at home) have a vague recollection of one but can't place it.

I think so  i have a vague recollection of us giving some pups to it to sell when i was about 8 i think

y2johnny wrote:

boltonbonce wrote:It was Great Moor Street.

Thank you.  Thought so.  I think i probably only went in there once.

Yes, it was Great Moor Street.

I went to Bolton County Grammar,  that was directly opposite it.

The first job at school was to get over the road to buy a padlock from there to put on your desk.

They must have done well from the pupils in the school

Cajunboy wrote:

y2johnny wrote:

boltonbonce wrote:It was Great Moor Street.

Thank you.  Thought so.  I think i probably only went in there once.

Yes, it was Great Moor Street.

I went to Bolton County Grammar,  that was directly opposite it.

The first job at school was to get over the road to buy a padlock from there to put on your desk.

They must have done well from the pupils in the school

That grammer school is where i lived.  They turned it into apartments

Barb Dwyer wrote:Did there used to be a pet shop in bolton town centre (not pets at home) have a vague recollection of one but can't place it.

Yes, it was in the area behind were the Olympus Fish and Chip restaurant is now.

I could be wrong but I think it was called something like MITTENS.

I haven't made that up, someone might be able to correct me on that.

Yes it was Mittens.

But as I recall it was at the end of Newport Street opposite where the entrance to the train station is now.

y2johnny wrote:

Cajunboy wrote:

y2johnny wrote:

boltonbonce wrote:It was Great Moor Street.

Thank you.  Thought so.  I think i probably only went in there once.

Yes, it was Great Moor Street.

I went to Bolton County Grammar,  that was directly opposite it.

The first job at school was to get over the road to buy a padlock from there to put on your desk.

They must have done well from the pupils in the school

That grammer school is where i lived.  They turned it into apartments

Thanks, that's really interesting. 

It was a great place for a school back in the 60's.

Bolton was really buzzing then, it had a real heart to it.

Those were the days.

What were the apartments like?