Long lost shops of Bolton

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?

Breadman wrote: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.

I'm a bit older than you,  perhaps it moved, but thanks for confirming the name.

I've just had a stiff gin and tonic and it has cleared my head.

When I knew it back in the 60's it was in a back street behind Aults Mens Outfitters.

Just looked on google, Aults is still there, amazing.

Cajunboy wrote:

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.

MITTENS was the one I was thinking of, I knew I would know it when someone mention it. Thanks.

I've just asked my mum where we got our hamster from when I was a nipper and it was Mittens.

Apparently at the time we got ours, there was a bit of a supply problem and they all kept dying.

We had 1 replaced and then after this one died, we didn't bother again.

karlypants wrote:I've just asked my mum where we got our hamster from when I was a nipper and it was Mittens.

Apparently at the time we got ours, there was a bit of a supply problem and they all kept dying.

We had 1 replaced and then after this one died, we didn't bother again.

Did you feed it?

Roy Castle gave me his three to look after once,but they soon pissed me off.

karlypants wrote:I've just asked my mum where we got our hamster from when I was a nipper and it was Mittens.

Apparently at the time we got ours, there was a bit of a supply problem and they all kept dying.

Were you shoving them up your bum?

Cajunboy wrote:

karlypants wrote:I've just asked my mum where we got our hamster from when I was a nipper and it was Mittens.

Apparently at the time we got ours, there was a bit of a supply problem and they all kept dying.

We had 1 replaced and then after this one died, we didn't bother again.

Did you feed it?

Of course.

Natasha Whittam wrote:

karlypants wrote:I've just asked my mum where we got our hamster from when I was a nipper and it was Mittens.

Apparently at the time we got ours, there was a bit of a supply problem and they all kept dying.

Were you shoving them up your bum?

No, I only shove certain things up my bum and Hamsters are not one of them.

karlypants wrote:
No, I only shove certain things up my bum and Hamsters are not one of them.

You don't help yourself.