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Topic : There is no 40-42 Kirkgate |
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| craigh |
Ive lived in 48 kirkgate for years and have always wondered where 40-42 are.Theres just a cut and nothing. Ive been trying to look on old photos and plans of the town to see if there was another building at some point. Any Ideas? |
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| dogcatcher |
which side are even numbers if its the beck side there used to be a couple of shops/flats where the seats are opposite the pet shop one of which was robs taxi office years ago. |
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| hermione fraggle |
It is the same on Keighley Road, none of the numbers run in any kind of sequential order. It is quite fun watching delivery drivers trying to make sense of it. |
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| Cobydaler |
" There used to be a couple of shops/flats where the seats are opposite the pet shop " Tomy Lewis the barbers (?) A place all young boys dreaded . No matter what style you asked for in turned out short back and sides |
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| robin |
From my memory Tom Lewis' was one of the two shops that became Foster & Riley, later Neil Albone turned them into bonapartes. Opposite the Lion were Coopers shoe repairs. Ramsbottoms had a branch there for some time, I believe there were three shops,one of the many attemps to open a cafe failed there also. |
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| lenny |
Robin you are quite right regarding the location of Tom Lowis(correct spelling) barbers shop.ii can remember as a lad in the fifties there was 3 barbers shops in Silsden as well as Tom Lowis there was John Lythe in Bradley Rd.(John Lythe the man with the scythe)and the one I went to Arthur Wades on Clog Bridge.The former John Lythe shop now under a new namei is featured in John Liddles excellent web site "Silsden a Living History" .Do any old uns remember the Berylmonte cafe next to Tom Lowis,s shop? I had forgot all about until I saw it on a photograph on Johns site .It was opposite the "Milk Bar"Do check Johns site out. Some great photos of Silsden now and then. |
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| gazzer |
I remember a barbers and greengrocers by the fire station opposite the church, now the Memorial Gardens(unless Mallinson has sold it). Perhaps the missing numbers could have been "back to back" houses? |
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| robin |
Lenny, thanks for the spelling, Tom was always known as Lowis, I couldn't remember whether this was correct or just Silsden speak. The two shops next to the firestation were Arthur Bailey painter and decorator and Gibson's greengrocer, (Burr Sugden had their offices above)Gibsons then moved next to the newsagent taking over from the Tailors, Arthur Bailey's became Arthur Wade's when he returned to Silsden, Jeff Walbank took over from him. |
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| skippy |
gazzer when we were young the greengrocers was owned by fred bolsh as i remember  wasnt the door on the corner of the shop? |
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| lenny |
Robin. Very interesting reply regarding old shops.Yoo mention Gibsons the green grocers moving next to the newsagents taking over the tailors..Interestingly the tailors was owned by my uncle Willy Dixon and next to his shop was a sweet shop run by my cousin his daughter Jean Dixon. Who I believe later became Jean Haigh.her shop was next to the "Milk Bar" a place I frequented in my youth. Does anyone know when the Milk Bar closed and what it became afterwards? |
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| gazzer |
quotegazzer when we were young the greengrocers was owned by fred bolsh as i remember wasnt the door on the corner of the shop?It was with the barbers between that and the fire station. My mum and dad lived at 88 Kirgate, now Cut Italia before it became The Water Board office. It used to flood the cellar when it rained. |
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| robin |
Lenny, I can't remember quite when the Milk Bar closed, or how long it was empty, it did become a Laundrette and dry cleaners, some time in the 60's. The sweet shop you mentioned became the liberal rooms after their club in Shed Side closed. Next door was Moorshouses Jewelers. The site of the Milk Bar is now a Take away Chinese I think. |
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| Peter |
40-42 Kirkgate  |
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| gazzer |
Looks like on that photo the "Lipton" sign is Nadines shop. The Wine Bar is 46-48 Kirkgate and Hair Design Centre so it doesnt really answer the question. The now demolished shops would be numbered 50+. |
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| Peter |
Another view of Kirkgate but with a view of the Milk Bar and a few more gone, but not forgotten, shops.  Please click on the link below for a detailed image (please be patient while it loads, it will take a while) www.silsden.net/forum/forumpics/40-42_Kirkgate.pdf |
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| lenny |
Robin. Thanks for your reply you are mentioning shops I had completely forgotten about. Any thoughts on the"Berylmonte" cafe opposite the milk bar? I place I remember going with my Mum and Dad as a young boy in the 1950s .It had an upstairs and downstairs. Peter thanks for posting pictures on the subject. And congratulations on your excellent site .Much appreciated by an exiled "Cobbydaler" living in the Midlands. |
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| robin |
Gazza, the Liptons sign is outside what was or would be Saviles Bakers, later Oscar and Celia Wilkin, Edith Savile continued to serve in the shop after her father sold it. Nadines is what was in my childhood a Dry cleaners run by a lady called June, (surname escapes for moment)on the other side was Varley's chiropdodist. Lenny I have no recolection of Berylmonte's cafe, when do you think it would close? |
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| gazzer |
this post has been edited 1 time(s) List of adverts in the November 1969 Silsden Parish News; Maurice Lee, Greengrocers, 8 Skipton Rd G.E. Hanson Ltd Electrical & TV Engineers,Briggate J&D Myers, Fruit & Veg,37 Kirkgate J&E Brunton,High Class Groceries Aire View(Stores) R.T. Hutchinson, Chemist, 53 Kirkgate Conways, Groceries, 49 Bolton Rd Jacksons Motor Services, New Close Garage including Budget rent a car Ernest Hoare, China & Glass, 86 Kirkgate Dyers, Televisons, 7Briggate Thomas Clarkson, Joiner & Undertaker G. C. & S. Bell, Groceries(no address) H Cooper,Footwear, 63 Kirkgate O&C Wilkins, Baker & Confrectioner,50a Kirkgate Leek &Westbourne Buiding Society(incorporating Silsden Building Society),70/72 Kirkgate. H.J. Glover Chemist, 76 Kirkgate Arthur Brook & Son, Groceries,7-9 Kirkgate Im guessing something went wrong with the Brook's advert |
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| robin |
Gazza. No nothing wrong with Brook's advert, the current builing previously Brux and more distanly Arthur Brooks, housed two shops, one being Grocery, I remember it as Spencer's but Arthur Brook. owned them both with a connecting door between. |
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| gazzer |
quoteGazza. No nothing wrong with Brook's advert, the current builing previously Brux and more distanly Arthur Brooks, housed two shops, one being Grocery, I remember it as Spencer's but Arthur Brook. owned them both with a connecting door between. I would have been 6 but cant remember..its says they did hot meat pies and pasties. All the pie makers in Silsden seem to have closed down now or buy them in.Occasionaly I sell homemade pies during Silsden AFC home games but dont have the time very often. |
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| gazzer |
From 1982 M Dodd & Son had taken over Maurice Lee's Silsden DIY, 1 Clog Bridge Busfields of Briggate, Greengrocers J&B Smithies, Butchers, 73 Tufton Street Travelray, Travel agents, 84 Kirkgate Cobbydale Hair Care 20 Kirkgate Amulet, Crafts, 52 Kirkgate Hills Bakery. 29 Kirkgate B Wade Confectioner, 65 Kirkgate HF Spencer, Electrician, The Workshop, Back Kirgate for plumbing And tiling requistes Fox's Off Licence, 1 Bolton Road Pennine TV 48 Kirkgate Holgates, Deli, 55 Kirkgate Ace Frozen Food, 54 Kirkgate Andrews, Greengrocer & Flowers, 37 Kirkgate Phil Hyde, Greengrocer,pets & fishing tackle, 41 Kirkgate Douglas D McLean, Insurance, 12 Briggate Thomas Clarkson,Undertakers, The Green Dual Discounts, 50 Kirkgate Pauls DIY, 20 Briggate Hair Studio, 16 Briggate Maureens, ladies hairdressers,56 Kirkgate Guys Mens Hairdressers, 46 Kirkgate JA &SA Twigg, 39 Kirkgate Arthur Brook, Mens outfitters, 11 Kirkgate Rhona's, Baby & childrensware,17 Briggate R Dewhirst, Newsagents,71 Kirkgate David Emmott, Butcher,15 Briggate Norman Eastwood, decorator, 13 Haythorns Ave H Sugden &sons, Painter & decorator, 44 Browfield Terr W E Odell, Plumber, 11 Craven Dr Jacksons of Silsden Brittania Building Society(incorporating Leek & Westbourne),70/72 Kirkgate Whitlock & Craven, Funeral directors, Clog Bridge Thomas Clarkson,Joiners & plumbers,The Green G E Hanson TV Engineers,Briggate & Skipton Rd Longbottom & Green,Petrol & MOT, Bolton Rd Knowles Estate Agents, 3 Briggate |
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| lenny |
Robin. I would say the "Berylmonte" cafe closed in the early to mid 1950s .Lakeland dry cleaners took its place. Do any old Silsdeners remember the cafe? |
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| robin |
Lenny, If you look at the PDF picture you can see that Berylmonte is to the right of the barbers, the dry cleaners I remember was next door left, between Saviles and Tom's. I was only 3y.o. mid fifties so that is why I don't remember the cafe. Tom Lowis's sister is a near neighbour I will ask her, who took over the cafe. |
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| gazzer |
If anyone is doing a family tree and has something like "findmypast" it would be possible to look at the 1911 census which would show if there was a 40 or 42 |
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