Friday, August 04, 2006

G-pans Memories


No: 362
Dower House (now partly demolished)

5 comments:

WeeGC said...

Look's like Johnny's has chinged name ti Tam Stewart's.

Carrier said...

Sumhing thit's been buggin me. Whit wur the name's i aw the shoaps it Dower Hoose? Esp - whit wis the Chinese Restaurant wi nae doos called again?

WeeGC said...

Cat and Dug! Wis there no a sport shop in it at some point? Bunty used ti work in the fruit and veg shop. Definately a bookies because ma mither wis never awa fir pittin oan ma faithers lines oan.

Carrier said...

Barratt's the Bookies

Yan said...

The fish shoap n fruit n veg shoap(aw in yin) wis owned bi ma great auntie betty. Then thur wis the sport shoap,that's whaur a goat ma Ajax toap. Roond the coarnir wis the auld ost oaffice n twa along fi that thur wis the launderette. Mind ye youst ti be able ti git a cuo i hoat choacalit wi a sixpence,even efter decimalisation. Fur younger BOOB readers a sixpence wis half a shillin,twa n a half pence. Feck, ahm showin ma age! Thur wis deffo a bookies cause ma faithers coupins came up in that yin. Oaf ti palm nova fur us that year. That wis when they hud a whip roond fur the pilot,honestly,ye coodny make it up