tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5613585301584630832.post2210250068665831611..comments2024-03-28T16:19:56.009+00:00Comments on North Stoke: remembering - Beattiesthelmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00934860502828923562noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5613585301584630832.post-33806083537901240102018-09-12T12:30:10.324+01:002018-09-12T12:30:10.324+01:00Such a long time ago Tabor...Such a long time ago Tabor...thelmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00934860502828923562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5613585301584630832.post-63521067404678745762018-09-11T19:41:36.230+01:002018-09-11T19:41:36.230+01:00Nostalgic. Gone also is service. If you ask wher...Nostalgic. Gone also is service. If you ask where something is, they point!Taborhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15257045780724471840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5613585301584630832.post-36122429583747587672018-09-11T06:50:31.322+01:002018-09-11T06:50:31.322+01:00Sadly yes, a great box from Lakeland came yesterda...Sadly yes, a great box from Lakeland came yesterday, I had been ordering Kilner jars and jam pots. Everything came not in plastic but reams of brown paper, Lucy joined in the unpacking with great glee ;)thelmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00934860502828923562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5613585301584630832.post-61744825680935225782018-09-11T06:48:32.109+01:002018-09-11T06:48:32.109+01:00I remember having tea and toast at an old black an...I remember having tea and toast at an old black and white timbered restaurant in the square, is that right? Also remember the trolley-buses spitting sparks, stopping and starting and terrible pea-soupers in this town of the 'Black Country'!thelmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00934860502828923562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5613585301584630832.post-18894008899984378442018-09-11T06:45:34.768+01:002018-09-11T06:45:34.768+01:00Silver Dollar was a Welsh pony, a plump little cre...Silver Dollar was a Welsh pony, a plump little creature, but I think the blacksmith must have released her back leg too quickly and she gave me an injury for life. These enormous buildings such as Beatties often get turned into flats, etc as the shops slowly disappear from the high street.thelmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00934860502828923562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5613585301584630832.post-34856049393219416162018-09-10T21:12:07.055+01:002018-09-10T21:12:07.055+01:00Most of our old department stores are falling on h...Most of our old department stores are falling on hard times. On-line shopping and specialty shops are what people want today. It is sad to see them go, but change is inevitable. Starting Over, Accepting Changes - Maybehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06032033918798053005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5613585301584630832.post-42450943086769903912018-09-10T19:31:24.209+01:002018-09-10T19:31:24.209+01:00Beatties brought back happy memories Thelma - alwa...Beatties brought back happy memories Thelma - always bought my perfume there (Je Reviens) and in my teaching days my Deputy and I always had afternoon tea in their cafe on Fridays after school. I wonder what will happen to the store when it closes - it takes up such a large space on the corner doesn't it?The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5613585301584630832.post-54487215863083228442018-09-10T18:05:16.067+01:002018-09-10T18:05:16.067+01:00Nice memories and I like the buildings, the art mu...Nice memories and I like the buildings, the art museum is very stately. That must have been fun to have a pony (except for that kick), I dreamed of having a pony and I rode horses at a riding stable.Terra https://www.blogger.com/profile/04396481049075747940noreply@blogger.com