Guest 652- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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Paramore closed during the war years, re-opened around 1950, on the corner of the cross roads was the tailors now pulled down, and Andrews the newsagents, later becoming Patels, Shaws sweet shop, later known as Godsmarks, I lived on the Terrace near where the milkman delivered and opposite was Potters Garage, later becoming Elys, just past Paramore was Rands the greengrocers, then came Gladishes, Scrivens, and the Coops, up Wyndym Road you had the chip shop, and Bardens sweet shop at the Top, I cant remember the name of the lower sweet Shop, carrying on up South Road you had Moseling the bakers, used to go along the at 6-30 in the morning and get nice hot rolls, down in Elthelbert you had Stewarts the old shoe repairer, in the square you had Floods the Fish shop, the bakers, Kings and Hoys sweet shop, Hoys made lovely Toffee apples, at the end of east street you had Hambrooks the chemist, Moselings the butchers, down on the hill you had files the newsagents, Dansons greengrocers, and Whitmore, down lower on the corner of De-burgh Street you had Snellers garage lower down nearer the Eagle you had another chip shop, and Wares had 2 shops made lovely ice cream. I must stop reminising
Guest 683- Registered: 11 Feb 2009
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Ray
was there a White Lion? It was used as an unofficial Post Office social club! I remember going there when I worked at the PO at Christmas as a student but am unsure of the name of the pub.
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Mark
there was a White Lion in Tower Street, along with the Tower Inn, Havelock Arms, And Imperial, In Tower Hamlets Street, you had the Dewdrop Inn and the Canterbury Bell later bombed during war, another bombed was the William in Tower Hill, the other pub in Tower Hamlets is of course the King Edward
Sheila
Brian Dixon
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sheila,didnt paramores daughter work for the coop dairy in the 60s untill it closed,then tescos on the hill.
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Brian
That was Paramores younger sister, she is still alive,getting on now though
Sheila
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Thanks, Sheila.
Terry Nunn
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I note that Sheila knows all the pubs!
Terry
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Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
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thanks sheila,now well enlightend.
dosent she live up maxton way if i remember correctly.
Keith Sansum1
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sheila
i often as a local a user of the pubs
my locals used to be the imperial and white lion
one night they had a raffle and i won 3 big bags of meat and vegs
funny walking through the streets late at night with those lol
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Guest 664- Registered: 23 Mar 2008
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Andy - thanks again.
Paul - I didn't have you in mind although I can see why you might think why i did because of my past posts, mainly WAG-related. In fact I seek to avoid remarks of a personal nature and my comments were aimed at an aspect of local, national and global culture. I wish you all the best in your quest to breathe new life back into our town.
Keith Sansum1- Location: london
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sheila,
yes hoy's used to get 1d glass of bing there
those were the days
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Yes Keith
those were the days, I used to go in old gal Shaws get a 1d drink, made up of a wee bit of flavouring, water and a squirt of gas from an oxegen bottle, thats the first fizzy drink I knew, she also used to sell toffee, broken up with a tiny hammer, there was a real community way back then. Tower Hamlets also had an hospital, the old fever hospital, later the eye hospital, as well as Stwert the shoe repairer there was another, can't remember name, on the corner of Lowther Road, you could go round the Chapel in Towere Street and sit and watch the magic lantern Shows, we had it all
Sheila
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was the good old days sheila
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Guest 655- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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Bing ---- do they still make it? I loved it, not seen it for years.... So much nicer than Coca Cola
Keith Sansum1- Location: london
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yes barryw they still make it
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I seem to remember that the Bing factory in Canterbury was bought by Silver Spring in the early 70s. Recently Silver Spring revived the brand name.
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Andrew Stucken [sorry for being so formal, two Andy S's cause confusion], My comments were tongue in cheek referring to the journalistic & PR trade.
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Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
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silver spring have shut there doors to the public,and they still do bing.
Keith Sansum1- Location: london
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interesting quick chat with ray newsam on tower hamlets and how close we live together.
and the changes
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Terry Nunn- Location: London Road, Dover
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I'm a bit stunned to see the YouTube viewings now over 1,100!
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