tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2555221118428406209.post9053645394808991262..comments2024-03-28T09:17:40.754+00:00Comments on Andrew Simpson: A ghost sign, Mr Clayton the grocer and a new business on Wilbraham RoadAndrew Simpsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12215799385557042486noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2555221118428406209.post-86303561116872630072021-01-28T19:55:38.775+00:002021-01-28T19:55:38.775+00:00My dads friends included Norman Hayes manager of R...My dads friends included Norman Hayes manager of Rushtons Shoe Repair for many years and Jimmy who owned the pie shop opposite Woollworths, a keen fisherman. Jimmy died after a minor operation on a finger caused complications! Les died of cancer. I think he was about 42.Jchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15556998754941098151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2555221118428406209.post-61572309069454798562021-01-28T19:55:27.002+00:002021-01-28T19:55:27.002+00:00My dads friends included Norman Hayes manager of R...My dads friends included Norman Hayes manager of Rushtons Shoe Repair for many years and Jimmy who owned the pie shop opposite Woollworths, a keen fisherman. Jimmy died after a minor operation on a finger caused complications! Les died of cancer. I think he was about 42.Jchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15556998754941098151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2555221118428406209.post-34033344137687844872021-01-28T19:45:04.300+00:002021-01-28T19:45:04.300+00:00Ps. My dad told me Les was in the Marines and was ...Ps. My dad told me Les was in the Marines and was shot in the leg on D-Day and sent home. My Dad was in the Grenadier Guards at the time.<br />Jchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15556998754941098151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2555221118428406209.post-62561916150488649262021-01-28T19:34:23.954+00:002021-01-28T19:34:23.954+00:00Around 1914. George Clayton my dads great uncle ha...Around 1914. George Clayton my dads great uncle had the grocers next to the post office on Beech Road.<br />Jchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15556998754941098151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2555221118428406209.post-37141773313043121002021-01-28T19:31:41.970+00:002021-01-28T19:31:41.970+00:00That was my dad's cousins shop. Les Clayton. M...That was my dad's cousins shop. Les Clayton. My dad Vernon Clayton cleaned the windows of the shop and around chorlton from after the war until 1990. I helped les deliver groceries in his Austin Maxi in the 60's when i was about 9.Jchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15556998754941098151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2555221118428406209.post-25012620407177504412017-06-20T18:16:04.548+01:002017-06-20T18:16:04.548+01:00Hi Andrew, that is a reminder to me. My mother wo...Hi Andrew, that is a reminder to me. My mother worked in a Lyons Corner House in the city centre until she married my dad in 1936. She told me and it says on their marriage certificate that she was a Café waitress. Patricia O'Driscollhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04992766610774641136noreply@blogger.com