Saturday 2 March 2013
Butchers Shop
Talking to dad today about his dads shop in Westminster road the remains of which can still be viewed on google maps, its next door to Westminster news. It looks like the council has finally got round to building a wall to block off access to the site. Dad was saying how as a young boy he would work for his dad maybe after school and weekends, and would take orders out on a delivery bike with a basket on the front. Dad was saying his dad never owned the shop but paid rent, when he died in 1937 Martha had a manager in the shop for a while but that didn't work out so by the time it was bombed in 1939 dad feels that Martha would not have still been renting the shop. If anyone has any questions they would like me to ask dad please let me know. Dad will be 90 in October but still as sharp as a pin, so get your questions in. Regards to all Martha's family.
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Thanks Ray,anything really about my Mum Vera when she was younger but great to hear any other family history too.
ReplyDeleteI can remember Mom (Dolly) telling us that when she made cakes or dinners at school (cooking classes) she would take to the shop for her Dad to taste and he would put whatever she made under the counter. He would come home and tell her that it was absolutely great, only for her to find it the next week still under the counter, but moldy!!!
ReplyDeleteShe used to tell us about all the parties they used to have in their house -- they always had plenty of food on the table and big roaring fires. After dinner Grandma would play the piano and they would all sing along!! She said it was a happy home until Granddad died and Martha remarried Poston. Mom says that in those days women depended on men for their wages, but apparently Poston (don't know his first name) used to drink all the wages, After living a comfortable life, grandma had to go out and clean offices for extra money. I think it was then that Rene and Dolly both left home. My Mom (Dolly) went to live with my Dad's family in Bootle. Not sure where Auntie Rene went, or maybe she married Uncle Tom. The boys were away at sea I suppose, so the only one left was Marge. She told me some scary stories of what Poston was like. Not sure what happened to him, whether he died or he left!! Does anyone else know?
When he came to live with them he had two daughters - don't know their names, but don't think our family kept in touch with them.
If Uncle Ted is going to be 90, he was not that much younger than Dolly growing up as her birthday was March 4th and she would have been 93.
Ray - anything you can post re their childhood would be wonderful. You Dad is the last connection to that generation and would just love to hear more stories of them all growing up.
Susan
Another quick question....did Billy or your Dad sign up to go to sea before 18. I seem to remember Mom telling me that one of them lied about his age so he could get on board a ship. Mom said they were both to eager to go away to sea.
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