Post by Les on Nov 13, 2017 8:06:47 GMT
Maidstone I remember it well: Hi Jo'an Howard nee Scott
. This is Terry McKenna from McKenna's Bakery shop in Holland Road. Pretty good memory of Holland Road and names. Ebby the greengrocer was in fact Mr Woodhams who lived up the road, Hedley Street almost next door to our bakery. A lot of people thought he was a grumpy old S** but he was always kind and friendly to me (well I was such a lovely child!). The sweet shop and haberdashers family was in fact the Mankelows. The Manwarings were I think in Dads Army!! The spicy smell of cinnamon that pervaded the street from Ash Wednesday until Easter Saturday meant an awful lot of hard work for ALL our family. "Frozen" goods were not a commercial thing in those days and my Dad Mac used to start making the Hot Cross buns after the last bread was drawn from the ovens and would work right through without sleep until the Saturday. My Mom Kathleen older brother Michael and myself also worked extremely hard along with Vi Clarke our long time shop assistant. Good Friday often produced long queues outside the shop in Holland Road and ran up to our bakery in Hedley Street (next door to Godfrey Holmes). Several rounds men (bakery and milk) used to sell our buns for their own profit!!. Hard working but happy memories of days long gone but not to be forgotten. As a family run business we all did our bit in those days: If you wanted food on the table you did your bit; simple as that. Where has that Ethos gone? It seems these days we want everything for nothing. I'd like to wish those that contribute to this great site a very happy Christmas and New Year AND to remember those no longer with us. Keep up the good work Les:
. This is Terry McKenna from McKenna's Bakery shop in Holland Road. Pretty good memory of Holland Road and names. Ebby the greengrocer was in fact Mr Woodhams who lived up the road, Hedley Street almost next door to our bakery. A lot of people thought he was a grumpy old S** but he was always kind and friendly to me (well I was such a lovely child!). The sweet shop and haberdashers family was in fact the Mankelows. The Manwarings were I think in Dads Army!! The spicy smell of cinnamon that pervaded the street from Ash Wednesday until Easter Saturday meant an awful lot of hard work for ALL our family. "Frozen" goods were not a commercial thing in those days and my Dad Mac used to start making the Hot Cross buns after the last bread was drawn from the ovens and would work right through without sleep until the Saturday. My Mom Kathleen older brother Michael and myself also worked extremely hard along with Vi Clarke our long time shop assistant. Good Friday often produced long queues outside the shop in Holland Road and ran up to our bakery in Hedley Street (next door to Godfrey Holmes). Several rounds men (bakery and milk) used to sell our buns for their own profit!!. Hard working but happy memories of days long gone but not to be forgotten. As a family run business we all did our bit in those days: If you wanted food on the table you did your bit; simple as that. Where has that Ethos gone? It seems these days we want everything for nothing. I'd like to wish those that contribute to this great site a very happy Christmas and New Year AND to remember those no longer with us. Keep up the good work Les: