Post by Les on Dec 10, 2017 13:20:44 GMT
Maidstone I remember it well:
I used to work in Stone st., between 1970 and 1983, at an auto electrical company, junction of Brunswick st. The company changed changed names from County Electrical Services, to Globe and Simpson, to Globe, Simms and Cox, and then to Lucas Service. I remember J. Emery and sons, (hello again if you read this), with a TV repair shop upstairs. There was Jeffery the woodyard, Mr Froud had the fish and chip shop next door, O.J.Rewinds on the other side of the crossroads, and Mobile distribution down the road on the left, up a flight of steps. J.J.Silencers opened soon after I started at County Elec. Going down the road on the right, I remember a printing works, Joe's cafe, (I wonder if this place was the "Bishops" that Mr Emery spoke of). This was followed by a grocer shop "T. Rouse and son" I think, where we would get our tea and biscuits etc. There was a shop known as "Gingers" that sold kitchen bits, the Pilot pub, the Model shop, and baldocks. A newsagent was next, followed by the well known O.K. cafe right on the corner. From our workshop doorway, I stood and watched as the old Duke of Brunswick frontage was pulled down. Sadly, I did not take a photo of it, and despite having many history books on old Maidstone, have yet to find a picture of it. I have cause to walk back up the street with a camera to hand, and took one or two shots of the street. The model shop is now pulled down, T Rouse no longer there, O.K. cafe pulled down, and JJ silencers pulled down. A shame to see the changes, but no doubt they have to happen,
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