Post by Les on Dec 11, 2017 0:29:07 GMT
Opposite Miles was the dairy Primrose and Len, there was a continuous noise of bottles being loaded into crates and then onto lorries and milk floats (why were they called floats?). They had a milk bar come coffee shop right on the corner, which was always busy with workers and a good stopping off place if you wanted a cup of tea or a small bottle of milk.
I remember Knightrider Street where Hitches sold motor bikes. I also remember buying a motor bike from Mr. Hitch, he took me into his office and told me that the bike I was buying was like a pair of shoes that he was wearing, well used but still having plenty of sole left on it.
What a mug, I believed him and two months later needed a complete re-bore, still you can’t blame him, it was me doing the buying.
There was a model shop for many years in Stone Street just up from Mote Avenue, can’t recall the name but do remember buying models here which I never completed. It was put down to the fact that I was left-handed and therefore a little lacking in manual skills; probably right.
I remember further up on the right hand side several roads turned off Stone Street, which were no-go areas at night even for the police unless they were mob handed.
About where Lashing is today, stood a doss house, my parents told me on many occasions that if I did not mend my ways this would be my permanent address in future years. Unfortunately, they pulled it down and I have had to look for other suitable accommodation.