Does anyone remember any of the old shops in Hillsborough

[GleadlessLad]

Thanks very much for this Hillsbro - I've sent a private message.

[hillsbro]

Thanks very much for this Hillsbro - I've sent a private message.

I just replied.

[tinytingle]

slacks furniture shop opposite hillbro park library went to school with Stuart the son . Also remember Slacks furniture van taking us scouts from 228th to camp at Chapple Saint Lennerds great times no pc then.

[bullerboY]

I got all my solid oak handcarved furniture from Harry Slack in the early 70s and still have it all,i was friends with Harry and his wife and Stuart and North their daughter,they lived up Stannington and Harry was a very fair man to deal with,i had carpets and curtains from them as well he helped me a lot in those days.

[carosio]

Small shop next to the Boys' Club, I remember we used to order and buy 45s and LPs from there but can't remember exactly what the nature of the business was, but I think the name was Spooners.

[hillsbro]

Yes, Edward Spooner's shop was at 395 Langsett Road and is listed in old Kelly's directories under "music & musical instrument dealers" but by the 1960s he also sold records. I used to buy my "Hohner" mouth organs there! Edward and his wife Lily lived over the shop, which closed when Edward died in 1970.

[mossdog]

Yes, Edward Spooner's shop was at 395 Langsett Road and is listed in old Kelly's directories under "music & musical instrument dealers" but by the 1960s he also sold records. I used to buy my "Hohner" mouth organs there! Edward and his wife Lily lived over the shop, which closed when Edward died in 1970.

...I think Ted was an ex RAF radio Mech!

[hillsbro]

...I think Ted was an ex RAF radio Mech!

That's interesting, mossdog - he must have been a "man of many parts" as he appears in the 1939 Register as a "tram driver", though contemporary directories describe him as a "pianoforte dealer"!

[mossdog]

That's interesting, mossdog - he must have been a "man of many parts" as he appears in the 1939 Register as a "tram driver", though contemporary directories describe him as a "pianoforte dealer"!

.........it's only what I heard Hilly..........all the local bands used to take their amplifiers for repair to him,he was very good,I bought my first guitar and amplifier from him and mouth organs!........later on he was connected through a family member with Carlsboro Sound Equipment from Mansfield! i had one of their very first bass amplifiers from Ted! Edited December 10, 2017 by mossdog

[hillsbro]

It seems that Ted "moved with the times" as far as music was concerned! I remember that my dad (who used to repair radios in the 1940s/50s) knew him, so maybe they had a common interest here. Ted's daughter (called Lily, like her mum) married Thomas Mercer from Mansfield so this may have been the family connection.