ore village

[jean utting]

Hello I have lived in ore all my life,
Does any body remember the little shop at the bottom of,
saxon road, where Nationwide is now.?
IT was a sweet shop, in the 1950.
Two Ladies used to work in there.

any Reply. would be welcombe,
jean,

[tony_crittenden]

Hello Jean
I lived inOffa Road and then Victoria Avenue. The shop you mention was owned or run by the Miss Riddle sisters. I had a paper round from the shop somewhere about 1953/4. Can I help further ?
Best wishes, Tony Crittenden.

[Anonymous1]

Lived in Churchill Ave in the 60s and 70s, lets see how many shops I remember_ _ __ _ _

There was:-

(Winchelsaea rd)
Colgates
Peters
Mephams

(Grove rd)
Persils

(Rye rd)
Barry at the chippy
V. Little
The Dairy
Post office_ _ _..who ran that?
Simpson and Jenner
Lakers
Cornelius's
Clark's
Les Levitt
Weavers
_ _ _..who had the Barbers on the ridge? was it Bill Barum or something like that

Can't remeber any more_ _ __ _ _.Someone fill the gaps in please

[peter_simpson]

Wasn't it Jenner and Simpson rather than Simpson and Jenner_ _ _
I think Tommy French owned the post office in the 1960s. He was also a full-time representative for Shoesmith and Etheridge (fancy goods wholesalers) and the shop was actually run by a manager. Dad had a shop on the seafront at the time and knew Mr French through that.
There was also Raymond Hollands (seed/agricultural merchants?) - in the shop on the end of the block that is now Winchesters..
Abrahams the radio/TV shop (also had a branch in Queens Road)
Boardmans Garage (later on The Ridge) had a (Shell?) petrol forecourt and garage at what is now the car sales site opposite Winchesters, and what is now the sales site in Saxon Road was their body repair shop..
Oh, and there was also a Lloyds bank brach - where I opened my account in 1978 in fact.
I also remember, in around 1968/9, a small sweet shop in Middle Road (opposite side of and just down from the Old King John) run by a little old lady with lots of old stuff in it; including a lovely old pair of brass scales..

[Anonymous1]

[quoted]
peter simpson wrote:
Wasn't it Jenner and Simpson rather than Simpson and Jenner_ _ _

[/quoted]
Of course it was , now you remind me.



Enjoyed it there as a kid.

[tony_crittenden]

The dairy was owned by Funnells in early days. Next door was Gordon Britt's general store ( Derek Britt is my brother-in-law). There was a butchers on one corner of Victoria Avenue with International Stores on the opposite corner.

Next was a bycycle shop. Somewhere in the middle was a haberdashery shop and Fiests ( bakery) with tea rooms above. The current greengrocers shop is the only one that is still trading in the same way since my earliest memories in 1940's.

Ron Levett ( son of Les Levett ,Ironmonger/hardware) was married to my sister.

I lived at 19 Offa Road until about 1950 - then moved to Victoria Avenue. The bottom half of Offa Rd ( on rt going down) was an orchard. Backing on to this was the viilage blacksmith and some stables belonging to a Mr.King who had horse and cart(s) and shared the stables with a person from Offa Road who had a fish round. ( I think Mr.King also lived in Offa Rd)

The entrance to the Smithy was directly up a slope from where the toilets and Co-oP now are. Between the stable and the small Building Society Hall was a rough area that we called " the waste ground". On Sundays the Hall was used for Catholic Mass and I remember many these seemed to go on for hours ( probably only 40 mins !! ) and we got very sore knees from kneeling on the harsh coconut matting. What bliss to escape away to Smiths Woods , Fairlight Glen, Norths Seat or Coghurst woods .
Do any of you remember Providence Row ( now demolished) ?

My grandparents had a small general store/sweetshop on Fairlight Rd with its junction with The Broadway. We still only got our 4 ozs a week when rationing was on !

Do any of you remember when Offa Road was an unmade road. Following heavy rain the shingle was often washed across Ore village in front of the Church. I was born in 1940 so have some memories as a child in wartime Ore. There was an air-raid siren on top of the White House in Fairlight Avenue and with uniformed personnel there I guess the house must have been requisitioned for this purpose. ( plenty more memories of that time).

Thats enough for now - look forward to any replies. Tony.

[Anonymous1]

Now you've Jogged my memory.
The Dairy was on the end of the terrace and Funnels was painted on the end wall?
I remember a bike shop further along "Ken Apps".
I don't remember Providence row, maybe I'm to young. There was somebody asking questions about it in another thread.
The old sandown schools and Nobby Norton. Red Lake school and Mrs. Hind.
Coghurst wood, I must have spent half my childhood there, catching adders near the iron bridge and Making Chinese checkers. (or dutch arrows as they are properly called)
The first birthday present that I could by for my Dad was a Stanley knife from Les Levetts.

[jean_utting]

Hello tony,
Thanks for your help, regarding Ore village, it was very Interesting.
Where the salvation army shop is now, it was a book shop+ a printers.
also down by the side of funnels was allotments.
The cafe at the top of cliftonroad, was a bakers+bake house.
The shop on the corner of school road+old london rd, was a wool shop.
next to that was sindens, then there was Mr harris grocers shop,
My husband Bert, used to be in the ridge eagles cycle speedway,
He can remember more, than me, thanks

[vc]

hello everyone
just found this site and have to ask_ _ _.
does anyone remember there being donkey rides on the beach,at hastings.
apparently my great grandfather was known as the donkey man and gave rides .
I've tried history sites ,but nothing comes of it.
His name was edgar fellows if this comes to mind for anyone..

[jean_utting_btinternet_com]

Hello LL.

we dont know about a house, before sandown school.
all we know, there was just woodland there,

My Husband used to ride, with the Ridge Eagles, cycle speedway.
behind .sandown school
so he can remember far back,

jean