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Before the War my Mother would take me to see a friend of hers in Abram, her husband was Mr Billie Miller, a wounded Veteran of WW1 and he was the manager of this Platt Bridge Co-op branch, he had a son, Derrek Miller, but we lost touch after the War. E.T.

Was this shop also Rushtons?

Mark.
Rushtons was a different shop.I can't remember which was which but they are now a chippy and a chemists shop.I think the Co-op was the one nearer to Park lane.I remember Rushtons catching fire when I was a young lad. Les Halliday was one of the Co-op managers before it closed.

my wife actually took this photograph

I always thought that Greens Chippy was down past the old school where you turned up to the library. Phil is correct in that the Co-op was across the road from the old Labour club. Rushtons was what is now the chemist and Maggie Roby's was just down the road.

The chippy down by Simpkin Street (towards the library) was known as Mann's Chippy

Broady
Your right about greens chippy being there,(Dennis Green bought the other one in the 80s)

Broady's correct with his location of Greens chippy.Ernie Manns chippy was in the Umbrella Row.

I came to live in Abram when I got married, and Green's chippy was still going, run by an elderly lady. It was at the end of our row, next to Dootson Street which led to the library.The building , together with the two houses next to it, was demolished and is now just a patch of grass. I was told that The Umbrella row, where Mann's,(also known as Brown's) chippy stood was so called because of the porches sheltering the doors, and the row next to it was called The Piano Row because someone had a piano stood in the window!

My wife, Florence, and I bought this chippy in 1974 from Bill Smith. He originally bought the shop from the old Co-op and turned it into a chippy.
We sold the chippy in 1980 to Greens and it has since been sold to the Chinese.

Peter,

I thought you would eventually comment on this. I don't think however that it was Number 316. Am I correct?

broady the chippy is no 368 and is now a wok wok

Thanks Mick. I think they were working inside when I was across at the beggining of May. Is it any good?

Mick, are you sure it is 368, the book I scanned it from states that it is 316

Broady,
Yes, you're right. The number was 368. We rented the building from the Co-op at St Helens but I understand that Greens bought the property when they bought the business.

it is deffo 368 and its a lot better than the last one bill

>>it is deffo 368 and its a lot better than the last one bill<<

Yep, I went up there along the canal from Ince yesterday to take some modern photographs of the Abram photographs I posted. It certainly was 368, and when I checked the book again I saw the 316 was my mistake... I must have had a senior moment. :-)

Whats all this talk of the Co-Op it were always KWORP where we lived in Ince

Or even "t'corp"...the "corp" my mam shopped at in Ince Green Lane is now Brian's Chippy.

the chippy your on about just up from the old abram school. ajoining the entrance to the library , was called Annie Greens chippy . she did a brilliant chips n mushy peas . we used to take a bowl to her and she would fill it with mushy peas for a threepenny bit lol correct about Manns chippy , it was on the umbrella row xxxx

Even though I was a 70s kid, I too remember taking our own bowls/plates to the chippy. We were ahead of the game in reducing waste and litter!! Funny though, my hubby's from Preston and he doesn't remember them doing that there. Was it a Wigan thing?

The Houes next to the shop is 360 we lived there for years.

Joe W, Are you Joe Wilding who posted a comment on the Maypole tunnels pictured on this page.If you are, can you contact me via my email,or by 01706-849642.I am trying to trace Wilson brothers & sister.Brian,Barry,Leonard & Shirley They used to live at 350,Warrington Rd, late mid 50s-60s.I think you were a mate of theirs.Reason to contact is a Moss Lane school reunion.Cheers Brian R.

I used to be the order lad for the kworp which faced the old labour club