oliver summers

hi can any one find the pic of oliver summers gun shop with tim mcavoy in it i cant find it i ant to send it to tim thanks les

Try putting Oliver Sommers in the search box at the top of the page. It brings up a few links.

Legzee,
I think you are getting Oliver mixed up with Ann Summers. From memory I think the correct spelling is Oliver Somers. As Annefair says put it in the search engine at the top of this page and you will see some results.

Do you mean this

Hi there someone has put a good photo on "album" today if you care to look i think that will satisfy you.

I can remember Oliver Summers it was a sports store in markett street before it was taken over by JJB

Aussie94,
Not quite right. It was Oliver SOMERS on Market Street and I think it was J.j. Bradburn's sports shop that was taken over hence JJB Sports. I think J.J. Bradburn's shop could have been on New Market Street but not 100% sure.

Originally JJ Broughton then JJ Bradburn. Johnny Bradburn was a teacher at the Grammar School. The shop next to the last shop on Market Street.

Gaffer,
I can still picture the shop on New Market Street next to Battye's the gents outfitters. Must be losing it.

Broady

New Market Street is round the corner. It becomes Frog Lane farther down.
Battye's was next door to JJB.

Thanks Gaffer. Getting my streets mixed up. You wouldn't think I was going next to that street for five years.

By coincidence Gaffer a photo has appeared on Album showing those two shops. This would be later and the two end shops are John O'Niel's TV shop and Boardmans ( who also had a shop in Ashton) Brian Boardman taught me Commerce and Book-Keeping at WGS in what I believe was the first year of those subjects being taught there (1963)

Broady

It was Dennis Boardman who owned the shop. The manager was Steve Sherrington.
I'm positive you're not losing it. It would have been a senior moment.

I got to know Steve well as I went into the Ashton shop on a regular basis. He actually sold me my wedding suit in 2006. He was an avid golfer if I remember correctly.

Well thanks for a great conversation , its over 50 years a go since that moment in tine and you all brought it back , Thank You.

I bought my first shotgun a 12 bore from there I was 13 yrs old no licence
no adult with me and they wrapped it up in brown paper told me when I get home nip round post office get a licence ( cost 10 bob ) how times have changed .

if it helps opposit OliversSummers shop was a Dress shp and on the corner was Nimans Jewellers sho going round into Standishgate then there was think a baby shop then UCP tripe shop then Mitchinsons flower shop and going back to P Summers next door was a Cycle shop later became a Pram shp ah well memoriesyes I am that old

Gaffer,

Was Dennis Boardman involved in local amateur operatics (tenor)?