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Offline DaveR

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Re: Craig Y Don
« Reply #75 on: December 03, 2011, 08:40:14 pm »
Quote from: Pluto on December 03, 2011, 05:25:42 pm
Brian Bates ... still there.
Sort of...it closed down about a year ago but the signage is still up.
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« Reply #76 on: December 03, 2011, 09:41:05 pm »
Pluto, I have just remembered Chris Watson had an Airfix toy shop before he moved into Dunphy's.

That was were Posh Frocks is today and has since been occupied by Ainsworths as a butchers shop and also Cafe Maderia.
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« Reply #77 on: December 03, 2011, 09:44:53 pm »
Would that be the same Ainsworths who now have the Hambone, Bri?
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« Reply #78 on: December 04, 2011, 07:30:27 am »
Yup.
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Offline Cambrian

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« Reply #79 on: December 04, 2011, 08:25:37 am »
Not strictly a shop, but there was the North Wales Estate Agency run by Raymond Ellis at 17 Mostyn Avenue.  I think it has now reverted to residential use.
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« Reply #80 on: December 04, 2011, 09:21:23 am »
Quote from: Bri Roberts on December 03, 2011, 09:41:05 pm
Pluto, I have just remembered Chris Watson had an Airfix toy shop before he moved into Dunphy's.

That was were Posh Frocks is today and has since been occupied by Ainsworths as a butchers shop and also Cafe Maderia.

Chris Watson had his toy/Airfix shop on the corner of Victoria St/Queen's Road, there is/was an antique shop there recently.  He then went to Dunphy's where his father worked and took over when he retired.  Can't remember the exact timescale but I think they were both there at the same time as some point.

As for the Posh Frocks shop, I remember it being run by the Ruscoe's as a sweet shop.  Stephen's mother and brother owned/ran it.  Can't quite remember if Chris had a toy shop there though??


Ainsworth was originally in Owen & Son butchers, next to the 'Zion Passage' (that never had a name in my day!!)  Then, as you say, opened his own butchers where Posh Frocks is now.
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Re: Craig Y Don
« Reply #81 on: January 04, 2012, 08:57:27 pm »
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The old Seashells Agency by the Co-op bus stop is to be a Polish Shop (that's Polish as in the people, not floor polish).  :laugh:

Did I read correctly in the Pioneer that planning permission is being sought to turn this into a restaurant and takeaway?
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« Reply #82 on: January 04, 2012, 09:25:37 pm »
Quote from: Bri Roberts on January 04, 2012, 08:57:27 pm
Quote from: DaveR on August 09, 2011, 07:27:37 pm
The old Seashells Agency by the Co-op bus stop is to be a Polish Shop (that's Polish as in the people, not floor polish).  :laugh:

Did I read correctly in the Pioneer that planning permission is being sought to turn this into a restaurant and takeaway?
Correct. I also see that Craig Y Don Mobility has closed down (in the old opticians) and the former PATS Newsagents has been sold and is being refurbished.
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Re: Craig Y Don
« Reply #83 on: January 05, 2012, 08:58:54 am »
It seems the village is fast becoming a mecca for hairdressers and takeaways.
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« Reply #84 on: January 05, 2012, 09:00:21 am »
Quote from: Bri Roberts on January 05, 2012, 08:58:54 am
It seems the village is fast becoming a mecca for hairdressers and takeaways.

You mean like Penrhryn Bay?   &shake&
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« Reply #85 on: January 05, 2012, 09:51:03 am »
Don't forget the tanning and nail clipping shops too!  I've never understood why anyone would pay to have their finger nails clipped ???
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« Reply #86 on: January 05, 2012, 09:52:44 am »
I think the women go to have the nails painted and decorated, rather than clipped....
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« Reply #87 on: January 05, 2012, 09:57:59 am »
Quote from: Merddin Emrys on January 05, 2012, 09:51:03 am
Don't forget the tanning and nail clipping shops too!  I've never understood why anyone would pay to have their finger nails clipped ???
Nail clipping shops hehe....ME I love it  $good$
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« Reply #88 on: January 05, 2012, 10:03:15 am »
Quote from: DaveR on January 05, 2012, 09:52:44 am
I think the women go to have the nails painted and decorated, rather than clipped....

What about the men? :P
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« Reply #89 on: January 05, 2012, 10:04:35 am »
Quote from: Pendragon on January 05, 2012, 09:57:59 am
Quote from: Merddin Emrys on January 05, 2012, 09:51:03 am
Don't forget the tanning and nail clipping shops too!  I've never understood why anyone would pay to have their finger nails clipped ???
Nail clipping shops hehe....ME I love it  $good$

 ;D that's what they are :D
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