of Station Road operated a delivery service which covered a large
area of the Deerness Valley. They created employment for at least
22 people in 1914.
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Does anyone remember a clothes millinery shop on Station Road that was owned by Edith, Maud and Lydia Ross. They lived in this house with a shop front overlooking Station Street from the 30's through to the 1970s. They sold wool, embroidery threads, toys, hats, clothes, toiletries and more. Their brother Norman was a chauffeur who died in a car crash.
ReplyDeleteYes, I remember the shop, we always called the lady owner 'Miss Ross'. I loved to go into the shop as often as I could and would always 'volunteer' to run errands for any member of my family who wanted to buy something from there.
ReplyDeleteInside, the shop was very small, it was crammed from floor to ceiling with all sorts of things and I was always very anxious to see what was for sale. Cardigans, blouses, skirts, tights, ladies underwear, hairgrips, hairnets (I remember my Grandmother wearing a hairnet occasionally when she went to bed - very Ena Sharples!)
I remember the shelves in the shop were very high and Miss Ross had a type of ladder that she used in order to reach the items at the top. If you wanted something that she did not have in the shop, she would order it for you, she was always most helpful as I recall.
Other shops that I recall were Lawsons the butcher, I didn't like walking past there as a child in case dead rabbits etc., were hung outside, I remember Mr Parkinson the butcher, animal heads adorned the walls of his shop as I recall, what looked like huge buffalo heads with bulging eyes - maybe they weren't really that big!
Mr Metcalf the baker, I am sure I have yet to taste a better meat pie. There was a fish and chip shop next to the post office, Mrs Hopper's in High View, and I think there were two in Station Road.
I remember Gallagher's shop at the top of Arthur Street, I went there very often to run errands for my Grandmother, and I loved to stand in the queue and listen to the women of the village talking - it's amazing what you would hear of the latest goings on in the village from the local shop.
At Christmas, my favourite shop in the village was Stan Watson's, oh how we loved to look in the shop window just before Christmas - we could go to Durham or Newcastle to the bigger stores, but for me as a small child, nothing beat Stan's window with the coloured lights and all the wonderful toys and games on display.
My Mother would do some of her shopping at Broughs and I remember Mrs Proctor's shop which was nearby. I have some very vague memories of a 'coffee shop' in Station Road, I think it may have been opposite the shop owned by Miss Ross, I'm sure I can remember a coffee making machine and lots of ice cream, does anyone remember this?
Anyway, must go now, I'll try to remember a bit more for next time.
I found this article by Sheila Hall fascinating. I think the "coffee shop" was Joe Lowerys which the next shop down Station Road from the Rosses drapery shop. Joe and his brother had a milk round. They delivered by horse and cart and I well remember their horse who was named Peter. He was kept in a field by the side of the road on the Broompark side of St. Josephs school. There was a family named Proctor lived at the bottom of Station Road but I cannot remember them owning a shop. Robin and Frank Proctor both played cricket for Ushaw Moor.
ReplyDeleteNorman Ross was a Police Officer or he worked for Durham County Police and as Sheila states he was killed whilst at work in a road traffic accident. There was often a big black Police car parked on the road at the gable end of the shop and and Norman in uniform the jacket of which buttoned up to the neck. More entries please Sheila.
ReplyDeleteSeveral very good postings have been generated by the photograph. In particular Sheila has excelled. Just to pull things together about the store from elsewhere on site:
ReplyDelete[1] It was from the store - after a day's work - that Arthur Hodgson emerged during a dark - no lighting - WW2 evening - got on his push bike - then about thirty yards up Station Road the local bobby, on his motor bike, collides with Arthur and blamed Arthur!
[2] My aunt Ethel worked at Broughs and eventually married Arthur. Some of her many bridesmaids were probably work colleagues of hers. My Mum and I used to trundle from Unthank Terrace, in Sleetburn, to the store and then when loaded up with provisions trundle all the way back. Sometimes when waiting for mum to complete her shopping I would play outside with a toy gun - prending to be Tex Ritter or Roy Rogers - this must have been c1951/2
[3] There is a brief article about Mr Brough on site for those interested.
[4] I seem to recall that Brian wrote a brilliant article about the either the Co-op or Broughs - perhaps he has referred to both.
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ReplyDeleteI have a few memories of visiting the shop as the great niece of Edith, Maud an Lydia Ross. My Grandma lived in Durham - for some time at Houghall. As young children we used to visit our Aunties at the shop and were always warned to sit still and be quiet, but I remember them as being very kind. I think Maud lived there up until the 1980's until she died - I remember once visiting her with a Sunday lunch made by my Aunty Joan who still lived in Durham. I think I was around 19 then. I also remember she had a lot of what seemed to me like very old stock like cotton 'grandad shirts' with removable collars, stacked in back rooms. Great Aunt Maud liked to tell the story of the time a robber came in wanting the contents of the cash register. She used to tell us she saw him off by calling to the back "Norman, let the dog off the chain!". At the time there was no longer any Norman and no dog. I remember being very impressed at her quick thinking. I also remember being told about my great uncle Norman who, as the story went, was a chauffeur for a senior police officer. One evening, after a function and under the influence the police officer had insisted on driving, ending up with the fatal car crash. I don't know if this is the truth but it's the story I grew up with.
ReplyDeleteI was thrilled to read this. I am also the great niece of Maud, Edith and Lydia. My Mother was Aileen Mcphee and she was the daughter of Lily McPhee who lived in Holmlands Crescent. Was your grandmother Aida Ross? I am living in Queensland Australia now. In 2010 I visited Durham and went with Aileen's brother Malcolm and wife Pat to look at Maud's shop. I wish I hadn't seen what it had become because all the presence and mystery of the dwelling had gone. And the shop was a hairdressing salon and painted white with bright neon lights.
ReplyDeleteGillian