Category: STATION STREET
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Kingsway
Previously Cemetery Road The final road intersecting with Station Street at Four Lane Ends is Kingsway. According to a post by Richard Evans on Kirkby Living Memory Facebook Group, Kingsway was named after a visit to Kirkby made by King Edward VII and, prior to that, had been called Cemetery Road. However, June Barbara Brown commented that, according to…
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88-90 Station Street
Daily The building on the corner of Kingsway and Station Street is 88-90 Station Street and now is the location of a convenience store Daily. It has been there since at least August 2021. Empty and Available To Let From August 2018 to March 2019, the property looked as if it had been refurbished and it…
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84-86 Station Street
Dog House The first property in the terraced row after Bank House is now the Dog House which describes itself as a pub and which occupies 84-86 Station Street. They have been based there since at least September 2017. In April 2017, the property looked empty but it also looked as if it was being prepared to…
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82 Station Street
Your Move Currently, Your Move are at 82 Station Street. They have been there since at least April 2011. Halifax However, before 2011, from at least October 2008 to July 2009, the Halifax was at 82 Station Street. Memories of the Halifax In a comment on Kirkby Living Memory Facebook Group, Kerry Beadle noted that she had…
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80 Station Street
Kirkby Sales and Exchange Kirkby Sales and Exchange are at 80 Station Street currently. Although their Facebook page gives their address as 80 Station Street, they appear to occupy what was 78 Station Street as well. They have been there since November 2015 at least. However, in June 2015, the property appears to have been vacant.…
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78 Station Street
Kirkby Sales and Exchange Although Kirkby Sales and Exchange’s Facebook page gives their address as 80 Station Street, they appear to occupy what was 78 Station Street as well. They have been there since November 2015 at least. However, in June 2015, the property appears to have been vacant. Fidler and Pepper From at least October…
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70-76 Station Street
My Grandfather’s Shoe Shop These buildings were where my grandfather, Gordon Parkin, had his shoe shop. Started by Henry Parkin The business was started by my grandfather’s father, my great grandfather, Henry Parkin, sometime after he moved to Kirkby with his family in 1897, see Chapter 1. Henry Parkin was listed as a bootmaker in the…
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68 Station Street
Your Feet First In August 2023, 68 Station Street appeared to be empty and that seems to have been the case since at least March 2022 although, at that time, one sign for Your Feet First was still there. They had been based there from at least March 2019 until August 2021. Prior to that,…
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66 Station Street
Tiga Hair Spa Currently, number 66 houses another salon Tiga Hair Spa. They have been there since at least October 2008. Ceney Bakery In 1941 and 1942, number 66 was occupied by William H Ceney. He appeared to operate Portland Bakery in Portland Street. Ceney Baker appears on Jacques’ List of Station Street retailers circa 1920-1940 but this…