Tag: Greens
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17 Station Street
Woolcott Opticians Number 17 is now Independent Mortgage Advice. They appear to have been there since at least April 2021 although, in September 2020, the property looked empty. From 2008 to 2019, number 17 housed Woolcott Opticians. Dorothy Littlewood In 1941 and 1942, it housed Dorothy Littlewood, an Ophthalmic Optician. Littlewood Opticians appears on Jacques’ List of Station…
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82 Station Street
Your Move Currently, Your Move are at number 82. They have been there since at least April 2011. However, before then, from at least October 2008 to July 2009, the Halifax was there. Halifax Memories of the Halifax In a comment on Kirkby Living Memory Facebook Group, Kerry Beadle noted that she had worked for Halifax from…
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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…