I also went to North's to buy my fireworks with my Dad every year. He would let me have 10s which seemed like a fortune at the time, this being back in the 50's, and also its my birthday on the 5th. I think Fred gave dad a family discount. I also remember the exhibitions held in some church rooms on Loughborough Road, can anyone else remember the year Fred had a robot which was supposed to be able to talk and answer any questions you asked it. I do remember being a little bit disappointed in its performance, but the trains always made up for it Margaret On 19/02/2012 10:44, Robert Freeman wrote: > You guys have brought back some great memories for me, of North's on Melton > turn, when I was young (in the early 60s) I remember the window had a train > layout in it which I watched for what seemed like hours. I think there were > buttons one could press to start and stop the trains (may be confusing this > with exhibition layouts but Hey! it is 50 years ago!!!). My favourite time > was just before bonfire night being taken to North's to buy Fireworks. It > felt like the whole shop was full of them!. Just around the corner were > Cossington street baths, where I learnt to swim. I remember well the row of > changing cubicles down the side of the bath. The mention of Mellor Street > school brought back memories of Crusaders (a sort of Free Church Sunday > School) which was held at the old Victorian Mellor St. Junior School. The > place always stank of cleaning fluids as I think they must have cleaned each > weekend before we had to expose ourselves to the toxic fumes! Lol. > Thank you so much each of you. > Rob. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of fabis > Sent: 19 February 2012 10:15 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [LEI] Memories the Saturday shopping trip Narborough rd and > into Leicester > > How interesting Graham its a small world. Fred I think passed away in > the early 60's I can't remember which year without looking, signs of > getting old. I married in 1966 and came to live in Nottingham. Can you > remember Fred's lovely house on Windsor Ave? I was a little upset when > the new owners sold the garden off for a housing development, it was > such a shame. > > Margaret > > > On 19/02/2012 01:17, Graham Grant wrote: >> Hello Margaret >> I worked at North's Toy and Model Store in the early 60 (model >> section) at Melton Turn and knew your Uncle Fred and sometimes drove him >> around. >> I would stand in at the Hinckley Rd branch when the couple who ran it >> went on there annual holidays. >> Graham Grant >> Sydney Australia >> >> >>> North's Toy shop/travel agents was owned and run by my grandmother and >>> later by my uncle Fred North, as a child I was allowed to roam around >>> the stock room at the back of the shop. They had two shops the other on >>> the Melton road in Belgrave, that was the one I spent time in. Hynard >>> Hughes was also run by a family member, they also had two shops the one >>> my mum went to for the Christmas sherry was next door to North's on >>> Melton road. >>> >>> Margaret >>> >>> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> ----- >> No virus found in this message. >> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >> Version: 2012.0.1913 / Virus Database: 2112/4817 - Release Date: 02/18/12 >> >> > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2012.0.1913 / Virus Database: 2112/4817 - Release Date: 02/18/12 > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2012.0.1913 / Virus Database: 2112/4817 - Release Date: 02/18/12 > >