Thread: Former beerhouse/greengrocers in Biddulph

The first set of photos were taken in the summer of 2008, the last two were taken today.

I got chatting to someone across the road from the building and it turned out that he used to live there. Before his time it was a beerhouse(like a pub but without a licence for selling spirits) and he could remember seeing the storage shelves for the beer in the cellar; during the Second World War his family sheltered in the cellar when there was an air raid warning. During and after the war it was a grocers and greengrocers.

Despite the building now looking much tidier than before, the local council want to demolish it, he said

what a shame, its had an interesting life !

probably end up with some modern build thats totally out of keeping with the remaining properties But hey, someone will make a quick buck out of it

Originally Posted by BereniceUK

The first set of photos were taken in the summer of 2008, the last two were taken today.

I got chatting to someone across the road from the building and it turned out that he used to live there. Before his time it was a beerhouse(like a pub but without a licence for selling spirits) and he could remember seeing the storage shelves for the beer in the cellar; during the Second World War his family sheltered in the cellar when there was an air raid warning. During and after the war it was a grocers and greengrocers.

Despite the building now looking much tidier than before, the local council want to demolish it, he said

I just came upon this site by accident while looking at pics of Biddulph..and had to register.. I remember this shop well, it was a greengrocers when we used to visit my nana in the 70's.. I always liked this shop..and its location..sad to see it like this In the 5th picture down My dads mum lived in the furthest away house on the left (High st ??) and his nan (my great Gran) lived in the first house on the right in front of the white van (John st ??).. I remember being on holiday in Majorca or somewhere in 81ish and a man recognized my dads accent (he moved to Manchester in the early 60's but still had his Biddulph accent back then).. they got chatting and the man said he'd grown up in the shop on the corner.. this one in the photo, turned out they knew each other when they were kids.. funny the things you remember.. my dad also recalls a tale of sitting at his desk in the upstairs front room window when a Fire ball.. some kind of ball lightning shot down the middle of the street towards the village..
thanks for the memory jump start..
Has the shop now gone ?