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Mrs Price's tuck shop
I lived at Lucton in the late 1960s and remember buying sweets from the shop.
I vaguely remember a young girl staying there who we played with in the meadow. The Buttons Sandra mentions are probably the BUFTONS.
Contributed by graham lloyd
Ye Old Tuck Shop and Mrs Price
My grandmother was Ann Elizabeth Price and lived in a beautiful house. She ran a little shop in the house and it was called YE OLD TUCK SHOPE. It is the most beautiful little village I have every seen. I remember the people around, how kind and friendly the were. The buttons and the Davies and old Fred. I remember playing in the meadow and paddling in the brook, and fetching water from the spring. I had a fabulous childhood and came over every year from Ireland with my mum and brother and sisters. I would love if someone from those times 62 - late 70's would get in touch if they have any memories.
Contributed by Sandra McMahon
Herefordshire memories
Mr James Bishop.
The elderly man on left is my grandfather Mr James Bishop. He had probably popped in to the Post Office to get tobacco for his pipe. He was born in Worcester in 1883, his father was a master builder and from an early age he used to help carry bricks. He then delivered meat on horseback and went on to manage Redditch Meat Company butcher's shop on Church Green. Then he worked at 'Terry Springs' in the warehouse for 35 years retiring at 65. He couldn't settle in to retirement so went on to work for Taylor and Johnson's a fishing tackle firm where he stayed until he had to have the lower part of one ...read more here
A memory of Redditch contributed by Susan Bough
Notes from the Frith files.
This photograph shows residents waiting for the No.144 Midland Red bus from Malvern to Worcester outside the village shops. Far left is EW Bird's butchers, left is Cromptons newsagents, off picture further left is Procters general store. There were three shops in this row, all now closed. The pub sign behind the lady in the centre is for the Coventry Arms which was down the unmade short lane to the side of the butchers. This pub was one of three in the village and the first to close in the 1960s. The lane leading up the hill is Kings Lane. The tiny tree within the iron circular seat to the left of the cottage didn't last long as the road was ...read more here
A memory of Powick contributed by The Frith Memory Archivist
Extracts From Lucton & Herefordshire books
For many of us, photographs taken in the 1950s and 1960 remind us of our childhood days. For me, this photograph is a particularly special reminder of carefree summer days - it almost never rained, did it?
An extract from from"Herefordshire Living Memories".
A former rectory, the great
hall of this beautiful
building dates from around
1300, although parts were
added later in the 16th and
17th centuries. It’s now in
an extremely ruinous state
and there are fears that it
may be beyond saving.
An extract from from"Herefordshire Living Memories".
There are a number of
lovely timber-framed
buildings in this village,
and many more that
were once of timber,
until a brick façade was
added at a later date.
The pub is one such
example of this,
although its timbers
have since been partially
exposed once again.
An extract from from"Herefordshire Living Memories".
The garden in the foreground is that of a house aptly named Arrow Bank, a beautifully situated house now used
for a bed and breakfast business. Notice the white gate held open beside the lane – in the deeds for Arrow Bank
it is stated that this gate must be closed once a year.
An extract from from"Herefordshire Living Memories".
There can’t be many village shops that can claim to have been trading for more than 200 years. The timber
building on the left can make just that claim. Known as The Olde Steppes, this shop was in business in 1777.
Prior to that time it is thought to have been a rectory, Pembridge’s church sits on the hillside just behind it.
An extract from from"Herefordshire Living Memories".