Posted by RichT, 26th April 2010 at 7:10PM

I think the bakery was called 'Baxter & Grant'
can anyone confirm this!

Posted by citizen cained, 26th April 2010 at 9:47PM

Ref : BradNaylor - I recall Mr Bromley. Sadly, he left when I was in my first year of 'junior school',but I recall he took us for drama lessons and attained legendary status via that route anyway. Regarding your pub crawls, when I starte embarking on such things in the mid-80s, it was slightly different - half a pint in the Robby's pubs, two pints in the others. This, you may recall, was in the era were Robby's introduced those electronic pumps (3 Tunnes excepted) which rendered their beer more or less undrinkable.

Posted by xhg, 30th April 2010 at 2:01PM

Interesting to read about the pub crawl, did you all schlepp up to the fiveways to start with, plenty I knew could never be bothered with the walk, strange pub anyway the Fiveways, didn't feel like a Grove pub to me, maybe I was too geographically challenged back then.
Anyway, the pub crawl, we just went for the pint in every pub option, every group of lads has a couple of heavy hitters in the drinking stakes, they usually dictate the pace, unfortunately I wasn't one of them but, never to be outdone, I would give it my best shot. This meant that somewhere around the Anchor/Grove Inn/Woodman triangle there would need to be a time out, generally we would take food onboard at the Kentucky (no such thing as KFC back then) or Philip the Chinese opposite.
Then it was on with the last leg of the journey, funny how I never realised at the time why we often ended up in lumber at the George, blamed it on the pub rather than the influx of groups of young blokes all doing the same as us.
Great memories, mis-spent youth, wouldn't change a thing. Well maybe I would change one or two things, the front window of the Golden Door cost me £377, I paid it though.....

Posted by citizen cained, 2nd May 2010 at 10:46PM

We always used to start in the George and end in the Sun, occasionally taking in the Royal Oak. Never made it as far as the Fiveways though.

Posted by John Stafford, 8th May 2010 at 2:24PM

You can still purchase Simpson's sausages at the Spar on the Wimpey Estate.

Posted by Sandra Weaving, 9th May 2010 at 9:35PM

I remember Wendy. My cousin is Brian Weaving and think you are related in some way. Now living near Southport. Left the Grove in 1977. Only seen Brian at funerals and the like. My cousin used to own the Mill at the top of Commercial Road. They now live in Criccieth and Brian called to see them recently.

Posted by FREDA CHANDLER BOWDE, 13th May 2010 at 2:07PM

yes it was baxter and grants

Posted by Adam C, 14th May 2010 at 9:15PM

Does anyone remember my name, Neil Corkill, nicknamed Corky, at Mirlees in the 80s/90s?

Posted by jason skeen, 16th May 2010 at 9:41PM

i remember grove records
warburtons motor bike shop
the bee's knees or red lion
it was great the grove growing up there
fishing on the valley reser parents never worried
as we were either fishing or playing footy on st simons field .

Posted by Chapel Streeter, 19th May 2010 at 10:58PM

Where are you now Jason Skeen?