The shop in this photo is Harringtons, newsagent and sweetshop. I worked for Harringtons for two years as a morning paperboy. I was paid 1/8d per day and 2/6d on Sundays, a total of 12/6d per week. It was hard work. The weather sometimes was quite awful, and the distances I rode considerable, but it made me extremely fit.
That was back in the late 1950s, but I can still remember the layout of the shop, and Mr Harrington and his wife.
By Martin Bishop (22/06/2017)
Amazing. As there was a Harringtons sweet shop at the bottom of Jersey Gardens, when I lived in Wickford during the 40s and early 50s. I also remember the arcade shops, a shoe repairers near to Harringtons and Sadds Builders yard in Jersey Gardens.
By Lorraine Taylor (30/03/2015)
The shop you can see top left I believe was Harringtons, newsagents, and where the people are standing is now the old arcade. The 251 bus used to stop there opposite the Castle pub.
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The shop in this photo is Harringtons, newsagent and sweetshop. I worked for Harringtons for two years as a morning paperboy. I was paid 1/8d per day and 2/6d on Sundays, a total of 12/6d per week. It was hard work. The weather sometimes was quite awful, and the distances I rode considerable, but it made me extremely fit.
That was back in the late 1950s, but I can still remember the layout of the shop, and Mr Harrington and his wife.
Amazing. As there was a Harringtons sweet shop at the bottom of Jersey Gardens, when I lived in Wickford during the 40s and early 50s. I also remember the arcade shops, a shoe repairers near to Harringtons and Sadds Builders yard in Jersey Gardens.
The shop you can see top left I believe was Harringtons, newsagents, and where the people are standing is now the old arcade. The 251 bus used to stop there opposite the Castle pub.
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