Traders

Terry Yates talks about the Co-operative Store in Tideswell. “I was at Lady Manners until 1949 and I left when I was 15, couldn’t get

Arthur Barnsley recalls the ‘lost’ shops of Litton village. “Shops. We had the co-op it was Stafford Hill I think it was called who ran

Alison Chapman describes working at Hancock’s during the late 1930s and early 1940s. “I worked at the Pork Shop and learned all sorts there you

Arthur Barnsley recalls Litton’s shops, deliveries and where you could buy a ha’porth of aniseed balls. [soundcloud url=”http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/64230192″ iframe=”true” /]

Tideswell was once endowed with a wealth of shops, meaning that few people needed to leave the village for anything. Shops and cafes used to occupy most

John Ponsonby recalls his granddad’s cafe, which was next to the war memorial. His ‘world-famous’ Saturday night pie and peas were a favourite for cinema