Hett's Sweet Shop was next to the Hippodrome Cinema on Clarendon Street.
It was situated where Borough Arcade now cuts through.
The Hippodrome closed in the 1960s and was re-opened by Morecambe & Wise as a Supermarket.
Old Hyde
Pole Bank 1910 ----------------------------------------------------------Town Hall 1937 --------------------------------------------- Cenotaph 1990
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I don't remember this one... I wonder if it's the same 'Hetts' that have a fishing tackle shop on Market street?
ReplyDeleteRemember going to Hetts pre 1959 on way home from Grammar School ..on my way to Hyde Station for the quarter to 5 train . Bought liquorice root .
ReplyDeleteYes I remember that. Also being kept off the platform.m.untinthe train was pulling in. Apparently the schoolboys made too much noise stamping on the wooden floors above the ticket office . Used to travel to Romiley and caught the morning train at
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The liquorice root was my favourite. Also off to the 4.45 at Hyde Central bound fir Romiley. From the Grammar School often carrying my double bass .
DeleteThis shop belonged to my auntie sarah and uncle miles.
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