[QUOTE=Supercol;1501My Grandfather ran a tobacconist and confectionary shop in Amble where Marks Pet supplies is now (Thanks Google Street Maps).
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Welcome Supercol. I remember your grandfather's shop. also its predecessor...Billy Thompson's sweet shop. I was always sent off on Sunday evening to get some sweets at that shop ready for when we played cards.
When I was at Edwin Street school there used to be a sweet shop up the back lane between Albert and Edwin Street, Mr and Mrs Wilkinson's I think. All the sweets were in a glass fronted dresser in their back kitchen. It was a challenge to see how many we could get for 3d. on a Friday.
