Letters The changing face of Dunhill Road
I can remember Dunhill Road, a time when,
There was no need for bollards back then.
A time when The Courtyard was our dear old school,
And kids played safe in the streets - real cool.
A time before speed humps were invented, we'd stop and buy,
From Perrys baker's shop, cream cakes or a pie,
And next door at Gowlands the butchers for our dad's tea!
At Marcus Street corner shop Tommy Shelton would sell
Washing powder and spuds and firelighters as well.
Just across the road where fine houses now stand,
Men tended allotments and kept pigs on that land.
Then down bottom end to Grange Road we would pop,
For a beer and crisps from Charlie Best's beer-off shop!
Remember Mr Marritt the cobbler near the Rec?
Window full of boots and shoes to repair, 'ee by 'eck!
Butler's on Parliament Street for that fish and chip treat,
And Alec Howlett, the barber, kept the guys neat.
To the Co-op store on Carter Street for the weekly order I'd be sent,
It was 'roll on Divi day' to help pay the rent.
Tasty meat pies they would sell at one corner shop,
Take a jug for some gravy, I didn't spill a drop!
A time when Dunhill Roaders never could foresee
That so many car owners there would one day be.
No need then for double yellow lines or the like,
'Twas more a case of 'Hey, mind that bike'!
Times have changed - suppose it was on the cards,
But speed humps, and what else? Oh yes, bollards!
June Wardle
(ex Dunhill Roader)
Grimsby
Published on 8th May 2008 in Letters.
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