No room in the wardrobe!
(Some of the small shops that used to be in Miles Platting and Ancoats)

Ben Hartley’s Outfitters Butler Street. Where mam or dad took you for your whit-week suit. If you paid cash instead of a provident cheque, you got a balloon and God help you if you popped it before you got home.

Pollitts grocers Sycamore Street.
For their fresh roast ham and home pickled onions for Sunday night’s tea.

Gillibrands Barbers near Varley Street. Where you would get a halfpenny, after he gave you a short back and sides. You spent your ha’penny at the Beech Nut chewing gum machine where after every three go’s got you a free packet.
Mother Hurst Chippy. Go for cabbage and ribs with hand-cut chips, what a feast!

Bernards Pawnshop Garrett Street. Where you would store the old man’s suit for a week because there was no room in the wardrobe!
Wilf Lowr