Sixty years ago, the Wootton Road shopping centre opened with five new shops. The shops served the post-war estates that had spread through Fitzharris and Wildmoor. The shopping centre contained a newsagent, greengrocer, butcher, general grocer, and a wool shop / draper.
Visiting the shopping centre this evening, sixty years on, two of the five shops have been merged into one, and an extra shop has been added round the side.
The shopping centre now has: a sports shop, self-service grocer (two shops), a telephone and fishing tackle shop, hairdresser, and tattooist round the side.
I remember when ‘Modulations’ used to be there. In Car Entertainment systems and CB Radio. Spent a lot of time there.
Yeah John Sheppard owned it Val used to work there then they became a couple he used to have a bright green Bedford ha van lol and the engineer was Alex big chap they were the days I had mg CB club to rival the alpha tangos that was the other club in the town lol don’t suppose anyone remembers this used to meet up at the crown Thistle in town then moved to the jolly porter in culham
One-Stop is owned by Tesco.
Crafty Carper and Gamesmaster as well as Fone Box….
Progress eh! They looked and sounded so much better in the sixties!
Where could I have gone for my tattoos or mobile phone unlocking in the 50s?
I remember all those original shops and the folk who ran them. I remember the buildings used to look a lot better too