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I think I bought 7" records from a shop half way up on the left side in the 70's. Lovely little shop
This was a small shop in St Peters Hill, run by Mr and Mrs Hare.
Remember going to Mr. Hare’s for a Judy Collin’s record, to which he said ‘I’ve got Albert Collins’. Within days he had ordered and received the record I was looking for. How’s that for service!
I remember the record shop that used to be there. Very steep hill, pushing a pram up that was hard work. That was in the days when prams were prams!!!
Me too! Loved the record shop. I remember pushing a huge silver cross pram up that hill too.
Bought Blondie's first LP there. I remember I purchased it with my own money too! I must’ve been about 15. Lovely memories.
Yes most of our age youth frequented Mr Hares. I was pleased when I found he sold the little triangular middles for records, as I used to often get a bargain from the Bus Station cafe juke box, as they changed the top 10 each week to keep in line with the hit parade. So I could buy a middle and then play on my Dansette portable record player. Fab memories.
Bought all my Beatles records there when they were first issued. Mr & Mrs Hare were the owners.
He used to order "Monty Python" records for me !
‘In search of the Lost Chord’.. Moody Blues.
Bought all my 45s there and the frido footballs. Bald headed man with a moustache I think
I used to buy records from there, and my darts flights.
As a teenager in the 60s it was THE go-to shop for all of life's essentials! Records, guitar strings, bows and arrows, snorkelling kit, balls and bats of all types. It was just up St Peters Steps in those days.
I was always in there with Kevin Greenham buying tackle with our spends. The owner took us fishing on his boat for a day for spending so much money in there.
I went in to St Peters Sports in 1973 and bought ‘48 Crash’, by Suzi Quatro, and it cost me 48 new pence.
Oh my, records, tackle , snorkels, masks…
I remember getting ragworm from there. I bought my Ugly Stik boat rod from there, probably 25 years ago and I've still got it in the garage.
I remember when it was derelict. We could go up the stairs to see the feral pigeons nests … Probably 1948/9. A famous comedian was told his fortune in the little shop next door …
Madam Credos was up there as well.
I remember the record shop and the clairvoyant Madam Credo, later Max the Axe barber.
Ah, Max The Axe!! Now you're talking! I was a client of St Peters Sports, the record shop and Max, but never Madam Credo.
I remember when Max Grant had the hairdressers upstairs.
Max the Axe, he's still in Brixham and has got a shop in Bolton St now.
Do you remember the sign the council made him take down in Dartmouth? It was for ladies pubic trims, 5p for a heart shape, but cos the clippers were broke he'd have to use his teeth! It didn't last long. He's a legend!
Max Grant, where I had my first curly perm at about 11 years old!
I remember the mullet perm Ian Grant had. Straight and short on top, and permed and long at the back! He started a trend at Churston Grammar School.
Went to Max Grant for years. Even came home from college to get my hair done there!
I think Shushanna's Beauty Parlour was above Max for a while too.
My nan lived at 22 St. Peter’s Hill. I had my first tortoise there, then he went walk about after a couple of years. I never did find him.
Loved it up there. Does anyone remember how tiny the Co-op bank was?
I remember going into the Co-op, when my mum and aunty used to collect their divies on divvy day.
Me too. I was fascinated how they counted the receipts up so quickly!
Queuing up at the Co-op for divi. What a memory!
I remember going into the Co-op as a child with my Mum to count her receipts for divi.
Me too, my Mum used to call divvy day St Peter's Hill races !
My first office job was working in the Co-Op office as an apprentice. I lived on Temperance Steps from 1987 until 2003. Both of my children grew up there.
I loved the record shop & Max the Axe for haircuts. Going in the Co-op with mum to have Divi tickets added up.
Ha ha dividend tickets. I did the same with my mum.
It was fascinating wasn’t it!
Collecting a year’s worth of tickets for a tin of Quality Street.
Simple pleasures - we had a B&B & so frequent Co-Op visits. They did let me press the + button on the till in the Co-Op for a few moments... fun times!
The alley going up the hill side of Co-Op in Fore St, the coal horse spooked, galloped down the hill and crashed into the shop front across the road. The council had to put a barrier at the bottom of hill, to stop it happening again.
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Narrations of memories from St. Peter's Steps
My Great Aunt always said she was either "going to heaven" or to see "St Peter " when she used these steps. One of my Great Great Aunts was christened in St Peters Church.