THIS week’s Pic From The Past is a double header, while last week’s prompted a flurry of responses from readers.
Southport resident and LookBack correspondent Joan Richer found these photographs but doesn’t know where they came from or who those featured are.
All we do know is the image shows No6 Bomb Disposal, and appears to have been taken shortly after the Second World War.
The bombs certainly look big enough to cause serious damage, but judging by the men’s faces and their willingness to pose so near, they had carried out their work successfully.
Which it seems, from how well known she remains almost a century on, is exactly what Mrs Moor did when potting her shrimps.
Several readers contacted LookBack to confirm that last week’s enamel pot formerly housed the ever-popular Southport delicacy, and that Mrs Moor’s were among the best.
Sandgrounder Ted Whitley said: “It was a bit before my time, but she used to sell potted shrimp, and may have continued into the ‘40s.”
While Jennifer Smith wrote: “I have a Southport Directory dated 1896 – there is a Mrs Annie Moor listed in the directory, at 8 Nevill Street, the address being described as an Italian Warehouse.
“She is also listed in the ‘Trade Section’ as being a ‘Potted Meat Dealer & Confectioner’ at 29a Chapel Street and ‘Grocer’ at 8 Nevill Street, with a residence 33 Arbour Street.
“A point of interest regards Nevill Street being spelt with an ‘e’ at the end on the pot, but without in the directory.”
Shropshire man Don Langford found the item while on a three month dig in 1976, prior to the 1982 construction of the M54 near Tong Castle.
He said: “That’s fantastic. The people who lived in the castle, a baroque building, would have been pretty rich and have this sort of thing sent to them.”
But where were Joan’s pictures taken, and who are the individuals involved? If you think you know, call 01704-398225, or write to the usual Southport Visiter email or postal address
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