Washway Road, Sale, Manchester 1967
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147 Washway Road, Sale, Greater Manchester, 1967 — a classic slice of everyday British high street life in the late 1960s. On the left, Reg. Brown Motorcycles & Cycles displays shiny new Hondas and Triumphs behind a window plastered with price tags, spares, and decals. Outside, a portable Dunlop tyre stand waits to grab the attention of passing motorists.
Next door, G. F. Wordsworth serves as a painter and decorator’s dream, its window stacked with Dulux paint tins and rolls of wallpaper proudly advertised as “Top Quality 1967 Wallpapers at New Low Prices.” Posters in bold fluorescent colours shout special offers — a style of shop display instantly recognisable from the era.
To the right, C. & A. Harmon sells household hardware, glassware, and Pyrex — back when kitchens were full of patterned casseroles, enamel bowls, and indestructible bakeware that now feels almost collectible.
Parked outside is a pale blue Ford Anglia 105E, an everyday family car perfectly matched to the surroundings — a world before supermarkets and retail parks, when everything from a new bike to a tin of gloss paint or a wedding-present dinner set could be bought from small independent shops like these.
A quiet, rainy Northern afternoon — and a snapshot of Britain just before the high street began to change forever.
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