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Re: Blyth shop 50s/60s - "Golightly's"
« Reply #9 on: Monday 01 September 14 17:40 BST (UK) »
I've been scraping through my memories too and can't come up with anything . I lived in Blyth 1936 to 1959.
I keep recalling Holly Golightly (Audrey Hepburn.)
Knott - Northumberland; Yorkshire (?Bridlington.)
Fenwick, Johnston - Northumberland.
Dixon; Hutchinson - York.
Shaw - ? Glasgow

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Re: Blyth shop 50s/60s - "Golightly's"
« Reply #10 on: Thursday 04 September 14 12:30 BST (UK) »
Just had another idea - I think there was a a butcher called Gillespie at one time.
Perhaps the person who asked the question got the name wrong? The 2 are very similar.
Knott - Northumberland; Yorkshire (?Bridlington.)
Fenwick, Johnston - Northumberland.
Dixon; Hutchinson - York.
Shaw - ? Glasgow

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Re: Blyth shop 50s/60s - "Golightly's"
« Reply #11 on: Monday 08 September 14 09:57 BST (UK) »
I have also searched through my various booklets about the town and shop[ etc. and there are no advertisements for a Golightly retailer in Blyth.

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Northumberland; Johnson, Johnston, Dodds, Rutherford, Gray, Kennedy, Wilson, Sanderson, Davidson and other Border Marauders as they are discovered on this journey.
Berkshire; Knight, Bristor, Sharpe, Sharp, Ashley.
Suffolk / Essex; Perce, Pearce, Pearse, Pierce, Hayes.
Midlands; Hodgetts, Parker, Easthope.

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Re: Blyth shop 50s/60s - "Golightly's"
« Reply #12 on: Monday 08 September 14 13:02 BST (UK) »
From Stewart Anderson on Blyth Memories FB page

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it was a bike shop opposite crofts sport shop
Northumberland: Young, Parker, Wolens, Keenlyside, Taylor, Costello
Scotland: Dempster, Henderson, Jackson, M(a)cMillan, M(a)cLanders
Ireland (Co.Mayo): Monaghan, Costello

+ all variations of above names.


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Re: Blyth shop 50s/60s - "Golightly's"
« Reply #13 on: Monday 08 September 14 14:14 BST (UK) »
I think that bike shop belonged to Mr. Mole (not the Wind in the Willows one  ;))
Next door to Donkins newsagents on Havelock St.
Knott - Northumberland; Yorkshire (?Bridlington.)
Fenwick, Johnston - Northumberland.
Dixon; Hutchinson - York.
Shaw - ? Glasgow

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Re: Blyth shop 50s/60s - "Golightly's"
« Reply #14 on: Tuesday 09 September 14 08:20 BST (UK) »
The bike shop that was on Havelock Street ( opposite Cropps ) was Spot-On decorators in later years, (I think ) - wasn't it something to do with the Ferguson family?

Anyway, moving sideways, and perhaps not the same family, but there were 2 Golightly families in 1897, both on Carlton Street, and in 1911 ( per census ) Golightly families on Plessey Road , Rosamund Place and York Stret but they were ( as stated above ) working at the mnes

Perhaps they or their families left the industry.

Talking yesterday to an acquaintance who is a long time Blyth resident I mentioned this , and he immediately said "Golightly's Bread Shop" , but he doesn't remember why he associates the name with a bakery. But, perhaps it may spark a memory elsewhere ...?
Daniel: Scarborough
Malyon: Essex, London
Bell: Northumberland
Gibbs: Northumberland, Co Durham, North Yorks
Appleyard: Bridlington, Scarborough
Barton: Nottingham, Sheffield
Bunn, Sanderson, Gray, Hindmarsh, Tron , Tait and others - wife's family , Durham and Northumberland

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Re: Blyth shop 50s/60s - "Golightly's"
« Reply #15 on: Tuesday 09 September 14 10:44 BST (UK) »
A little more comment from one of my Blyth moles.

"The only bike shop in Havelock Street was Sep Mole & Sons. They were there from the early part of 1900  till about the mid 60's when it was taken over by Gary Ellis,  and turned into a paint and decorating shop.  The only other bike shop was on Plessey Road in front of the Masons pub,  which was Trigg's".

You can see Sep Moles shop in Central Buildings early 1900s here;

https://www.flickr.com/photos/51893012@N05/14288439102/sizes/k/

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Northumberland; Johnson, Johnston, Dodds, Rutherford, Gray, Kennedy, Wilson, Sanderson, Davidson and other Border Marauders as they are discovered on this journey.
Berkshire; Knight, Bristor, Sharpe, Sharp, Ashley.
Suffolk / Essex; Perce, Pearce, Pearse, Pierce, Hayes.
Midlands; Hodgetts, Parker, Easthope.

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Re: Blyth shop 50s/60s - "Golightly's"
« Reply #16 on: Tuesday 09 September 14 18:36 BST (UK) »
  As ever spot on P H !
               I knew you'd come up with the answer.. Dolly
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East Lothian.Brash. Dryden. Cumberland.Henderson.Joyce.
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Re: Blyth shop 50s/60s - "Golightly's"
« Reply #17 on: Tuesday 09 September 14 19:47 BST (UK) »
I don't think I have answered this subject, just added info that will hopefully, along with other peoples input, lead to an answer.

One of the things I have come across in my own family history and talking with my dad about when I was growing up and the mix ups of experiences and events that lead unwittingly to false memories. Once you get the facts and chronology ironed out correctly, it becomes clear in the end.

I just hope a definitive answer comes up for the Golightly shop, whatever it was selling.

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Northumberland; Johnson, Johnston, Dodds, Rutherford, Gray, Kennedy, Wilson, Sanderson, Davidson and other Border Marauders as they are discovered on this journey.
Berkshire; Knight, Bristor, Sharpe, Sharp, Ashley.
Suffolk / Essex; Perce, Pearce, Pearse, Pierce, Hayes.
Midlands; Hodgetts, Parker, Easthope.