Thomas Street, Holyhead.

[Mr-Tomcat]

Many years ago there used to be a sweet shop in Thomas Street, just before Hyfrydle Chapel, left hand side going up, the owner was my mothers grandmother and her surname was Owens.

Andrew.

[toad]

I have been looking for some info on Thomas Street. I have recently learned that it used to be called "Pollicoffe's Hill" after the shop that was situated somewhere there run by the Jewish Pollicoffe family........still looking for a date though. According to my mother in laws writings from 30 odd years ago, her grandfather was William Davies and before that area became known as "Pollicoffe's Hill" it was called "Curly Jacks Hill" after her granddads nickname I believe the Davies family may have had a shop there, again I have no time line, but William (Curly Jack ) was born in Holyhead about 1861. Anyone out there have any ideas?

[Mr-Tomcat]

Even today, Thomas Street is still called Pollicoffe Hill or at least  the bottom part is, after the shop you correctly say was owned by the Pollicoffe family, the shop later became Co-Op, and closed a number of years ago, before renovation and a change of use.

Andrew. 

[papercutter]

I remember Allt Policoff and some people still call it that 

[brynmeister56]

My mother believed that Curly Jack Hill was so named after a relative of John Jones (an ancestor of mine) who owned a shop in Birmingham House, which was located on the corner opposite Poliakoff's at the bottom of Thomas Street.

[toad]

I wonder if you and my hubby are distant relatives then. Long time since I have been on here and it’s nice to see replies are still popping up. I can’t remember the line of his JONES family now I will have to look on the family tree ( old grey matter is failing!) Will post on here when I have found it. Thanks for the reply 🙂

[brynmeister56]

Could be! I am on Ancestry.com and have done a DNA test which I have also added to My Living DNA site.