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Topic ID 565
21/04/2004 by amber
SWEET MEMORIES
Does any one remember the sweet shop that was opposite Christchurch school,owned by Mrs Drury? It's now a house called Sweet Memories.I recall the difficult decisions to be made, should I have 2 ounces of sherbert pips or a bag of multi coloured sherbert.Or some flying saucers? Or a huge gobstopper? Even the counter was child height and Mrs Drury never hurried a child no matter how crowded the shop.These truly are sweet memories.[:D]
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Reply ID 4761
21/04/2004 by BigMark
Hi Amber,
I certainly do ! I attended Christchurch School many years ago, and always stopped there on my way home.
The owner Mrs Drury would bring some sweets over to the school when the school broke up in the summer, to give to the outgoing 11 year olds as a "thank you" for their custom. aah memories !
Reply ID 4763
22/04/2004 by amber
Hi BigMark
I also went to Christchurch School many moons ago. Do you remember Fishers? That was another sweet shop,though more of a general store,and it is now someones house.We used to use Fishers when the queue was too long at Miss Drurys.
Reply ID 4765
22/04/2004 by Barzey
Hi Amber – My Wife also remembers this lady very well from when she was also at Christchurch school and my wife is 60 next month.
She was only talking to her elder brothers about Miss Drury last week and believe it or not they were saying almost exactly the same that you have written in your introduction to this post.
I am a relative newbie to Ware but this particular lady certainly seems to be well liked by all as far as I can make out. I wonder if this lady realises how much that she has been liked and appreciated by so many people over the years?
Reply ID 4766
22/04/2004 by BigMark
I do remember the general store, though I dont remember its name !. This is the one on the corner of Bowling Road and King Edward Road isnt it ?. I remember it being a grocery store, but think I always preferred Mrs (or was it Miss ?) Drurys sweet shop.
Reply ID 4777
24/04/2004 by amber
Miss or Mrs Drury? I don't know, but I can't remember ever seeing any one else in the shop with her.Does anyone else know if she was married or had children? She must have served in incredible amount of school children because a lot of people have happy memories of this lady and her shop. I am so glad that I took my own children there when they were small as they were equally impressed with the childsize counter and sweet display.
Reply ID 4778
24/04/2004 by Barzey
According to the missus and her older brothers, Miss Drury never married and the shop belonged to her parents before her
Reply ID 4785
25/04/2004 by amber
My sister-in-law is sure that she saw Miss Drury on Ware market the other day.She must be quite elderly now but wouldn't it be great if she knew how fondly she is thought of and how many people remember her.
Reply ID 4788
25/04/2004 by bolly
Miss Drury still lives there, sometimes, like xmas, she puts a little display in the window for the children walking past to see.
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