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Title: High Street
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Description: Fred Manby & Bro, ironmongers
Keywords: streets buildings business
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Can anyone identify where on the HIgh Street Manby's yard was? In 1881 my Bishop family where living on Manby's yard
Added by: Barbara Dixon - 6 Oct 04
I think Manby's yard was across Sheep Street down a ginnel. It was a complete Aladdin's cave of stuff, but they usually knew where things were overall a big pile of shite!
Added by: John Henderson - 3 Jun 05
I'm not sure but this really really looks like the shop that is now Base. The buildings to the right would be kind of where New Look is now??
Added by: Ro - 24 Feb 07
If you look at photo number 00086 you can see the windows of this building so I'm sure it is the one I thought was Base.
Added by: Ro - 24 Feb 07
I'm sure this is what is now Base clothing. The top 2 windows are still the same. There is an earlier picture (80-something I think) which shows this building in the context of the whole High Street.
Added by: Rowena Mitchell - 2 Mar 07
In the late 40/50s there was a gunsmiths with a display of guns in one of the windows on the left of the Manby's main window .
Added by: W E Brown - 14 Jul 07
I moved to Skipton as a child in about '66/'67 and my mum was so chuffed to be able to buy an old fashioned cast iron frying pan from Mamby's. They also used to sell semi circular steel dog whistles that the dales farmers used, us kids loved those!
Added by: Peter Monk - 23 Nov 07
Manby's Yard is next to Hallam's Yard. Manbys made their fireplaces there.The surround of the middle window is a replica of a fire surround. I think the gun window was also part of Manbys.
Added by: j. m. varley - 13 Mar 09
I worked for Fred Manby in 1969. The yard, was in fact a warehouse next door to a cottage which still stands down a passage on the left as you come out of the shop doorway. It was haunted for sure, and only an old gent called miles would go inside although i was forced to on occassions. I have many fond memories of Manby's and the staff, and a few very interesting stories too.
Added by: Peter Dobbinson - 24 Mar 09
Manby's was a real Aladins cave,i remember my friends farther buying his shotgun cartriges from Manby's and at that time there was also a very busy section of the store in the cellar which sold tools and every size of screw and nail you can imagine. Even if you bought one nail it was wraped up for you. I can also remember a young man who was the son of one of the Manby brothers,i think he was a reporter on a newspaper, and i once saw him stood in the doorway smoking a clay pipe!
Added by: Peter Reed - 8 Apr 09
Does anyone know when the first clock was put up on the Fred manby shop. And when did the firm stop trading?
Added by: Peter Reed - 22 Apr 09
i found an old fire/oven door in tact with manby & bro skipton written on it, lovely old piece it is, anybody want it?
Added by: Ian Trippier - 4 Jun 09
The illuminated clock was installed May 20th 1912. Manby's closed 1986 about 170 years trading.
Added by: j m varley - 17 Aug 09
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