Hi. I was born in Abbots Langley (Marlin Sq) and also lived in Abbots Road for some about 15 years.There were three sweet shops in Abbots Langley High street. At the top of the High Street opposite the C of E junior school and war memorial was a half timbered sweet shop which we used a lot . The second was Mrs Genister's next to the Bricklayer's Arms. The Glenister family had a big house in Marlin Sq opposite the Police Houses. Later on Dazeleys the newsagent also sold sweets. They were a few houses to the right of Glenister's shop.
The Bob Bon was a toy and sweet shop on the corner of The Cresent ( Trowley rise and Trowley bottom are a long way away). It was run by the Dobson family. Fred ( who eventually ran an antique shop next door) and Kitty his wife were involved. Dennis , Fred's brother, ran the hairdressing salon, They made lots of changes. Fred's dad started the gents salon on the ground floor. He have me pudding basin haircuts and had an unfortunate mouth problem earning him the affectionate name of "slobberer". The ladies salon was at first floor level.
As a boy I delivered news papers for Dazeleys and became an errand boy for greengrocer Eric Curtis in Langley Road
