A P McGrory's shop - end of an era

[Ship called Dignity]

See A P McGrory's shop in the Main Street is selling off all its goods and closing after a century of trading.

It's set to change hands on 3rd August when a Property Development Company take over.

[Admin3]

Moved to here to keep this thread on track

Anybody any thoughts on McGrorys closing? my goodness, what a real shame. I always loved going in there and always bought something when I did. MAin street will not seem right without it and its famous signs and shop front colours and stock filled windows.
I think local people have a duty to use their local shops, businesses and services......I expressed this opinion many months ago on this forum and got castigated for it! but folks who dont spend their money in their home town certainly can't complain when the main street shops lie closed.

What do people think of the fishing tackle and clothing sales that appear in various halls around the area? !!

Same as the duty to use the local shops folks have a duty to use the local forum, we don't want to see this place lying empty, derelict and sad.

Janette

It is sad to see McGrory's go, there will be a big void in main street, is it going to be made into flats?

I was in Neil Brodies on Friday and he is now stocking fishing gear weights, gigs etc. Don't know about the permits etc.

[Jeanette]

Davie

I worked for a summer in McGrory's and the fishing tackle dept was always busy with tourists and especially when the schools were on holiday. Children were in and out all day It was handy for them to run up from the peir to replace lost gear. The angling club hired out the rowlocks, boats and permits for the lochs and from there as well. Who will do that now?

I heard that a developer was converting the top part to flats and the bottom into shops?? The shop has to be closed by the first week in August according to one of the staff.

jeanette

[general jack o'niell]

i went in the other day looking for something, they hadn't got it, then i felt guilty as i left in case they thought i was just in for a bargain, as always the staff could not be more helpful, always a first class service, a pleasure to have frequented since my childhood, i for one will miss it

[bill]

Remember waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay back in the Sixties they used to sell singles/albums. Along with Strain's further up the street,they were the only two shops in the town where you could by them.

I remember it was 6/8d(33p) for a single when I left school.Might not seem a lot,but my weekly wage was £3.10/-

OH HAPPY DAYS...

And before you cheeky beggers ask,...yes they were 45rpm.

[Bobbie En Tejas]

I remember going into a shopped that sold used items. There was a collection of albums and 45s.. A kid around 11 or so, asked his father what they were. His father told him they were albums, they played music. The boy was fascinated, while the father explained how it all worked. How quickly what is part of everyday life becomes obsolete.

Back to McGrory...

[general jack o'niell]

bought T.REX "hot love" in there in 71, i was 9, bought my first album there too "ride a white swan"

Mrs. Strain is my neighbour, she's a marvelous woman, still going strong. last record i bought in her shop was david bowie "TVC15"

[4th gen Suthen']

Hot Love was my first single too......I can even remember the 2 track B side.........but they have gone out of my mind this minute!

But I think it was in Miss Strain's I bought it, not McGrory's.

Did buy Vincent by Don Mclean in there though, but a few months later swapped it with my cousin Johnny Mckinnon for some Gary Glitter hit!! says a lot that transaction!!

[bill]

OK if you promise not to laugh I will tell you the first single I bought from Strain's was...................

Bobby Vee..........The Night Has A Thousand Eyes.

[Sweltered]

Thought this thread was about MacGrory's, not Mrs Strain's...


MY GOD(F.S.M), I"VE JOINED THE THREAD POLICE!

Back to the thread, I went into MacGrory's in March when I was over, and was quite saddened, as it was obviously on it's way out. This shop was a Campbeltown institution, and I was glad that I bumped into Lizbeth in the Main St. that day too, since most of my visits to MacGrory's over the years included a hello from her.

[sconeface]

typical , people standing to get into the sale, but never supported the shop in previous days - hope they got the bargain they were looking for

[Sweltered]

Who are you referring to?

[sconeface]

not you personally, ofcourse, I mean lots of people who will complain about another local shop closing, but have not been fully supportive when they could have been.

[Sweltered]

Just the way it was worded, I wondered if you meant ppl who had posted. No problem, and I have to agree with you...some people seem to think shops are run for their benefit, and not as a business.

[bill]

No doubt McGrory's has found the internet to be too much competition.

How many people in Campbeltown do you reckon now buy online?