[chathamhammer]

hi rochester-bred ,yeh charlie bell in his hey day done all the boys tattoo,s and was well known especially in naval towns not just in england but in other countries,remember a sat afternoon(carnival day  1985) coming out of the old barn which backed on to the brook and going across to have a tattoo done by charlie who incidently comes from  the white road estate(whymans avenue) where i was brought up, anyway had it done but didn,t come out right, still never mind, being young thought it looked good. went  to his son-law after that -andy jay who still has a studio along  by rochester station,

[Steve H]

The Brook.
1974/ here is Queen st.
151, Royal Sovereign P.H.
181, Auto Sport Accessories,
183, C Bell Tattooist,
183a, Durtnal Stamp dealers,
here is Slicketts hill.

Ah, Charlie Bell the partially blind Tattooist.

[afsrochester]

The Royal Sovereign was affectionatly known as "The Tiddly Quid"

[redge]

 The Brook.
1974/ here is Queen st.
151, Royal Sovereign P.H.
181, Auto Sport Accessories,
183, C Bell Tattooist,
183a, Durtnal Stamp dealers,
here is Slicketts hill.

[Wardy]

Shops by Slicketts Hill in the late 1960's.

I remember the shop on the extreme right, on the corner of the hill, was still there in the mid 1980's as a stamp shop. I think one of the other shops was a tattooist's then.

Numanfan I take my hat off to you, you know everything, you probably also know that the tiled building to the left of Brooke Motor Cycles was an insurance brokers and I insured my Ford 8 there for eight pounds a year. Do you also remember the bookmakers around the corner in Slickets Hill? My second cousin owned that after he came home from the war in '45 or there abouts

[numanfan]

"Ritz Car Valetting" apparently. Not quite sure where you actually park your car.

[smiffy]

That's amazing - I mentioned Brook Motorcycles in a post a couple of weeks ago. Interesting to see the Puch logo on the wall just below the window, my Dad had one of these. It was rare then and would probably be worth quite a lot to a classic motorbike enthusiast by now. I remember the stamp shop on the corner, I think it was the last building to be demolished in this part of the Brook. What on earth is that place called the "Ritz?"

[numanfan]

Shops by Slicketts Hill in the late 1960's.


I remember the shop on the extreme right, on the corner of the hill, was still there in the mid 1980's as a stamp shop. I think one of the other shops was a tattooist's then.