Kenton Bar Celebrities Pre-1988 - John at North Kenton News

John - where do I begin. John was owner, operator and all round Mr. News of the "North Kenton News" newsagents shop at Kenton Bar. The shop was large and sold sweeties, toys and most importantly FIREWORKS. John, if he thought you were not a complete nutter, used to sell you bangers, rockets and in fact any sort of firework whether you were 16 or not. My favorite were air bombs. Set an airbomb near the cube flasts and light the blue touchpaper, stand back, nay run back, and admire your work. By far the loudest firework on the block at the time it used to eject a single ball of light and detonated with a bang so loud it resonated throughout the estate - just so happened that the height of explosion I worked out was just about at the height of the top floor windows on the cube flats...the rest as they say is history - loud history.

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  1. All the time I went there he never wore glasses at all.

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  2. john craigie, left kenton bar shops and went off to metro centre. shop hasnt been same since

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