OUR February 6 picture poser captured readers’ interest and brought a flood of answers and happy memories for myself.

S Kersey wrote: “The picture shows Rothery Radio in North John Street/Ormskirk Street. It is now a betting shop.”

Mrs Lynne Organ rang and relayed how as a schoolgirl she worked in the record shop at weekends in the early 1970s. She lived in Moss Bank at the time, and her mother, Doreen Stubbs, was a cleaner at Rotherys. Lynne was a keen Donny Osmond fan and recalls listening to the Osmonds’ records when she had the time.

Keith Atherton explained: “Where were we? We were in John Street, the side street leading from Ormskirk Street to Baldwin Street, opposite the entrance to the Co-op ballroom, the large building seen in the background. The picture shows the side of Rothery Radio, as it was before the days of television.

“I clearly recall sitting on the top deck of the last No. 6 trolley bus of the night, at its stand in Baldwin Street waiting for its departure to Dentons Green, and hearing the Bert Webb band playing in the Co-op ballroom.”

Cllr Geoff Almond concurs: “I believe the photograph shows the corner of Ormskirk Street and North John Street. A William Hill betting shop is now occupying the corner slot. "

Rose Allander recalls queueing at Rothery Radio to see singer Emile Ford and buy his hit record What do you want to make those eyes at me for? “Gosh, it must be about 55 years ago! The building is facing the doctors’ surgery and one of the shops now I think is a pub, ‘Jokers’.

" I was born in Sutton Oak and my dad always said the big stone in Sutton Park was an Irish blarney stone that you made a wish at... Could never climb it but not for want of trying! Love your page: it’s a wealth of knowledge.” Thanks Rose.

James Robertson extends the Rothery Radio connection with St Helens: “Rothery Radio had a repair shop on the corner of Lowe Street and Westfield Street, opposite what was once the Beechams office block, now St Helens College. I remember taking a Philips reel to reel tape recorder for repair in the early sixties. You had to go up steps then stairs to the first floor.”

Others rang reminiscing about the record booths inside the shop in the late 50s and early 60s, and listening to Marty Wilde, Tommy Steel, Elvis Presley, and Emile Ford.