It’s true and you could find it in Lynn Street in decades gone by.
There were plenty of others fine trades which were going strong in the street back in its heyday, such as clothes shops, a furniture store and a coffee bar.
Lynn Street was a hive of activity and just look at the queues for the butchers shop in one of the photos in this retro collection which comes to us courtesy of the Hartlepool Museum Service and Hartlepool Library Service.
There’s much more besides. Take a look.
1. Look at the queues
An early 1950s photo on the corner of Musgrave Street and Lynn Street. .On the Lynn Street side are Tom Richardson's and a chemist's shop. Photo: Hartlepool Museum Service Photo: Hartlepool Museum Service
2. Famous for its Vimto
The indoor market and Curry's Coffee Bar which, in the 1960s, was well known for Vimto and ice cream. Photo: Hartlepool Museum Service. Photo: Just the place for a treat
3. Window shopping in Lynn Street
Robinsons in Lynn Street. Does anyone remember it? Photo : Hartlepool Museum Service Photo: Hartlepool Museum Service
4. The height of fashion
Weaver to Wearer and Workwear Suppliers are pictured beneath the Lynn Street side of the Athenaeum. Photo : Hartlepool Library Service. Photo: Hartlepool Library Service