No.

Kenton Lane

395

Harcliffe Motors

397

Glass - butcher

399

Williams Bros. - grocer

401

? vacant

403

Pollard - fishmonger.  Open-fronted style premises.

405

Denre - hair stylist; Savá - hair stylist

Warwick Parade

3

Ellingtons - newsagents and Post Office (by pedestrian crossing.)

4

P Ward - fruiterer.  Open-fronted premises with steel, collapsible, lattice gates;  had numerous, spinning, sticky fly-strips hanging from ceiling.

5

Hugh Lloyd - chemist

6

Spurriers - baker

6

W P Wenzal

7

Walton, Hassell & Port - provisions

7

W Fox Bro.

8

Dewhurst - butcher

9

Catos (on corner) - hardware - We used to buy our paraffin, Aladin Pink, here (see "Laings homes - heating" section).  Numerous refilled 1 gallon paraffin containers with their long spouts were stood in a line just inside the door.  Unless you were vigilant, the container that you were offered for collection could be in worse condition than the one that you had deposited a few days earlier. - E.B.

Kenmore Ave. is here

Station Parade

1, 2, 3 (Opp. Catos)

Circle House - radio and TV, sold records (78s), suffered from a steeply sloping floor (following the slope of the pavement!)

4

Winifreds - ladies wear

5

Launderette

6

Victoria Wine

7

Scottish Dyers and Cleaners

8

F W Poole - butcher

9

A L Payne and Son - grocer

10

Belmont Building Supplies

11

Clark’s - toys; then, latterly, stationer and Post Office

12

Stanley Barton - hair stylist

13

F & J Hare - photographers; then Belmont Building Supplies

14

Belmont Building Supplies

Kenton Lane - crossing at the bridge:

508

Finlays - tobacconist; Pleasure Brews (’70s)

506

W H Blackler & Co. - estate agents

504

Dorson Bakeries

502

F & J Hare - photographers; Sunflower - flower shop

500

Belmont Fisheries; Pollards Fish Bar - open-fronted with steel, collapsible, lattice gates; retained the original, marble slabs

498

Pearks - grocer; Vivienne-Ellis - gift cards, jewellery

The Circle in 1940-ish - from H/H Volume 3, page 28.
Continuing round the Circle from "Pearks Corner"… as it is named here.

Station Parade (continues:)

15

Sketchley - dyer and cleaner (by zebra crossing)

16

Walker - fruiterer and florist

17

Wests - butcher

18

Nicholls & Co. Ltd. - outfitter

19

Henry Solomons - greengrocer and fruiterer

21

Tesco Food Fair

22

W & E Turner - boots and shoes

23

Boots - chemist - ideal for chemicals e.g. sodium chlorate (for pipe-bombs)

24

H Wilkins - a "Radio" sign hung outside.  A young chap in a white dust-coat would test valves.

25

F W Woolworth & Co. Ltd.  Double-frontage.

26

Crown Wallpaper

27

Weevit - ladies wear - wools, haberdashery, hosiery; Donaldson and Co. - estate agents (’70s)

Off-licence, half-width frontage

Belmont Hotel

here is Weston Drive

Belmont Essoldo cinema

Kenton Lane (by Library) - from Hartford Ave

215

Stowells - wine merchant

217

Martins - newsagent

219

Homewares; Kentons Hardware

221

Watford Co-op; LCS Self Service

223

Express Dairy Co

225

Jackman & Son - fruiterers

227

A W Cox - butcher

229

S H Selby - chemist

231

Ivy House - ladies and children’s wear; Domestic Electrical Service

233

Modern Fish Caterers; Cleanwhite - launderette

235

Heather White Bakeries; Glyn - bakers

237

C J Thomas - veterinary practice; Zellers - glass merchants (’70s)

239

vacant

239a

Simmons - shoe repairs

241

Maison Henri - hairdresser

243

Pearks - grocer

245

Conf & tobacconist

Kenton Lane (by Priestmead)

279

H Leach - garage

281

H Roger - woodwork

283

Louise - ladies stylist

285

Edgson-Ward - hardware

287

Mayfair Cleaners; Regency Cleaner

289

Mattress Remaker - upholstery

291

Lydia - drapery

293

Quality Cakes

295

G Wood - butcher

297

Roberts - greengrocer

299

Galtons (Footware) Ltd (’49); Craigs - shoe repairs

301

Thorp Ltd. - newspaper and tobacconist

23

Express Dairy (’38); Broadfields - double-fronted (with no. 22) car-accessories and tuning (e.g. Peco exhausts, alloy wheels) - entrance to one half of the pair of premises was blanked-off.

22

Jean - ladies outfitters (’38), woolshop; Wendale General Draper

21

Palfrey Dyer; Midland Dyers and Cleaners (’49); Sketchley Cleaners

20

London Leisure Library (Oppenheim & Co Ltd) (’38); G T Calver/t - confectioner and tobacconist

19

Chas. Aldridge - boot repr (’38); Weldun Shoe Repairs - boot repairer; H B Bristow - shoe repairs

18

’The Elite’ - baker; P Bulmer - delicatessen

17

Boots Cash Chemists (’38); Coop (’49) - "My 'Saturday job' was at Boots.  When customers needed liquids such as vinegar or distilled water they would bring in their empty bottles and I would refill them from barrels out the back of the shop" - Carolyn Barnet née Brooks

14, 15, 16

The London Cooperative - triple frontage - butcher, groceries, baker.  "What’s your ’divi’ luv?".  One’s family’s 6 ’divi’ digits can be retained in memory for a lifetime - and, for Gillian Gamblin, née Bailey, her neighbours', for whom she used to shop, divis remain intact too!

13

Evans & Nigel Ltd estate agents (’38); Canons Park Estate Agency

12

Pearks Dairies; Dennis Reed - estate agent

11

Jack Marston - hardware; Dorson - baker

10

Frank Freeman - butcher; Marston - hardware

9

Wiffen Bros. - fruiterer; Edgar Jones - butcher

8

Brills Scotch Bakery; Wilkinson - fruiterer

7

United Dairies

6

Gosdens Ltd - tobacconist and Post Office

5

Jimmy Wilde - junior hairdresser; Maison Baker - hairdresser

4

S Anthony; Brahram - chemist

3

Stanedge Radio - wireless engnrs (’38); Radio Rentals - and radio-repair

2

Pamela Fry - ladies outfitter; Davel - florist (Daval?)

1b

Handbags (’38)

1

Raywood - timber (incl. balsa for model-making), hardware, paints and DIY ('63)  advert in Kemp's

1

Highfield Model Laundry and Sketchley Dye Works

Canons Park Station, Metropolitan Line ('38)

231

W H Smith & Son - newsagts

231

Finlay and Co - tobccnsts

Station Road, Edgware - in the 30's.
Looking south-east to Edgware Station (opened 1924) and, a partially developed, Station Road - from The Francis Frith Collection.

Crossing over the Charing Cross, Euston and Hampstead Railway (CCE&HR) (now Northern Line), at the top right can be seen the LNER/GNR line to the other Edgware station, 300m to the south-west.  In the centre-bottom of the photo, diggings for the 'Northern Heights' extension have been started.

A section of the station's frontage (at the south-west end) was eventually demolished for an access road to a bus terminus at the rear of the station.  (A north-east end section was then demolished to retain symmetricity.)

In 1959:

Station Road (North side - from the High Street)
more from Anne Broomhead

Edgware Parish Church (St Margarets)

3

Richman’s - florist

5

Edgware Wallpapers

7

Edgware Electrics

9

Edgware Drapery Store

11

Peggy’s Pet Shop

15

Massey - opticians

17

Urridge - gowns

21

Magill - watch-maker

23

Bernies - delicatessen

25

Jensen’s - florist

27

Sevilles - tobacco

29

West - haberdashery

31

Radio Rentalls

35

Woolcraft

37

Ludlam’s - confectionary

41

Boulton - chemist

43

Sidney Dunn - men’s outfitters

47

Day Stores - leather goods

51-53

Charles Page - furnishing

55-57

Nicolaides - hairdresser

59

Alfred Penny - butcher

61

Forbuoys - tobacco

65

Ford’s - fruiterers

here is Manor Park Crescent (the home of Crestas.  Crestas was every schoolboy's dream emporium - train sets, Scalextric cars, balsa boats, model aircraft… and who can forget Jetex's lethal, rocket-propelled cars and bright yellow plastic boats with their brown fuse wire, circular gauze filter and football-boot stud solid-fuel pellets.  ["Oops, the red-hot motor-body seems to have melted the back of the toy".])

67

The Ritz Cinema … more and more (from Flickr).   A film clip of the opening ceremony.

69

Maynard’s - confectioners... and the cinema frontage (1932).

71

Mordant's - jewellers, watch specialists: Omega, Rolex, Rotary, Accurist, Avia, Cyma, Ingersoll ('61 advert in Kemp's)

73

The Wool Shop

75

Sherrards - cake shop

77

Hughes - footware

79

Charringtons - coal merchants

81-83

North Thames Gas Board

85

Derek Clarke - chemist

87

Richardsons - outfitters

99

Mayfair Coffee Lounge

105

G Barnett - solicitor

In the '50s I used to have my eyes checked at Claude Lyons, optician, who had his office near to Stanley J Lee's department store, opposite the tube station.  On Googling his name I found from Barnet Archives that he was President of Edgware Rotary in 1948. - Brenda Hegan

117

L Raymond - estate agent

119

Broadmead - radio

123

Curry - jeweller

125

Stanley Lee - dept. store   advert in Kemps

143

Gainsborough Library

145

Elliots - shoes

147

Dorothy Perkins - lingerie

149

Lavells - confectioners

151

Stanley Lee - gowns

155

Mence Smith - hardware

157

Henry’s - handbags

161

Sylvester - man’s shop

163

Jaques - gowns

here is Rectory Lane

167

Edgware Times

171

Dunn - hatmakers

173

Wisepart - builder’s merchants

175

Jaques - sports-wear

179

Radio Services (Hendon) Ltd, - Marconi, Murphy, Pye ('38);  Singer

181

Nurseryland

183

Edwards Gowns

185

Dixons - cameras

187

Crown Wallpapers

189

Bateson - chemist

Station Road (South side - from the High Street)

6

Gilroy - cleaners

8

Clements - hardware

12

Mence Smith - hardware

14

Spurriers - baker

16

W J Mackay - butcher

26

S Frost - grocers

30

Greys - television dealers

38-40

The Railway Hotel

42-46

Edgware Post Office

Set back from the road was the LNER station and sidings.  Adjacent to the station and sidings, were arrayed coal yards - one of which belonged to 'Herbert Clarke & Co'.
In the 50s, behind a long picket fence, a large shed in the yard housed ex-WD premises, Mullards.  The yard used to sell ex-military motor cycles, clothing, tools and other bric-a-brac.
In the 60s a timber yard was housed in a large shed.

126

Times Furnishing Co

128

Woolworths

134

Wilde - tailors

136

Lawley’s - china

Edgware Station, originally Charing Cross, Euston and Hampstead Railway.  Photo (1927) and more …

Station House

138

Meakers - tailors

140

Myers - furs and gowns

146

Burtons - tailors

148

Hillwoods - jewellers

152

John Collier - tailors

158

Premier Supermarket

162

Kenyons - fashions

Express Mansions

190

McDermotts - shoes

190a

Waltons - fruiterers

192

Electricity Service Centre

196

Harleys Drug Stores

200

Freeman, Hardy and Willis - shoes

202

Home & Colonial Stores - provisions

204

Stead & Simpson - shoes

206

Brill’s Bakeries

208

J Sainsbury - provisions

210

Mac Fisheries; with a restaurant upstairs - Anne Broomhead

212

Walton, Hassell & Port - provisions

214

Reeves - wine merchant

216

Boots - chemist

218

Lilley & Skinner - shoes

222

W H Smith - booksellers

224

Roma - gowns

226

James Walker - jewellers

228

Dewhurst - butcher

234

Eastmans - dyers and cleaners

236

Stratford - tailors

238

Barratts - shoes

240-242

London Co-operative Society  Photo of Station Road (lower), 1954

244

Lewis - tobacconist

246

United Dairies

High Street (West side - from Burnt Oak Broadway) in 1959

Wm Morris and Son Sports Ground

here is Albany Crescent

White Lion Off-licence

White Lion Hotel

Crystal Palace Public House

17a

Hy. Albt Barker - undertaker

19a

Blake Spencer and Son - (White Heart yard)

19 & 21

White Heart Public House

23

Mrs Barbara Fennel - refrshment rms

29

Harry Miall - cycle engnr

33

R A Cheshire - butcher

35

A W Morley - fruiterer

47

A Keen - grocer

51

A Keen - butcher

59

PDSA

63

Lavender & Son - butchers

65

Benjamin N Taylor - motor engineer ('38)

67

Frank Shoobridge - tobacc ('38)

75

Mason's Arms Public House ('38)  Photo (1924) and more …

here is Whitchurch Lane

79

Chas Hy. Hoding - confectur ('38)

81

Edward Wilkinson - fishmngr ('38)

83

P Price - butcher

85

L A Cheeld - grocer

87

Seabrooks - fruiterer

89

Superior Repairing Tailors

91

Edgware Hardware Store

93

H W Kent - builder's merchant

99

Jensen Bros - florist

117

Jimmies Café

123

Rae - confectioner and tobacco

125

Miss Louisa Davies - dressmaker ('38)

127

Alfred Dimmock - chimney sweeper
Lyndhurst Shirt Renovation Service ('38)

here is Canons Drive

High Street (East side - from Deansbrook Rd.) - 1959

2

Fred Hodge Ltd. - builder's mer

8

Danforth Electrics

12

A C Nunnery - radio dealer

14

The Spot - general stores

here is Edgware Junior School

here is Thornbank

60

Henry Crowden and Co. - decorators suppliers

62

Richards - gents hairdresser

64

Henry Conway - gents outfitters

70

L Collins - dyers and cleaners

72

Forum Café

74

Stowells - off licence

76

Cook and Shutler - grocers

78

Walkeven - shoes

here is Station Road

('The Blackboot' Public House - a photo taken around 1900 - located by Brenda Hegan from The Edgware Appreciation Society site on Facebook.)

84-86

Norths Shoe Repairs

90

Adelmans - delicatessen

92

S Hirsh - outfitters

94

Maurice Goodman - furniture

96

Leon of Mayfair - hairdresser

98

Horace Wright - chemist

100

A Feldman - tobacconist

102

J Coblentz - butcher

104

Kay - hairdresser

106

La Patisserie - cake shop

108

John Trapp Radio

110

W Pollard and Son - scales

here is Manor Park Crescent

118

Grosvenor Tyre Works

120

Edgware Motor Accessories

126

Bowers of Edgware - garage

130

Jessra - boutique

132

Stonegrove Fruiterers

134

Studio Dixon

136

Paul Norton - hair studio

138

Brahams - gents hairdressers

140

Pedlars - stationers

here is Grove Rd and Fernhurst Gdns

Handel Parade (Whitchurch Lane) 1938

1

Edgware and Stanmore Electrical Co.

2

Miss Lillian Hart - ladies' outfitter

3

Vincent and Paice - estate agts

here is Handel Way

5

Hy. Reginald Swadling - confctnr

6

Pulhams & Sons Ltd - butchers

7

Christphr Nutter - café

8

Sam Isaacs - fish restaurant

10

Frank Woodward - chemist

13

Fire Brigade Station (Harrow UDC)

Whitchurch Parade 1938

1

Household Repairs - upholsterers

2

George Flower - boot repr

3

Peter Goulding - hairdrssr
Yourston & Martin - estate agts

4

Jas. Lovett - chemist

5

Stead Edwin Hartley - tobccnst

9

Irish Bros - butchers

10a

Miss J Repp - children's outfitters

11

F Scarisbrick - timber mer

12

Mabs - ladies hairdrssrs

13

Radio Traders' Repair Service

845

Scottish Fisheries, John Dory’s Ltd.

Fish and chip shop with a large neon sign hanging outside … boy scouts used to buy a thrup’ny bag of chips and a pickled onion after scout evenings (held in the huts 300m further down Honeypot Lane).  Then, in the early ’60s, the property was taken-over by ‘Greys’ for a double-fronted bathroom-fitting showroom and plumbing and tools. 

847

Grey’s - builders merchants

849

Lord - ladies and children’s wear; Purl and Plain - ladies and children’s wear

851

Tesco - grocers

853

Maison Alan - hairdresser (’49); Marjorie - hair fashions

855

The Buttercup - cafe; Ellis and Co. - wine and spirits

857

Smith and Weston Ltd - ironmonger

a traditional ironmonger - with plenty of delights to fascinate kids.

859

Co-op Society

861

Edgar F Jones Ltd - greengrocer

863

Elizabeth Grant - ladies fashions.

Mrs Goodban (lived in Merrion Avenue) was enlisted to hire local schoolboys to deliver, along with her sons, flyers for the shop’s ‘Spring Sale’ - usually held in May.  Remuneration? - about 1d per flyer (1 flyer per letter-box).

865

Coop - butcher

895

Watford Co-op - butchers

897

Spurriers - bakers

899

Gerrards - fruiterers and florist

In the ’50s women had to be properly dressed for shopping.  My mother, Louie Brooks, must have worn rather regal-looking hats because the proprietor of this shop, impressed by her headwear, used to address her as “Queen” - Carolyn Brooks.

901

J Sainsbury

Double-fronted.  Three marble-topped counters ran along either side, with a raised cashier’s booth at the far end.

903

J Armour - chemist; Davbro - chemist

905

Williams Bros. - grocers;  Obertelli - ice cream parlour.

Ice cream was produced in a small dairy at the rear of the shop.

907

Gosdens - tobacconist with a sub-Post Office at the far end.

… the newsagents/tobacconists in Honeypot Lane where I had a paper round and later a part-time job behind the counter … more … - Malcolm Hall

909

Honeypot Dyers and Cleaners; Flying Cleaners; Excel Launderette

Junction of Marsh Lane and Old Church Lane

Courten's Nursery

Frederick Courten attended Chandos Secondary from about ’55 - Alan Bond

Honeypot Lane (West side)

going north-west from the southern (Kingsbury) end:

381

Kays - dyers and cleaners (’49); Cruickshank Bros. Ltd - coal merchants

383

Croxley - cleaners and dyers

385

J A Davison - opticians

387

M Cload - ladies wear

391

Queens Radio and Electrical Co.

393

R J Reach (Bros. - ’52) - fishmongers

397

Civic Restaurant (’49); Bishops Stores

401-413

Empire Furnishings

415

G C Calver; A E Calver -

417

H & G Jay - tobacconist; Dees (’75) -

421

Maison Frank - hairdresser (’49); Bartons - ladies hairdresser

425

Marshall Bros - ironmongers

429

A.B.C. Bakeries

433

Janice - ladies wear

437

Winnifred - ladies wear

441

Winefred

445

Post Office

I lived and grew-up above the Post Office on Honeypot Lane across from the Honeypot Pub … more … - Steve Field

449

J Miller and Sons - butchers

Honeypot Lane (East side)

going north-west from the southern end:

I left the area in 1946 … I recall Churchill tanks visiting the Zenith factory to show the workers what they were part of - and Honeypot lane all torn-up where they turned into the factory. - Denis Nelson, re: ‘Route 79’

… my Dad worked at the Zenith and made carburettors for Sherman tanks in the war. The factory was next to the Brylcream one and De Haviland … I used to get “The Eagle” (a great magazine) from the paper shop at the top of the road near the Honeypot Pub.  That was in a little shopping centre.  On the extreme far end was “The Beehive”.  I think it was a restaurant.  As you walked east from there you passed Zenith etc. and after the war there was a garage called Lex’s.  They had three life-sized cut-outs of scantily clad girls each holding a part of the sign that read “We are pleased to see you!” - Barbara Buiel née Bush, re: ‘Route 79’.

‘The Honeypot’...there's a hive/dive! I remember my parents taking me there often on warm summer days & playing in the beer garden, while they were with friends.  I would drink 'whatever' - usually some fizzy sort of thing (Corona probably,) & have a packet of crisps, with the blue paper twist of salt! - Marion Hughes, re: the ’50s

The tobacconists shop next to the Honeypot was “Calverts”.  I used to do a paper round from there right through the war - only two pages per paper but the bag was still heavy, and with the blackout it was a bit tricky in the early winter mornings. - Denis Nelson

I have many fond memories of the Dansette factory in Honeypot Lane as I worked there as a tester/ alignment engineer on various production lines.  I remember one chap was wrecking every autochanger on the line because he forced the overarms instead of pushing them down to take them out of the transit position.  They were crap though.
I remember we started to make a Prinzsound stereo for Dixons that smoked when it was played very loudly!! The transistors used just weren’t up to the job and went short-circuit.  Some of the Perdio radios were also made there.
I was made redundant when the factory closed in 1969. - Trevor Cozens

Injection Moulders Ltd

Kayes Rotaprint Agency Ltd

Cumberland Rd is here

Lex Garages Ltd

Zenith Carburettor Ltd

County Perfumery Co; Dansette Products Ltd (’68)

The Honeypot Public House

180

H T Calvet - news and tobac.

180

Michael - ladies hairdresser

190

Max - hairdresser (’49)

192

G M Baldwin - wallpapers

192

Launderette

192

The Bee-Hive Milk Bar - (’38); cafe

then Everton Drive … then Taunton Way

Queensbury Service Station

The Queen of Hearts Hotel

Queensbury Station Parade - 1962 and 1968

West side

("Credit drapers" - these merchants apparently sold curtains and ladies’ & gentleman’s clothing to low-salaried families on credit terms - periodically collecting re-payments.  Sometimes known as ’tallymen’, credit drapers ostensibly sold clothing etc. but their true income was from the credit business - a forerunner of the ’catalogue shopping’ industry.

The need for credit drapers declined in the late ’60s as most retailers were able to offer credit schemes … and also credit cards were introduced.)

1

Alfred Parkes - watchmakers

2

Maynards Ltd - conf

3

Victoria Wine Co Ltd - wine and spirit retailers

4

Maison Harrison - gents hairdresser

Queensbury Metropolitan (from 1932 to 1937) Railway Station
W H Smith and Son Ltd

5

J Leon and Co Ltd - tobac

6

Alan’s - ladies hairdresser

7

Darryl’s - fruiterers

8

Brendons - surveyors

South side

9

Freeman Bros

10

Sylvia’s - drprs

11

Wood Bros Ltd - agents for Ekco, Ferranti, HMV, Philips, Ultra, Decca, Peto Scott; Mill Hill Television (in ’68)

12

Jan’s - cafe

13

Ruth Helen - nursery equipment

14

Modern Fish Caterers

15

A.B.C. Ltd - bakers

16

H T Norton - ger

17

Dorice (’49); Duval - ladies hairdressers

18

E A Mayhead and Son, Ltd; J F Harris Ltd (’68) - conf tobac and Post Office

19

Express Dairy Co. Ltd.; Harvey’s pattisserie (’68)

20

Jensi Fashions - estmrs; Green and Indick - shoe repairs (’68)

21

Slappers Stores - gers; Dan and Co. - grocers

22

E G Parry - butcher; Grigson and son - butchers (’68)

23

MacDonald and Son - fruiterers; Darryl’s - fruiterers

24

W Cato and Sons - domestic stores

25

Queensbury Chemists Ltd; J M P S Badvan Chemist (’68)

26

Godfrey Wilson Ltd - credit dprs; D Freed - dprs (’68)

North side

A E Lewis & Son Ltd

35

Midland Bank

36-37

London Co-operative Society

37

Marron Machines Ltd

38

Maurice (Colindale) Ltd - frshngs; Spirotex Ltd - car factors (’68)

39

Pritchards - dyers and cleaners; O’Brien - turf accountants

40

Stanley Kassell Ltd

41

Johnson Evans, Horne and Co. - estate agents

42

Wembley Laundry Ltd

43

D and A Laundromat

44

Cumberland Restaurant; Cumberland Caterers (’68)

45-46

Hamiltons News - conf and tobac

Essoldo Cinema … more

Queensbury Circle Parade (up to ’75)

1

Edward Alfred Brookes - draper (’38); Queensbury Car Parts

2

Osborne & Son Ltd - wine and spirit mers. (’38); Peter Dominic - wine merchant

3

Clarkes - garden supplies

4

L H Owen - shoe repairs (’49)

5

W Dorrell Ltd - butchers (’37); Cross & Evans - butchers (’38); G W Biggs - butcher

6

Pearks Dairies - provsn. mers (’38); Lanes Ltd. Radio & TV

7

Stanley’s - ironmongers (’38); W Fennell Ltd - fruitrs (’49); Lanes Ltd. Radio & TV

8

Chas. Wm. Phillips - fruitr (’38); Meadows - greengrocers

9

Holliday & Clarke Ltd - chemists (’38); Collins - chemist

10

Ellingtons Ltd - newsagents (’38);

11

Geo. Bommattre - cycle dlr (’38); Bamarre - toys (’49); Cowdrey, Phipps & Hollis - estate agents

11

Meadowsweet Creameries Ltd - dairymen  (’49); Prentice Kirkwood - solicitors

Streatfield Road

North side (1961)

179

R P Herring - tob, conf

181

C. & Q. Stores - grocers

183

Posners - linen

185

W Putnam - funeral furnishers

187

Roses Stores - ironmongers; Homeflair - DIY

189

Pristons Ltd - bakers

191

Finlays; Budgen

193

Williams Bros - grocers

195

Trueform - shoes (’49)

197

Victor Value Co. - grocer

199

Boots - chemist

201-203

F W Woolworth & Co. Ltd

205

Toni Cream Ices Ltd; Terry & Palmina Tuck Shoppe

207

J Ritchie - butcher

209

F Westlake - fishmonger; Queensbury Shoe Store

211

Scottish Cleaners and Dyers Ltd

213

Barclays Bank; Dennis Selman & Co - estate agents

215

United Daires

217-219

Timothy Whites

Streatfield Road

South side (1968)

242

Steven Paul - butcher

244

London Co-op Soc.

246

Ernest Holsgrove - hairdresser (’38); Chris-Stell - hairdressers

248

Lillian Carr Ltd (’38); Canterbury Travel

250

Sketchley Dye Works (’38); Crusty Roll - bakers

252

Thomas T Clement - chemist (’38); Inglis Launderette

254

English Meat stores (’38); vac.

256

Broadways Ltd - newsagents (’38); Terry & Palmina Tuck Shoppe

258

Bata Shoe Company (’38); DIY stores

260

Henry’s Ltd - fruitrs (’38); Starr - fruiterers

262

Tesco Stores Ltd (’38)

264

Spurriers - bakers (’38)

266

J H Dewhurst Ltd - butchers (’38)

268

Green & Ismay Ltd - radio dlrs (’38); Bessell - fishmongers

270

Ray’s - fried fish dlrs (’38); Bessell’s Fish Bar

272

Wilson and Whelan - estate agents

Stanmore's suite of parades

Several advertisements by Stanmore’s traders appear in the parish magazines.  See foot of section.
Michael Pierce’s blog has several references to Stanmore Village in the 30s and 40s.

Stanmore changed for ever when it became the location of choice for the AA’s head office in the late ’50s - a new "tower block".  My Dad used to pop-in there for routes when we went on our holidays.  Now its gone and is replaced by a huge Sainsbury's which has the most ludicrous aisle layout because of the building's strange shape. - Jonny Richardson, 2010.

The Broadway - South side in 1938

1

Barclays Bank

My father, E T Pierce, managed the Bank from 1932 to 1951 - Michael Pierce

3

Sidney Channell - butcher

5

Miss Hilda Sparham - draper

7

Frank & Reynolds - chemist

9

Westminster Bank

11

Minter’s Stores - grocers

13

Stanley Jn Pearce - electcl engnr

15

Mrs Martha Bell - dining rooms

23

Geo. Smith - baker

25

Stanmore Institute Club

25

Bernays Memorial Institute

45

W J Nash and Son - groceries and provisions - "The Distinctive Shop of Stanmore" - coffee roasted daily, Empire teas, China teas; then W H Cullen - groceries

This was, to me, Stanmore’s most memorable emporium.  The pervasive aroma from the slowly rotating coffee roaster positioned in the right-hand window wafter from a vent into the street … and the animated, butter-patting antics - rolling and flipping with grooved, wooden ‘hands’ - on the counter behind it, were fascinating. - Colin Poyton.

47

C G Oliver & Sons - upholsterers; P Brown - upholsterers (’50s)

49

Frank Snell & Co Ltd - off licence

51

The Silver Shuttle - art needlework

53

Jas. Wm. Patterson - confctnr

55 & 67

Unett & Platts Ltd - motor engnrs

This photo from, what may have been, the late 1930s, has been unearthed by Jo Hooke in her late uncle's, Harold Barns, photograph album.  National Benzole, Shell and Esso Ethyl pumps feature.

69

L C Wilson & Co - estate agents

The Broadway - North side in 1938

Buckingham Cottage

The Duke of Chandos’s hunting lodge … more … - Susan Johns (now ‘Rundles’)

4

F Creamer & Co - builders

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18

Phillips & Cooper - bldg. contrctrs.

18

Bannerman & Co - tobaccnsts.

18

Fredk Baker - hairdrssr.

22

Miss Constance L Saunders - ladies’ outfitter - drapers, hosiery, baby linen, art needlework

24

Geo R Stewart - ironmonger

26 & 28

Hunters Horn Ltd - cafe

30

United Dairies Ltd

32

National Provincial Bank Ltd

34

G C Wood & Co - estate agents & surveyors

36

J & W Wright - boot and shoe stores

38

Express Dairy

40

Dick’s - fruitrs
(40a - Mrs G Doctor, the piano teacher at St Brendans)

42

Wilson & Standen - newsagts

44

Eugéne Floutier - ladies hairdresser

46

Davis & Son Ltd - dyers

50a

Direct Sales (T W Bray propr.) - wireless dlrs

50

Liverpool and Victoria Insurance Office

Church Road (North Side - from Stanmore Broadway) 1959

3

The Jersey Shop

5

Pullens (Children's Wear)

7

Van Hooke (Wine Stores)

9

The Stanmore Clinic

9

The Prudential Assurance Co.

9

K Joseph - dental surgeon

J W Adams - Optician

Regent House - Dr H B Woodhouse

15

Daval - florist

17

The Wool Shop

19

The Recorderie

23

A P Bicknell - funeral director

25

Practical Watchmaker

27

F P Holme - estate agents

29

The Gift Shop

33

A S Breckenridge

35

Post Office

37, 39

Neil - conf and tob.

41

Sydney Ward Ltd - estate agents

Estate Office:

41a

Post Office Chambers

41a

Prentice Kirkwood and Co. - Solicitors

41a

Glen Creston Ltd

41a

Jon Wood FRIBA

43

Crown Hotel

Church Road (South side - from Stanmore Broadway) 1959

2

Franklins Coals; upstairs: Lawrence Roth - dentist

The spartan ground-floor window only offered a poster promoting smokeless fuel.

4

City Tailors

6

Stanmore Electrics

10

Fish and Chip Saloon

The serving counter ran the depth of the shop on the right hand side - Jonny Richardson

Rossi(e)'s Cafe

… although I am sure it wasn't quite spelt that way.
They had pinball machines at the bottom of the shop.  It was also frequented by some of the girls from the Collegiate School. - Dick Flood (Downer ’60-’64)

12 & 14

The Village Pantry

… owned by my godmother - had the best rabbit pie and mashed potato that could be found. - Susan Johns (now Rundles)

16

Mrs Curtis

18

Thomson Bros.

Run by the two brothers, I got my first model plane kit from there - it was a Frog Venom. - Jonny Richardson

20

C F Hailey - fruit

22

S West

24

Kingston's - butcher

26

Wymans

My father, G C Johns, used to be manager of this shop.  We lived in a flat above the shop. - Susan Johns (now Rundles, attended St Brendan’s ’48-’54 and Stanburn ’54-’55)

28

F J Eastoe - hardware

30

Stanmore Filling Station

My father was David (Dave) Smith and was the ‘Smith’ in ‘Sawford & Smith’.  The garage was actually down a lane at the side of Stanmore Filling Station and situated in what, I think, were the stables of Regent House, belonging to Dr Woodhouse.  I think my father and Arthur Sawford started the business in about 1947, and it closed after Arthur's death in about 1962 or 3.  The place had a distinctive smell of engine oil and I can never remember going there without getting some black grease stain on my dress.

As to the Filling Station, it had pumps that were set into the wall of the front of the shop and an arm swung out across the pavement with the hose to fill the awaiting car at the Kerbside.  There was an attendant there called Wally who always seemed to have a joke and was larger than life. - Marion George née Smith

30

Sawford & Smith Motors Ltd

32

R Hicks - boots and shoes

34

The Scotch House

34

The Fountain

36

The Stanmore Grill

Two Strokes - car showroom

Triple-fronted - with their selections of bubble cars and East European Imports - Wartburg comes to mind. - Dick Flood (Downer ’60-’64)

here is Elm Park

Stanmore Hill (East side)

2

Ceramics and Crafts

Stanmore Hill (West side)

3

Adams - optician

9

O Woodman - corn mcht

- supplier of split peas for pea-shooters. - Dick Flood (’60-’64)

11

Abercorn - bookshop

Minters

One bus-stop up-the-hill, an old-fashion grocers - not as posh as Cullens.  I used to go shopping there with my Mum when I was very small. - Jonny Richardson