It was a quaint little grocers shop which sold fresh cakes in the window. I remember going here often as a child through the 1970s. Then later, after I had married and also became a 'Homewood' we found out through research that the owners of Homewoods were distantly related to my husband's family. A thing we always used to joke about when we used to go in and order our newspapers.
Homewoods were in business here right up until the early 2000s. I kick myself often for not taking some photographs before they closed, something I always meant to do. Previous to Homewoods store though, this business started off as a bakers shop. The earliest record I could find was in 1906 by the name of F Sickelmore. It changed hands a few times before the Homewoods took over but from a bakers it became a general store.
In more recent years it was a double glazing firm and now it has been converted into a home.
