Image: (c) Carol Homewood
Prior to this though it was a fish merchants. Arthur Allen had the business from the 1940s up until the mid 1960s. Previous to this it was owned by a John Marshall throughout the 1920s and 30s. Before this I cannot find any businesses listed at this address however there is a photograph of it as a shoes and boot repairers.
Just above the corner of Bernard Road. As a child during the late 60s and 70s I knew this as Moons the Barbers.
I always knew this shop as Betty’s. My Mum spent a lot of time chatting to Betty and her husband whilst I stood with her in the shop watching Betty’s husband slice meat with a meat slicing machine.
At the corner with Totland Road. Built c.1906, this shop started life as Wright’s confectioners.
This is on the corner of Bernard Road. The earliest record I could find here was 1907 when the newsagents business was run by E. J Abel.
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Work has now commenced on controversial plans to alter the traffic flow and accessibility of the area between St. Peter’s and Pool Valley.
Days are numbered for most of the buildings along Pelham Terrace, Lewes Road.
Demolition has started of the old Pink Coconut Night Club.
Built in 1933. Closed as a cinema in the late 1970s, it became a Bingo Hall. This closed in 1997.
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