Elm Grove area

They moved their business from here c.1909 and took over the premises on the corner of Bernard Road.

From 1910 up until the Second World War this confectioners was run by the Lucas family. For a while after the war it became a secondhand furniture shop ran by Aaron Jenkinson.

From the early 1970's this became Tobias's sweet shop. Mr Tobias was a lovely man who had a lot of time for us children. We spent hours in there chatting with him. Swizzle sticks were my favourite sweet. I can still remember the rows of jars of sweets on the shelves behind the counter.

For the next ten years until 1936 Miss Beatrice Loop continued with the fishmongers. Walter Speed sold fried fish from 1937 up until sometime during the Second World War.  After the war we see the name changed to Mouzouri's fried fish dealers.

From 1966 this business then became the Palmistry Parlour and was here for the next forty years or so.  I took this photograph in 2011. Shortly after it was renovated and became a new business.

It wasn't until the late 1940's that Harry Ernest Taylor took over the corner premises also. Taylor's chemist survived up until the late 1960s when it became Gower's chemist. Taylor's also had a chemist on the west corner of Cromwell Street which I have a vague memory of when I was very small.

Originally the doorway was at the corner and there were steps leading down inside the shop.

After Gower's, Colin Gardiner ran the chemist for many years up until earlier this year (2015). Sorely missed by many customers.

For a very brief moment (on 25.9.15) Taylor's fascia was revealed during it's conversion into Kamson's Chemist. I managed to get a couple of photos before the builder covered it over again, no doubt for many more years to come.

Following owners were H. Parker and later Frederick Grout. The premises survived as a bakery up until 1915.

Then a  greengrocers business was at this address up until 1938 when it became the Reliance Wireless Service (radio dealers).  This business survived 67 years until it's closure in 2005.

The owner was a beer retailer by the name of Edward Hobden. By 1889 it was listed as The Elms. Edward Hobden ran The Elms (also known as The Elms Inn) for many years. His wife took over presumably after his death. She ran The Elms up until c.1923.

In 1924 The Elms was in the hands of J King who ran The Elms up until the early 1930s.

It seems after this, it was turned into a private house.

The dairy was only here for a couple of years before it was taken over by Reliance Wireless Service (before they moved down to the corner of Hampden Road in 1938.

After 1938 this shop became a second hand furniture shop. From c.1940s it became a Wardrobe Dealers run by Mrs Rose Lock.

Early 1960s Lilies Ladies Hairdressers was at this address.

Today in 2015 this business is still operating as a hairdressers.

UPDATE October 2015.

Headlines closed earlier in the year. The shop is currently being renovated. The removal of the shop fascia revealed a fascia from the 1970s when Ronald Henry had his hairdressers business here.

Mrs Hobden died in 1988 when the running of the shop was taken over by Mrs. Ashdown.

When I popped in for a chat today I was told that the shop will be closing in two weeks time and relocating to Old Boat Corner on Carden Hill. The counter in the shop was the original used by Mrs Hobden to measure the cloth that she sold.

End of another era in Elm Grove.

It must have fascinated me as I have the same memory in a few of the Elm Grove shops. I remember Betty as being a really lovely, happy lady.

it was run from 1970 by W. Johnson. I am guessing this was Betty's husband. Another photo I would dearly love to see is Betty's shop but have yet to find one.

From around 1910 up until the mid 1950's this shop was run by Alfred Heasman.

1891- 210 was occupied by Mr H Ray. Bleacher and cleaner.

1893- Thomas Spiers laundry,

By 1906 210 Elm Grove became J Tamlyn's hairdressers. By 1908 Frederick White Greengrocers was also at this address.

1909- at 210 was W Cole Dairy and at 210a J Tamlyn's hairdressers.

1914- W Russell had taken over the dairy and 210a then was a bootmakers.

1925- The dairy at 210 was now owned by W.H.C.Creed. 210a was a fishmongers owned by A.E.Creed.

1929- Creeds dairy was still at 210. Frederick George Stoner and his cutler business had moved in to 210a

Early 1930s and Henry Newton was now running the dairy.

At some point during the war years Stoners took over both 210 and 210a and the dairy was no more. Stoners remained here until c.1967.

I loved that for a time it was painted as a cow to represent the dairy it once was. It was a local landmark for a while. It was known as the 'cow house'. It was sold c.2009 and the new owners clearly wanted something more sedate. However I miss the 'Cow House'.