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.
During the 1970s and 80s this was the Candy Box sweet shop, just across the road from Elm Grove school.
C. 1922 74 Elm Grove became Harry Ernest Taylor’s chemist, whilst number 76 (the corner) was trading as a grocers for many years previous to this.
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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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