It was originally run by John Colwell. By 1908 It changed hands to the Peters family who were in business here until the mid 1930s when the Kendall family took over. They were at these premises for many years until the early 1960s.
During the 1970s Mr Bird was the proprietor. He was a lovely man, from what I recall as a child. My mother cleaned here during the lunchtimes when it was always closed. I would go along with her when I was a toddler and play in the shop whilst she worked. I can still smell the cleaning fluid now. I would often go and sit on the stairs out the back of the shop and watch Mr Bird cutting up the meat. It obviously fascinated me as I have this memory from most of the grocers shops that were in Elm Grove at the time. I also remember getting my head stuck in the railings on the stairs on several occasions due to me sitting there on the stairs watching all that was going on.
