Image: (c) Carol Homewood
I remember the balls of wall covering the shelves all around the shop. It was quite a small shop but very colourful. I also recall baskets of wool outside the shop. I am not sure when this shop closed but I am guessing it was during the 1980s sometime. If anyone can help me out with the year please let me know.
Before it became Ayling's wool shop it an ironmongers for a short time. Previous to that from c.1915 up until the late 1930s maybe early 1940s it was C.Champions & Son credit drapers.
This building started out as Marion/Miriam cottage around 1870, owned by a William Chisholm.
It seems that 86 Elm Grove was a private residence up until c.1929 when it became Warren Farm Dairies.
During the 1970s and 80s this was the Candy Box sweet shop, just across the road from Elm Grove school.
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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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I remember the wool shop. I mostly remember all the sweet shops on Elm Grove ?