From the 1930s is was run by Frederick Wakeling. In the 1970s it was known as Verver's General Stores.
54 May Road
This corner shop was once a General Stores.
Image: (c) Carol Homewood
Also known as: Verver’s General Stores
Date of photograph/s: 2017
Share this post:
Facebook
Twitter
Pinterest
WhatsApp
About the Photographer:
See more of my photos of the Elm Grove area:
176 Elm Grove/ corner of Baxter Street
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.
Original Prints for Sale
A selection of my photographs available mounted from just £10 each.
Latest Happenings
Valley Gardens Redevelopment – Oct 2018
October 30, 2018
Work has now commenced on controversial plans to alter the traffic flow and accessibility of the area between St. Peter’s and Pool Valley.
Pelham Terrace on Lewes Road
October 1, 2018
Days are numbered for most of the buildings along Pelham Terrace, Lewes Road.
Pink Coconut Night Club / Sherry’s Dance Hall
July 27, 2018
Demolition has started of the old Pink Coconut Night Club.
Demolition has started on the Astoria Cinema, Gloucester Place
May 30, 2018
Built in 1933. Closed as a cinema in the late 1970s, it became a Bingo Hall. This closed in 1997.
Search this site
Tagged Photos by Topic
Find what you are interested in easily:
Carlton Hill Area (11)
Central Brighton (33)
Civic Buildings (4)
Dairies (5)
Demolished Buildings (29)
Elm Grove (50)
Entertainment Venues (9)
Factories (2)
Hanover (2)
Hospitals (5)
Hove (6)
Kemp Town (8)
Laundries (5)
Lewes Road (15)
London Road (12)
North Laine (23)
Places of Worship (7)
Preston Circus (4)
Preston Park (3)
Pubs (42)
Queens Park (2)
Schools (3)
Seafront (52)
Seven Dials (6)
Shops (70)
Stanmer (2)
The Lanes (15)
The Level (6)
The Open Market (5)
Valley Gardens (10)
Brighton-Past Facebook Group
A fantastic place to share your old Brighton pics and memories with other Brightonians.
