mid 1980s
Melson Wingate, Chinese Restaurant, Neville's, Whittington's, Osborn Records
Bishop's replaced Lawrence's Fashions in 1973 in a new shop
and was still here in the 80s.
Budgen's followed - then the Co-op took it over in 1991.
mid 1980s
Foster's menswear, Knight & Son jewellers, Superspot
late 1980s - corner of George Street
Roadknight - menswear
Currys modern new shop between Osbornes Records and Stationery
and the Evening Telegraph Office.
c1980
Evening Telegraph & Saxby's (closed 1982) & The Shoe Tree
Preedy's, Foster's, Knight & Son, and Superspot
Shoppers Paradise and Lucie Shop above
1994 High Street
left is Hills Fruiterer - note the new bollards and traffic calming.
On the right Wills, Horsley's, In the Frame, Net Affair. The 'blue' shop is now Solo supermarket (built as Fine Fare 1960, traded under several names, Gateway, Somerfield, Kwik Save...) and on the corner of Coffee Tavern Lane is Superspot , first opened by Frank Brierley before being run by his daughter. There you never knew what would arrive next, a real assortment of goods arrived: food stuffs, chemist lines, clothing, homewares, etc., and upstairs greetings cards and stationery. Always a surprize to be found there..........
The First Hamblin Associates
opened early in the 1990s but soon closed.
Right: Gills greengrocery and fruit, and E J Dunkley's shop and hairdressers with Hairwaves above.
Photos by Derek Savory in June 1992
Abington's - Top Fashions - ? - Jan's Florist and Boot's Chemist in 1994
