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Alfred Gray - Builders Merchant

The shop during renovation 2005

This facade came to light in 2005 during renovation work.


The shop during renovation 2005 Alfred Gray - invoice dated 1933

In 2005 the pillars were strengthend during renovation work.

Alfred Gray - invoice dated 1933
Number 131 High Street was the ironmongery of John Natrass from 1895 to 1906.
In 1908 an advert by R. H. Carter declared he was "successor to John Nattrass".
He was succeeded by Clipson Bros.
It was the premises of Alfred Gray's builders' merchant in the 1930s.
Alfred had been a manager for George Miller's ironmongery.
Alfred Gray
1938 advert

In the 1960s the upstairs was Thomas' hairdressing salon, and
Barry Thomas, son of the proprietor, ran a newsagency on the ground floor.

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