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Three shops stand alongside the Wesleyan Chapel, to the corner of Queen Street, in Central Buildings built in 1895.
The Star Tea and Grocery stores was at No 66 from 1900 until the 1950s, when it became International Stores.
No 64 was known as the Louvre - the first listing was John Louvre trading as a draper in 1903, followed before WWI by J H York, and in 1924 by T H Walton, but in 1931 it was re-titled "The Louvre" presumably after the original trader. They sold all manner of drapery items and continued into the 1970s.
At No 62 John Wooding & Sons, confectioners were there in 1903 but in 1909 Miss Mobbs had taken over. In 1921 she moved to 35 High Street, and Lipton’s Grocery came to the shop, and submitted plans to refurbish the frontage.
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62 - 66 High Street c1909
Before High Street was widened in 1910
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Extract from the memories of Mrs Moore : ".... and before I went to school I went in the Louvre for my mum. Usually a reel of Silko to match this bit of material what she were making up and it were 2d. The Louvre were a lovely shop, a Mr. Walton kept it and he had a gold tooth. This gold tooth fascinated me but he were ever such a nice man, and the shop were all drawers. Whenever I went for a reel of Silko he pulled one drawer out, everything were kept in drawers. Up the stairs they sold hats, ladies hats and children's hats and next door to that were Liptons."
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