71 Regent’s Park Road: Charles Clapshaw and Co. Cricket Bats

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2013 Patisserie (under renovation?)

History:

  • FRUITERER Henry Perry 1855 This was probably the first fruiterer in the area.

    Tobacconist, 1966

    Tobacconist, 1966

  • FRUITERER  George Chandler  1859
  • CRICKET BAT & STUMP MANUFACTURERS  Charles Clapshaw & Co.       1860-70

This seems an unlikely craft for the area, though Lord’s is not far away. There has always been a sprinkling of small workshops around here, notably in the 1960s when the area was comparatively run-down because of the dirt from the railways.

    •  TOBACCONIST    Richard Holloway 1870
    • ”  George Franks   1875-85
    • MILLINER Mrs Charlotte Jordan 1895
    • TOBACCONIST    Mrs Elizabeth Trull 1900-10
    • NEWSAGENT  Robert Barr 1915-30
    • TOBACCONIST    James Langley   1935-55
    • NEWSAGENTS F,W & E.M. Gattward 1960
    • “  Mrs A.Spark 1965
Swan Antiques, 1972

Swan Antiques, 1972

Apart from a brief spell as milliner, this shop alternated between newsagent and tobacconist for 40 years. Both forms of shop have tended to attract people new to retailing. Newsagents have complicated accounting, with detailed work required for newspaper deliveries and return of unsold copies.

  • ANTIQUES  Swan 1972-80
  •  FRAMER Evans’ Frames 1982
  • CAFÉ Cookies Café & Coffee Shop 1983-85
  • ”  Parks  1986
  • ”  Zed’s (run by South Africans)   1999
  • (INDIAN) RESTAURANT Café Indiya 2001-2005
  • “   Nazwaan 2005-?
  • PATISSERIE / UNDER RENOVATION? Lanka 2013