170 Regent’s Park Road

Studio Salon 2013

History:

  • WATCHMAKER                   Alfred James              1872
  • BRUSH MANUFACTURER   Francis Jones            1874
  •  HOSIER                              William Dean             1875

This shop would have stocked men’s socks, suspenders, and braces. There might also have been women’s stockings, slippers and gloves.

  • MILLINER                         Mrs Hannahretta Dyer 1880
  •  BUILDER                         Thomas Bone             1885
  • FANCY REPOSITORY     Mrs Caroline Bone       1885

A married woman running a shop often had a husband who worked elsewhere.  But here is an example of (presumably) a married couple sharing the premises for their different trades.

  •  PRINTER                        Frederick Reeve      1905-10
  •  PHYSICIAN & SURGEON                                 1930

Ganapathi Sreekanta Kuppusamy Iyer M.B., D.P.H.,

  • OPTHALMIC SURGEON                                      1930
170 Regents

Fine  Art Fake Shop, 1972

Ardeshir Dadhaboy Schroff M.B., B.S.

  • BUTCHER                       Charles Foster            1935
  • CHINA DEALERS.           Bargain Agency Ltd     1940
  •  BUILDER                         Sidney Spencer     1945-50
  • WHOLESALE FOOD (?)  Grocers’ and Caterers’ Supply Co. Ltd
  • 1955 FRUITERER                   Harold Phillips        1960-70
  •  ART GALLERY              Fine Art Fake Shop 1972-75
  •  HAIRDRESSERS            Paul et Daniel Ltd   1980-85
  •  DELICATESSEN & TRAITEUR  PAGNOL          1992-94
  •  BEAUTICIAN                      The Studio            1994-present

This started at 3 Erskine Road (1991-94) and was the first of the several ‘beauty’ and ‘lifestyle’ shops which there are now in Primrose Hill.