148 Regent’s Park Road: Gum, Wax, Porcelain and Gold

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Italian Restaurant, 2013 (since 2005)

History:

  • PIANOFORTE MAKER George Youatt 1870

By 1890 there was a Victor Youatt, pianoforte maker, perhaps George’s son, at 140.

  • DRAPER Richard Cane 1875
  • CHEESEMONGER George Hack 1880
  • ” George Drage 1881
  • SHIRT & COLLAR DRESSER Thomas Chapman 1885
  • DENTIST Thomas Morgan 1890

The first electric drill was patented in 1875. Ether or chloroform were used as anaesthetics. A variety of materials were used for fillings, especially mercury.
Artificial teeth were available in gum, wax, porcelain or gold.

  • BUTCHER W.Harrison 1895
  • DAIRY Miss Hellen Donovan 1900-05
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Tarian, 1983

  • TOBACCONIST John Boas 1915
  • UMBRELLA MAKER Alfred Huxford 1920-25
  • GRAMOPHONE DEALER Albert Wilson 1930

Gramophones, playing flat vinyl circular records, were available from 1915.

  • ELECTRICAL ENGINEER Sun Radio Ltd 1935-55

In the early 1930s a wireless became a normal household item, and during World War II it was a vital source of news.
Early wirelesses, with complicated vacuum tubes, needed skilled after-sales servicing.

  • ELECTRICAL ENGINEER Electric Comforts Ltd 1960-72
  • ART GALLERY Atmosphere 1975-80
  • FABRIC MANUFACTURERS Tarian Design Ltd 1982-85
  • RESTAURANT The Big Night Out 1995
  • ” Oregano (Italian) 1999-2000
  • ” Tara Thai Dining 2003-04
  • ” J (Italian) 2005-present