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2013 Optometrist History: BERLIN WOOL DEPOSITORY 1868 Misses Harriet & Elizabeth Hibbard TAILOR Thomas Farrow 1870-95 GLASS & CHINA DEALER Henry Hall 1900 CONFECTIONERS Batho & King 1905 CHIMNEY SWEEPER David Langton 1915-40 Until the 1950s most houses were heated solely by coal fires. … Continue reading
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Post Office and Newsagent, Dry Cleaners 2013 History: LAMP DEPOT (?)1870 Co-operative China, Glass & Lamp Co. LAMP DEPOT John Brooks 1875 GLASS & CHINA DEALER John Brooks 1880-85 SHIRT & COLLAR DRESSERS John Pennerad 1895 ” Gloucester Sanitary Laundry Co.Ltd 1900-05 LAUNDRY Walter … Continue reading
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2013 Film Production Company History: BUTCHER William Kitchen 1861-81 “ John Kitchen 1889-1901 “ Thomas Anwyl 1905 “ Thomas Yardley 1910-45 “ P. Clayton 1950 “ Mrs Alice Price 1955-60 “ A. Price 1965 “ E. Butler 1970-72 HI FI MANUFACTURERS C.F. Fraser Ltd 1980 HOME DESIGN Casadenda 1986 FILM … Continue reading
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2013 Pharmacy History: FISHMONGER Mrs Martha Farden 1870 The first fishmonger in Primrose Hill was at 46 Chalcot Road from 1868, but this was the first one in Regent’s Park Road. Both shops would probably have bought their fish wholesale from … Continue reading
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2013 Surgery extension (of 99) History: CHEESEMONGER Thomas Abbott 1871 PROVISION DEALER William Noble 1872 HAM & BEEF DEALER Alf Tindley 1875 ” James Shaw 1880-95 ” Edward Elliott 1900 FRUITERERS Stefano & Co. 1905 HARDWARE DEALER George Andrews 1910 DRESSMAKER Miss … Continue reading
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Hairdresser, 2013 History: TAILOR James Walker 1861-65 “ Edward Walker 1868-89 George Lethbridge 1901 HAIRDRESSER John Bleeth 1910-22 John Bleeth lived upstairs with his wife and two sons.One of them became a well-known cellist, and taught Jacqueline du Pré. … Continue reading
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2013: Doctors’ surgery History: LINENDRAPER Mrs Annie White 1871 ” Frederick Cave 1872 ” William Lane 1875 DRAPER David Fotheringham 1880 FRUITERER Thomas Nicholson 1885 GREENGROCER Mrs Elizabeth Parker 1890 … Continue reading
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Ceramics Shop / Design Studio 2013 History: This was a dairy/food shop from when it first opened in 1868 until Nisha closed in 2001. DAIRY John Cole 1868-75 PROVISION DEALER Joseph Frodsham 1881 DAIRY Henry Sharp 1889 “ Charles Roberts 1895-1920 “ … Continue reading
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2013 Estate Agent History: BOOKSELLER Alfred Holmes 1872 This was the first bookseller in Primrose Hill. BOOKSELLER Frederick Ehn 1875 HAIRDRESSER Emile Delasalle 1880-85 This was the first hairdresser in Regent’s Park Road. STATIONER Harvey Simpson … Continue reading
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2013 Various Offices History: THE BOYS’ HOME CHAPEL 1872-1920 Part of the Boys’ Home (see 119) At first, the boys attended morning and evening prayers in a schoolroom, joined by local residents who still had no church. St Mark’s was … Continue reading