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2013 Italian Restaurant History: HOUSE DECORATOR Frederick Brook 1861-71 HAM & BEEF DEALER James Tennant 1875 Ham and beef dealers were the forerunners of today’s delicatessens. They sold cold cooked ham and beef, usually sliced, and supplied pubs and restaurants. Some also … Continue reading
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2013 Italian Restaurant History: STATIONER Miss Sarah Sleet 1855-60 ” Miss Elizabeth Edmonds 1860-99 A clean and respectable job for spinsters? Why was a stationer one of the first shops to open in the street? Perhaps the new residents of … Continue reading
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2013 French Restaurant History: BAKER Frederick Fuchs 1868 ” Philip Fuchs 1871-1901 ” Philip Beischer 1905-45 A local resident remembers looking down into the basement window in Fitzroy Road and watching the baker working. There were two ovens, one under … Continue reading
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2013 Patisserie (under renovation?) History: FRUITERER Henry Perry 1855 This was probably the first fruiterer in the area. FRUITERER George Chandler 1859 CRICKET BAT & STUMP MANUFACTURERS Charles Clapshaw & Co. 1860-70 This seems an unlikely craft for the area, though Lord’s … Continue reading
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2013 Unoccupied History: TOBACCONIST Robert Self 1855 ” John Jury 1860 CONFECTIONER John Rodesano 1870-85 ” Luke Rodesano 1871-85 WARDROBE DEALER Mrs Emma Muschamp 1889 CONFECTIONER Mrs Martha Randall 1901 ” William Burgess 1905 SHOEMAKER Mrs Ellen Sharpe 1910-15 Was … Continue reading
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2013 Greek Restaurant History: [SMALL INN ATTACHED TO A FARM] Lower Chalcot Farm at least 1678 Lower Chalcot was an ancient farm sited up a lane leading west off the main Hampstead road. It may have offered refreshments from a very … Continue reading
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2013 Restaurant History: HOUSE DECORATOR Henry Finlay 1875-80 DYER Mrs Elizabeth Finlay 1885 ” James Headland 1890-1910 ” Mrs Edith Mary Wyatt 1915 FRUITERER & GROCER Harry Goodman 1925 FRUITERER ” 1930-45 ” H.A.C. Palmer 1950 ” R.H.A. Palmer 1955-70 … Continue reading
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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 … Continue reading
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Manna vegetarian restaurant, 1972 – Present History : [private house] Mr James Green 1874 Although nos. 2 and 3 Erskine Road are recorded as shops in the 1860s/1870s, no. 4 appears to have been a private house until the 1920s. … Continue reading