Local people, local shops
(E271) Dave Perkins 7 day shop in Frome Rd. Our local version of Open all Hours. Food, Tobacco and News spread about across the street and reflecting Dave’s resilient attitude to life – laugh and get on with it, and make a profit.
(E240) Dave Perkins serving a customer.
Bev Gar dner has written to say: I used to know David Perkins very well plus I sold Confectionery +Tobacco into David. He was our Founder of Our Gentleman’s Club called Trowbridge Traditional Club which formed in Oct 1980. Meeting monthly at Lovemead Conservative Club. He was our Club Secretary right up to when he passed away. A Great Man. We at the Club called him the ARTHUR DAILY of TROWBRIDE.
Great photos Mike keep, them coming.
(E241) Dave counting out the onions.
(E237) A winter’s day in Avenue Road.
(E244) Here’s a rarity a motorbike with sidecar, this one in Frome Rd.
(E275) Youngster delivering papers in Frome Road, probaly from Dave’s shop.
(E274) Smartly dressed black youngsters with mum heading for school in Frome Road.
(E245) The Clinic at the end of The Halve.
(E247) Union St looking up to St Thomas’ Road, and facing away from St James’ church. Watneys on the left.
Steve Lovering writes – E247 Looking up Timbrell Street. Left side A.M Sanders Ltd & James Long Memorials. Crown pub on the right side in the distance
(E249) Bethesda Chapel in Union St. These premises were built in 1931.
Steve Lovering writes – E249 Zion Baptist Church was I think built in 1813 ?
(E250) J&J carpet shop and a lorry outside the showroom in Union St. The building was originally St James’ Church school hall. The J&J showroom was on two levels and the other entrance was from Church St. The premises later obtained change of use to Residential and were converted into flats.
Yvonne writes to say – (E250) according to DVLA this car is TAXED.
(E252) Here is another rarity – a milk float. Milk was bottled and delivered to your doorstop in a vehicle driven by batteries. The original electric car.
Then fridges came along and milk was put in plastic containers which were cheaper. Readers of a certain age will recall Benny Hill drove the ‘Fasted Milk Float in the West!’ in 1971.
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(E256) St Jame’s church, at 9 o’clock on a Tuesday morning. The church has the second tallest spire in Wiltshire. (The tallest is Salisbury Cathedral.)
(E258) A view of Church St with J&J showroom from the grounds of St James’ church.
(E266) Church Walk, with Mr Davis greengrocery shop.
(E269) The other end of Church Walk leading to Fore St. Foster shop on the corner, with Taylor and son on the other corner.
(E260) Bob Britten from the Trowbridge Lions club outside Waldens supermarket on Canal Rd. The Lions would sell raffle tickets and collect donations to make up Christmas boxes for local elderly people.
Bev also writes: This Photo is of Bob Britten & Wife Pauleen outside Walden’s Canal Rd . Bob was our Treasurer of the Lions Club plus a Founder member. And I was President of Trowbridge Lions Club over 1999 through to 2001.
(E261) Looks like Bob and Pauleen have some customers.
(E265) Someone selling Christmas trees at Waldens. A cold job in December. Any idea who this is?
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