8 High Street
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Date when first used by present occupier:
8 High Street
B & M
variety retailer
Before and After Images
1979/80
2015
About the building
Source : Local History Survey 1980See no. 7
Recent history
Occupied by F W Woolworth & Co. from 1937, along with no. 7
Previous occupiers
Year
Name
Detail
Source
1937
F W Woolworth (and no. 7)
Bazaar
Kelly
1934
F W Woolworth
as above
Kelly
1930
Car/Npt & Dis
1926
Kelly
1923
Kelly
1920/21
George Bailey
Photographer
Kelly
1914
George Bailey
Photographer and picture framer
Kelly
1910
George Bailey
as above
Kelly
1906
George William Young
Photographer
Kelly
1901
Kelly
1895
Kelly
1891
Kelly
1884
Kelly
1879
Thacker
1877
Owen
1875
Mer & Croc
1871
Kelly
1862
William Gwynne
Banker’s Clerk
Morris & Co.
1858
William Gwynne
as above
Slater
1850
William Gwynne
as above
Pigot
1844
Slater
1836
Pigot
1822
Other information
Source : Local History Survey 1980There is a doubtful reference to Eddie Madge, famous for his photographs of the town. Some still survive. His son died in the USA in 1980.
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