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Annie Brown's Recollection of Businesses of Ampthill

1980

From: 1980 To: 1980

A copy of a list of businesses and owners in Ampthill as recalled by Annie Brown in 1980, from when she was young, "before there were any council houses, new roads or streets." WOBURN STREET Mrs Walker - sweets and general F Allen - blacksmith Hensman's - engineering A Abbiss - coachbuilder Ship - barber Bon March Riddle's - Newsagents, then Harwood, then Thomson, then Lynch, then estate agents Odell's - baker later Swannell, then a vets C Whiteman - general C Robinson - general Filby's General - sweet shop Pinney - fish shop Tansley - butcher, then Evans Claridge & Berwick - grocers BEDFORD STREET (The old big post office then Butterton's - Miss Trotts) Worby - hairdresser Rushbrook's, then Pecks Tunny Sharpe - grocer Patty Cartwright - sweets and general Shotty Ansell's - sweets and general, then Humberstones The Brewery wine shop King's - harness maker Finding - watch repairer Bradshaw's - butcher, then Ingles Miss Negus - wool and oddments, then the Westminster Bank, then a betting shop CHURCH STREET Rushbrook's, then Peck's, then antiques Marks - butcher, then Everett, then Richardson Jewellers Parminter - ironmonger Bates - grocer Ed Siney - gent's outfitters Handscombe - undertaker Gurney - watch repairer, then Barnes fruit shop Wildman - stonemason Sharp's - baker, then Notts, then Post Office Rhonchetti - chemist Grimmer - cycle shop Brown - chemist, then Maycock, then Cheeseman OLIVER STREET Mrs Brooks - meat Lucy Letting - fish and chips Burgess - mineral waters DUNSTABLE STREET N Walker's - shoe shop, then Babb's Sally Moore - pillow lace Bedfordshire Charlie Stainforth - shoe repairer Handscombe, then Consumers, then Liptons Mr Lake - gent's outfitters Colman's, then Moss, then a wine shop Pack's - shoe shop, then newsagents Stanbridge - dairy, then Hills Barfoot's - tailor, then Weatherhead's Morsley's - hat shop Miss Stanbridge - china shop Miss Sharpe - greengrocer, then fish shop Aldridge - baker, then the Co-op, then Stringer's hairdresser Alec Mann Ham's - jeweller Shotbolt - shoe shop Abbotts Bakehouse Sarah Ann Sharp - general Fred Robinson - butcher, then Edwards, then Bennetts shoe shop, then antiques Merciers - photographers Miss Crosier - laundry, then dentist Sugars - sweet shop, then Miss Dunkley James - grocery and fruit ARTHUR STREET Tompkins - cold fried fish Donald Kitchener - grocery Miss Dorbarn - needlework Bob Stanbridge - electric shop, then Jock Thompson general SAUNDERS PIECE Newbons then Dellars PUBLIC HOUSES CLOSED Bird in Hand The Old George The King's Head Crown & Scepter Rose & Crown The King's Arms The Compasses Gardener's Arms White Horse SCHOOLS CLOSED National School British School Catholic School Miss Wildman's WORKS CLOSED The Brewery The Station Hat Factory Laundry Gas Works Hensmans Engineering Horace White cabinet maker Stearns Tailor Barfoot Tailor BUILDERS AND DECORATORS CLOSED W T Sharpe G Botsford Woodwards Sugars and Facer The Primitive Chapel became the Silent Picture House, then the Library.

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Brown, Annie,
Newbon,
Dellar,
Stanbridge, Bob,
Thompson, Jock,
Dorbarn,
Kitchener, Donald,
Tompkins,
James,
Dunkley,
Walker,
Allen, F,
Hensman,
Abbiss, Alfred,
Ship,
Riddle,
Harwood,
Thomson,
Lynch,
Odell,
Swannell,
Whiteman, C,
Robinson, C,
Filby,
Pinney,
Tansley,
Evans,
Claridge and Berwick,
Trott,
Butterton,
Worby,
Rushbrook,
Peck,
Sharpe, Tunny,
Cartwright, Patty,
Ansell,
Humberstone,
King,
Finding,
Bradshaw,
Ingles,
Negus,
Westminster Bank Limited,
Marks,
Everett,
Richardson,
Parminter,
Bates,
Siney, Ed,
Handscombe,
Gurney,
Barnes,
Wildman,
Sharp,
Notts,
Ronchetti, Alfred Sedgwick,
Grimmer,
Brown,
Maycock,
Cheeseman,
Brooks,
Letting, Lucy,
Burgess,
Walker, N.,
Babb,
Moore, Sally,
Stainforth, Charlie,
Lake,
Colman,
Moss,
Pack,
Stanbridge,
Hills,
Barfoot,
Stearn,
Weatherhead,
Morsley,
Sharpe,
Aldridge,
CO-OP,
Co-Operative Group,
Stringer,
Mann, Alec,
Ham,
Shotbolt,
Abbott,
Sharp,
Robinson, Fred,
Edwards,
Bennett,
Mercier,
Crosier,
White, Horace,
Sugars & Facer,
Sugars and Facer,
Sharpe, W.T.,
Botsford, G.,
Woodward

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