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281 to 293 Hedon Road - Shops
Craven Street to Woodhouse Street before the War
below - after the War
| Top is a section from the 1928 map. The shops must have been demolished or bombed during the War. The building next to Woodhouse Street was the Alexandra Club which I knew as the Old Pub. We used to play in the empty building before it was burned down in the late 50s 0r early 60s. |
| 281 - 283 | From
at least 1926 till the War this was Rosenston and Hyman Outfitters.
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| 285 | In
1926 this is registered as John Uttley Chemists. It remained so in
1929. By 1936 it was still a chemists but under T Jones.
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| 287 | 1926
- 1929 was John Walker Boot and Shoe Dealer. In 1936 no one is
registered here.
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| 289 | From
1926 to 1936 it is registered as George Barker Pawnbrokers
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| 291 | 1926
to 1929 Alfred Purkins Tobacconists but also Post Money Order and Telegraph
Office. By 1936 the tobacconists was Alfred Peacock. It remained
the Telegraph Office.
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| 293 |
Listed from 1926 to 1936 as T Linsley Grocers. But Alexandra
Workingmen's Club listed as such in 1954.re "At the top of Woodhouse Street I remember as a kid was a working man's club, can`t think of the name" - Linda Dawson |
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| Earles Road | "Hi Ray. Can`t remember any factories, but next to Earls Road , was a rundown garage come workshop. An old man used to run it. 1950s it must have been. I remember he mended the wheel on my doll`s pram.funny the things that you remember" - Linda Dawson |