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New Street. By George Evans
June 26th, 2009One of the original articles written by George Evans for The Wellington News. It should be noted that the article is an archive article. Some of the information has changed since it was originally published.
One of the original articles written by George Evans for The Wellington News
In the old days New Street started at St John Street and Chapel Lane; now it's the Methodist Church and the bus station. Between the Chad Valley, now derelict, and the Methodist Church were 16 buildings as well as New Square. Some of these were certainly not slums; Noah Frost's shop and bakery were substantial buildings, like Boyle's fruiterer and fried fish saloon, which I remember as Ivy Dicken's. There were also a wireless dealer, a rope and twine dealer and a bootmaker.
Before Supermarkets
June 3rd, 2009George Evans looks back to a time before supermarkets
Supermarkets vary in outward appearance from ugly brash sheds to reasonably presentable buildings with 'a bit of style'. They arrived on the scene in the mid 20th Century and changed our shopping habits. Previously shopping for food entailed popping in and out of several shops, gradually filling your basket at the grocer, greengrocer, butcher, baker, fishmonger and so on, rather than all at one shop. Purchases were made by asking for what you required and an assistant fetching it.
