Crookes, Crookes
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Crookes, Crookes
Image: © Dave Hitchborne Taken: 26 Aug 2008
On the right, just above Coombe Road is Mr B’s Off Licence and back in the ‘60s it was a Butchers Shop. Beyond the house is DJ’s News, which as the name suggests, is a Newsagents, as it was back then. Next door is Da Vinci Hair, Hairdressers, which used to be Darnell’s Drapers Shop. There are a couple more houses and between them and The Works Beauty Studio, is Wesley Lane. On this side of the road, just beyond Bute Street, was Ideal Upholstery Services - Charles Scruton, Hairdresser - Dow Electrics, Electrical Appliance Dealers and H Vicars, Fishmonger. All gone by the '70s. Charles Scruton, the hairdresser was a pleasant mild–mannered man. The problem with him was that he was good at his job and so the shop was nearly always full, which often meant a long wait.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.381697
Longitude
-1.50589