12 Sydney Street

Image: © Simon Carey Taken: 24 Jul 2011

Another building that began life as a private household until conversion during the first decade of the twentieth century when a series of tailors and milliners traded from the premises. Between the wars the shop largely operated as a ham and beef dealers until 1939 when an E Logan opened a baby linen store. By 1947 the ownership had changed to Ann Logan and the business had grown enough to warrant an expansion into neighbouring Image Ann Logan became a mainstay of the street for the next thirty years expanding further in the late 1960s into Image as well as another shop operating out of George Street in Hove. The Sydney Street premises closed in 1977 though it appears the baby linen section lingered on for another year in neighbouring number 11. The shop in George Street survived for another few years. The 1980s have yet to throw up information about occupants with the exception of a brief appearance by a furniture retailer called Jackdaw Studios until the end of the decade when the shop was converted into a small cafe initially Food for Friends, then Hudsons, and since 2007 Si Signore which specialises in Italian style baguettes. OCCUPANTS 1907-20: TAILORS/MILLINERS: Frederick Yelland (T -1907-10), James Brown (T- 1911-14, 1916-18), R & G Miller (M – 1915), Mrs Abrams (M - 1919-20) 1921: SUPPER BAR: A Dye 1921-38: HAM & BEEF DEALERS: Mrs Drake (1921-22), Felix Bongers (1923), C Sweet (1925-26), Mrs Fillmer (1927-30), Reg Alway (1931-34), DT Sutherland (1935-38) 1939-77: BABY LINEN/CHILDRENS OUTFITTERS: E Logan (1939-40), Ann Logan (1947-77) 1986-87: FURNITURE RETAILER: Jackdaw Studios 1990-2011: CAFE: Food for Frinds (1990-95), Hudson (1996-2006), Si Signore (2007-11)

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