17 Sydney Street

Image: © Simon Carey Taken: 24 Jul 2011

Currently home to the newest shop on the street, Sugarhill Boutique, which opened earlier on this year. As with many buildings on the western side of the street trading seems to have taken over from residential during the first decade of the twentieth century. For thirty years it was a mixture of confectioner, stationer and newsagent prior to the shop becoming one of the seven butchers that operated on the street during the war and up to the 1970s. At the end of that decade it became a poster writers and the emphasis on printing was retained into the 1990s as another business concentrated on T shirt design. In 1995 specialist children’s designer and outfitter, Cat & Mouse began a long association which was only relinquished at the beginning of 2011 when it decided to concentrate on online trading. OCCUPANTS 1903-34: CONFECTIONERS/STATIONERS/NEWSAGENTS: F Knott (C - 1903), William Harrison (C – 1904), Miss L Stedman (C – 1907-12), E Dodsworth (C – 1913), T Gibbins (C – 1914), A Frederick (S – 1915-19), Francis Panton (N - 1920-22), Mrs D Hannell (S – 1923), A Plumb (C – 1925-34) 1940-74: BUTCHERS: F Carder (1940), Southdown Meat Company (1947-74) 1980-87: POSTER WRITERS: Speedwell Ltd 1988-93: TEXTILE PRINTERS: Haywire (1988), Trade Delegation (1989-93) 1995-2011: CHILDREN’S CLOTHING: Cat & Mouse 2011: LADIES CLOTHING: Sugarhill Boutique

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