15 Gardner Street
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15 Gardner Street
Image: © Simon Carey Taken: 25 Sep 2011
Currently home to Cyber Candy who moved here a couple of years ago from Gloucester Road. the shop specialises in sweets and fizzy drinks from America, Japan and Europe. The building remained residential until the 1880s when it passed through a series of differing professions before settling down as a butcher for 50 years, the first 20 as a pork butcher. After a brief interlude as a greengrocer it became the first of four shops Marina Electrics would occupy in the street between 1964 and 1995. Polysound dealt in new releases that were slightly cheaper than those on the High Street; Beauty Plus moved to premises above 53 to cut costs; whilst Tickled specialised in 'toys' for women and moved to Ship Street where they still trade today. OCCUPANTS 1887: MEDICAL HERBALIST: D Tull 1888-97: WEIGHT & SCALE MAKER: G Taylor 1898-99: CONFECTIONER: Arthur Botham (1898), Mrs Boulding (1899) 1900-03: UPHOLSTERER/FRENCH POLISHER: EC Woolven 1904-07: ANTIQUE FURNITURE: C Gardner 1909-58: BUTCHER: H Frost (1909-27), E Chapman (1928-29), Frank Walter (1931), Frederick Chandler (1933-58) 1960: GREENGROCERS: WRJ Weatherstone 1964-71: ELECTRICAL GOODS: Marina Electrics (Brighton) Ltd 1973: WATCHMAKER: KJ West 1974: TAKEWAWAY: Bake'n'Take 1975-86: RECORD SHOP: Polysound 1987-2000: BEAUTY SALOON: Beauty Plus 2001-2008: GIFT SHOP: Tickled 2009-11: SWEET SHOP: Cyber Candy
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Image Location
Latitude
50.824931
Longitude
-0.139738