40 Gardner Street
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40 Gardner Street
Image: © Simon Carey Taken: 25 Sep 2011
Currently home to Jojo Maman Babe who sell children's clothes and goods. The building became a shop in the 1870s becoming first a dressmakers then 50 years as a draper, the last, Ernest Veale, also traded from Image A few years as a wool shop before the war was followed by a decade after as a wireless engineer then there is a blank decade until Marina Electrics move over from Image stay the longest in one place at this address then move onto Image before finally seeing the last of their 30 year presence on the street out at Image From 1984 there has been a regular turnover of traders with some including Mau Mau and Kensington Clothing I currently have no dates for. OCCUPANTS 1873-80: DRESSMAKER: Mrs Cowley 1881-1933: DRAPER: WW Gooderham (1881-1900), James Pritchard (1901-29), Ernest Veale (1930-33) 1934-40: WOOL SHOP: Mrs I Orbell 1947-58: WIRELESS ENGINEERS: Goodsell Ltd 1971-84: ELECTRICAL GOODS: Marina Electrics 1986-90: GROCER: Far East Emporium 1990-92: SPORTS SHOP: M.A.I Sports 1994-96: CLOTHES: Blue Blob 2004-06: LINGERIE: Elir 2007-08: POSTERS/CARDS: Suck and See Posters 2008-11: CHILDREN'S WEAR: Jojo Maman Babe
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Image Location
Latitude
50.825194
Longitude
-0.139302