48 Gardner Street

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48 Gardner Street

Image: © Simon Carey Taken: 25 Sep 2011

Currently occupied by cafe called The Lanes which seems to be a rebranded version of Cafe Laziz the previous occupiers. Since 2005 the row of shops south of the Komedia (numbers 48-57) has been taken over by cafes taking advantage of the traffic free weekends on the street. They can be found at 48, Image, Image, Image and Image The first trader back in the 1870s was basket maker William Rice who moved to Image before returning a decade later. Julius & Co dealt with cane, bamboo and willow furniture, and William Dallaway was also an undertaker and insurance agent dealing in fire, life and plate glass windows when not a carpenter. Ernest Veale also traded at Image whilst Burnard Stores were probably seen off by the arrival of Tesco at number 44. After a couple of bakers information seems to be lacking for much of the 1980s after which a number of clothes shops came and went though both East Vogue ltd and Passport swapped tenures at 31 Bond Street with the latter moving on to St James's Street after their stint here. OCCUPANTS 1871-81: BASKET MAKER: WH Rice 1883: FURNITURE DEALER: Julius & Co 1884-85: DYER: H Busher 1887: GENERAL DEALER: Harry Hart 1888: CARPENTER; William Dallaway 1891-1902: BASKET MAKER: WH Rice (1891-96), J Rice (1897-1902) 1903-36: MILLINER/DRAPER: W Thomas (1903-06), J Prichard (1907-22), Ernest Veale (1923-36) 1937-60: GROCER: Burnard Stores Ltd 1962-78: BAKER: Tip Top bakeries Ltd (1962-69), Acres the Bakers (1970-78) 1988-98: LADIES WEAR: She Fashions (1988), Chique Fashions (1990-93), East Vogue Ltd (1996-98) 1999-2002: MENSWEAR: Passport 2005-11: CAFE: Cafe Laziz (2005-10), The Lanes (2011)

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Image Location

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Latitude
50.824749
Longitude
-0.139603