49 Gardner Street

Image: © Simon Carey Taken: 25 Sep 2011

Currently occupied by Cafe Utopia one of five cafes that can be found between 48 and 57, the others are Image, Image, Image and Image, all of whom have taken advantage of a street closed to traffic at weekends. Another shop with a huge turnover of traders over the years; Henry Baum's general store included electroplating, cutlery and jewellery; between 1912 and 36 the businesses had expanded from 48 next door; Salute moved to Image and continued to trade until 2002; Jollygood Chocolates briefly moved in with a florist, Botanica, at Image when rates became too high; whilst Ben's Cookies are a national chain that moved to Duke Street in 2006. OCCUPANTS 1839-52: DYER; Jason Carey 1854: STAY & CORSET MAKER: Mrs Mitchenor 1856-77: DYERS & SCOURERS: Weston & Co (1856-74), Charles Gearing (1877) 1879-81: TAILOR: Joseph Cheney (1879-80), J Lee (1881) 1885-93: MUSIC WAREHOUSE: J Weston 1894-96: GENERAL SHOP: Henry Baum 1897: CLOTHIER: Dennis Tickner 1898-1906: TOBACCONIST: WB Wallis (1898), F Lloyd (1899), A Pilch (1900), John Wilton (1901), Albert Gosden (1902-06) 1908-11: CHINA DEALER: H Godart 1912-36: MILLINER/DRAPER: J Prichard (1912-22), Ernest Veale (1923-36) 1938-51: TOBACCONIST: A Harris (1938), George Fletcher (1939-51) 1954-64: CONFECTIONER: L & D Page 1971-86: DRAPER: Bi-Rite (1971-81), The Curtain Studio (1986) 1987-88: LADIES WEAR: Salute 1990-2006: CONFECTIONER: Jollygood Chocolates (1990-2002), Ben's Cookies (2003-06) 2008-11: CAFE: Cafe Utopia

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