50 Gardner Street

Image: © Simon Carey Taken: 25 Sep 2011

The shop has been a cafe for the last 20 years initially Gardners then since 1998 Infinity which is a division of Infinity Foods which is located at the other end of the street at 25-27 North Road and specialises in vegetarian and vegan dishes. It is one of five located between 48 and 57 the others being Image, Image, Image and Image Of the others King, Thorme & Stace moved to Jubilee Street; 70 years were spent as a fishmonger, was the first Nathanial Gunn related to the Gunns that traded out of Image from 1919 onwards? He was followed by the tremendously named Hilbert Habard who closed his shop at the same time as the other fishmonger at Image, another victim of Tesco? Dockerills still trade around the corner in Church Street and had also traded at Image and Image during the 1960s. It seems that Philbridge bought out the tool side of the business and may have evolved into County Tools. OCCUPANTS 1839-46: BAKER: Charles Palmer (1839-40), John Terry (1945-46) 1848: FURRIER: William Piedot 1854: DYER: Mrs Carey 1859-74: CLOTHIER: Peter Chargois 1877-79: CHINA/GLASS DEALER: EB Burden 1881-91: PRINTERS: King, Thorne & Stace 1892-1962: FISHMONGER: Nathanial Gunn (1892-1919), Hilbert Habard (1920-62) 1966-68: HEATING ENGINEERS: Rocwal Electrical Co. 1970-88: TOOL SPECIALIST: Dockerills (1970-75), Philbridge Ltd (1976), County Tools (1978-88) 1990-2011: CAFE: Gardners cafe (1990-96), Infinity foods Cafe (1998-2011)

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