the bottom drawer
recollections, photos and memorabilia of Leyton and Leytonstone
Grove Green Road shops
320 Ellis / Carpenter confectioners c1903-c1906
Arthur Cook confectioner c1910
Archibald
Aylmer confectioner c1922-c1925
Millers valeting c1935
Sacker S & I Bros radio engineers
c1937-c1939
Cousins ice cream makers c1950-c1970
Galleon Wine Co off licence c1976-c1984
S&S
supermarket 2013
322 Catherine Clark art needlework c1903-c1910
Arthur Percy hosier c1922-c1925
Livermore
grocer c1935
Range ladies hairdresser c1935-c1939
Stanley Cousins confectioner c1935-1939
Cousins
wool shop c1950-c1950
L Braham cafe c1960-c1976
L Braham photographic studio c1976-c1984
S&S
supermarket 2013
Grove Green Road has shop premises on one side, between Ashville and Southwest Roads. Alex Wilkinson has memories of, and has researched, the shops that used to be there. The photographs were taken in October 2012. Changes continue.
318 Charles Hurst greengrocer c1903-c1906
John Althorn greengrocer c1910-c1922
Chantrill
greengrocer c1925
Walter Dodd greengrocer c1935-c1950
Green’s green-grocers c1960-c1970
Thorns
greengrocers c1976
Albert’s greengrocers c1984
now residential