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| Albion Hotel |
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Two Tone Flagon Impressed "Albion Hotel Cromer" |
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| This flagon could be attributed to
one of three people Edward Pugh who was in the Albion Hotel from 1887 to
1894, John Sillwood 1894 to 1912 and Guiliehaus
Butterfield 1912 to 1918. |
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| Gerald Humphrey Alcock |
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Milk Bottle Acid Etched "G.H. Alcock Cromer
Dairy" |
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Milk Bottle Printed "Cromer Dairy Please Rinse &
Return Daily Church Street Cromer" |
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Information Needed |
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| Charles Amis |
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Half Pint Shouldered Beer Bottle Embossed
"Charles Amis Cromer Wellington Hotel" |
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1 Pint Beer Bottle Embossed "Charles Amis Cromer
Wellington Hotel" |
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| Charles Amis
and Horace Amis took over at the Wellington Hotel from William Amis
prior to 1904. By 1912 it was solely Charles Amis running the Hotel but
he had left there by 1925. |
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| William Porter Baker |
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6 & 10oz Codd Bottles Embossed "W. P. Baker Cromer" |
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10oz Codd Bottle Embossed "W. P. Baker Cromer" |
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"W.P. Baker Billhead" |
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"S.A. Baker Billhead" |
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Glass Whiskey Flask Etched "W.P. Baker Church Square Cromer" |
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Newspaper Advert |
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Two tone flagon impressed "W P Baker Church Square Cromer" |
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William Porter baker was in The "Ship Inn" Cromer
from 1888 to 1900 also a wine and spirit merchant, his wife took over
the business in 1904. |
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| George Baxter |
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Silver Plate Tankard Stamped To Front "G.
Baxter" & "Red Lion Hotel Cromer" To Base |
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Two Tone Flagon Printed "George Baxter Wine &
Spirit Merchant Cromer" |
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Pint & Half Pint Beer Bottle Embossed "George
Baxter Red Lion Hotel" |
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Glass Tumbler Etched "G. Baxter Cromer" |
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George baxter Death Notice |
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| George Baxter
is only listed in the 1904 directory at the Red Lion Hotel in Cromer
also as a wine and spirit merchant and beer bottler. I believe he had
moved on to the Suffield park Hotel by 1909. Died in 1914 |
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| Chambers |
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Stoneware Ginger Beer Shaped Bottle |
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information but he is the only Chambers I can trace at Cromer. William
John Chambers listed as having apartments in 1900 and 1904 at Kent
House, Cadogen Rd. Cromer and as a printer at West St. Cromer in 1908
and 1916. |
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| George Chandler |
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All White Stoneware Ginger Beer Impressed "Chandler Cromer" |
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George Chandler listed as being in the refreshment rooms, Garden St.
Cromer in 1896 |
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| James Chapman |
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Two Tone Flagon Impressed "Jas Chapman Wine &
Spirit Merchant North Walsham & Cromer" |
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Two Tone Flagon Impressed "James Chapman Wine &
Spirit Merchant North Walsham & Cromer" |
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James Chapman Billhead |
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James Chapman was listed in the "Tuckers Hotel" until 1875 where he was
listed at the "Bath Hotel" and also as a wine and spirit merchant he
continued to be listed in Cromer as a wine and spirit merchant until
1877. At North Walsham he was in the "Kings Arms" from 1858 until 1879
also a wine and spirit merchant. He was taken over by Henry Perfect at
the "Kings Arms" |
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| Childs & Spinks |
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Pull Chord printed "Childs & Spinks Holt Rd Cromer Norfolk" |
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Insolvency Notice For Childs & Spinks |
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Childs & Spinks listed from 1925 as Builders in Holt road Cromer also
listed in 1929 and 1932. |
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| Henry William Churchyard & Sons |
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Pair Of Ginger Beer Bottles Made By Pearson's Of
Chesterfield Printed "The Real Old Fashioned Churchyard & Sons Ginger
Beer Cromer & Sheringham" |
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Beer Bottle Embossed "C & S Cromer" |
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Two Tone Flagon Impressed "Churchyard & Sons
Wine & Spirit Merchants Cromer" |
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Churchyards Shop On Prince Of Wales Road |
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London Gazette Notice of Walter John Churchyard
Leaving The Business. |
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Henry William Churchyard Changes his Name To
Spencer by Deed Poll |
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Churchyard Advert from 1896 |
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| Churchyard and
Sons first listed in 1875 as grocer's and tea dealers Costessey .By 1883
they had open a branch at Cromer. The first entry for being at
Sheringham was in 1892 where they were trading as grocers, drapers
outfitters, provision wine and spirit merchants china glass earthenware
depot. West End supply stores West St & Prince of Wales Rd Cromer &
Sheringham & Costessey They Continued to be listed until 1906. henry
William Churchyard changes his name by deed poll and the company becomes
Spencer & Co. |
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| Cromer Aerated Water Co |
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Glass Ginger Beer Bottle With Fired On Label
Which Reads "Ginger Beer Cromer Aerated Water Co Bond St Tel Cromer
2140" |
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Glass Crown Cap Bottle Embossed "Cromer Aerated
Water Co" |
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London Gazette Notice Stated the Company To Be
Wound Up. |
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Liquidation Notice |
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| W. Everett
started to used this name in the early 30's and goes into liquidation in
1951. |
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| Daniel Davison |
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Medicine Bottle Embossed "Davison Dispensing
Chemist Cromer" |
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Medicine Bottle Embossed "Davison Pharmaceutical
Chemist Cromer" |
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Daniel Davison Shopfront |
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Advert from Cromer Guide Book |
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Daniel Davison is listed from 1892 until 1932 as a Chemist at 12 Jetty
Street Cromer. |
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David Dulley |
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Labeled bottle for Sunburn lotion |
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Listed as a Chemist from 1890 until 1925 at Church Street/Church Square
Cromer. |
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| William Everett |
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Doulton Made Tap Jar Printed "W. Everett Cromer Ginger Beer Brewed From
Finest Jamaica Ginger" |
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Doulton Made Tap Jar Printed "W. Everett Cromer Ginger Beer Brewed From
Finest Jamaica Ginger" |
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Price of Bristol made tap Jar Printed "W. Everett Cromer Ginger Beer
Brewed From Finest Jamaica Ginger" |
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Blue Soda Syphon Etched "W. Everett Cromer" With WE Initials |
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3 Ginger Beer Bottles Used By W. Everett |
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3 Ginger Beer Bottles Used By W. Everett |
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6 & 10oz Acme Reliance Patent Codd Bottles Embossed "W. Everett Cromer" |
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6 & 10oz Codd Bottles Embossed "W. Everett Cromer" |
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Blob Top Flat Bottomed Hamilton Bottles Embossed "W. Everett Cromer" |
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Crown Cap Flat Bottomed Hamilton Bottles Embossed "W. Everett Cromer" |
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Labeled Codd Bottle |
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Crown Cap Bottle Embossed Round Base "W. Everett Cromer" |
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Clear Soda Syphons Etched "W. Everett Cromer" With WE Initials |
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London Gazette notice mentioning "William Everett" |
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Newspaper Advert |
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Kelly's Directory Advert |
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Advertisment |
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Advert from 1904 |
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William Everett was is listed from 1904 until 1932
as a mineral water manufacturer at Bond St. Cromer latterly became the
Cromer aerated water company. |
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John James & Sydney Gallehawk |
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Two Tone Ginger Beer Bottle Printed "Gallehawk Cromer" Made By
Pearson's
Chesterfield" |
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Programme advertisment |
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John James Gallehawk was first listed in 1875 as a shopkeeper in Church
St Cromer, he was last listed in 1892 and in 1899 Sydney
Gallehawk is listed as a fruiterer and greengrocer moved from Church
Street to 9 Mount St after 25 years of trading in Church Street. |
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G W Hoare |
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Paper Labelled Chemist Bottle |
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Information Needed |
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| Jarrold & Sons
Ltd |
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Stoneware Desk Ink Printed "Jarrold & Sons Ltd
Stationers London Norwich Yarmouth Cromer & Sheringham" |
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Old Advert showing Jarrolds Cromer Shopfont |
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| First listed in Cromer in 1888 and
is still open today also had premises at Sheringham |
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| Henry Soames Jarvis |
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Half Pint Shouldered Beer Bottle Embossed
"Jarvis Cromer" |
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Pint Beer Bottle Embossed "Wine Merchants Jarvis
Cromer" |
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Half Pint Shouldered Beer Bottle Embossed
"Jarvis Cromer" |
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| Henry Soames
Jarvis was first listed in the "Hotel de Paris" in 1854. By 1875 he had
taken over at the Tuckers Hotel as well. After Henry's death prior to
1888 Messrs. Jarvis was first listed as a wine and spirit merchants
which was run by his executors. The last listing as wine and spirit
merchants was in 1908 and by 1916 they only had the "Hotel De Paris".
The last entry for Messrs. Jarvis was in 1925. |
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| Joy's China & Glass
Warehouse |
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Doulton Footwarmer Printed "Joy's Fakenham
Sheringham & Cromer" |
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Doulton Footwarmer Printed "Joy's Fakenham
Sheringham & Cromer" |
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Painted Wall Norwich Road, Fakenham |
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London Gazette Entry With Joys Being Dissolved. |
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Frank Thomas Joy is listed as a
China Dealer at High Street Sheringham in 1922. Joy's China & Glass
Warehouse is listed from 1925 until 1929 at Sheringham, Fakenham &
Cromer although the partnership between the owners Harry Rogers Perry &
Frank Thomas Joy was dissolved in 1925. |
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William Lake |
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Impressed Ginger Beer Bottle |
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William Lake was listed as a confectioner and corn chandler in 1875,
1877 & 1879 at Garden St. Cromer |
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Ralph Michael Ling |
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Labeled Bottle For Distilled Water By Ralph M. Ling |
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Paper Labeled Bottle |
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R.M. Lings Shopfront at Cromer |
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Ralph Michael Ling is listed as a Chemist in Church Street Cromer from
1904 until 1916. He is again listed in 1925 as an Photographic Materials
dealer at Holmwood, Church Street Cromer. |
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Charles Mann |
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Two Tone Flagon Impressed "Charles Mann Red Lion Hotel Cromer" |
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Red Lion Hotel Charles Mann Proprietor Postcard |
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The only entry for Charles Mann is in 1904 where he is listed as an Wine
and Spirit merchant, beer bottler and at the Red Lion Hotel. |
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Meadow Dairy |
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Small Cream Pot Printed "From The Meadow Dairy Cromer" |
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Meadow Dairies Affairs in 1908 |
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1908 Bankruptcy |
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1899 |
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1905 |
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The only listing I could find for The Meadow Dairy was in the 1906
directory. |
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Henry Perfect |
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Doulton Lambeth Whiskey Jug Printed "H. Perfect Kings Arms Hotel North
Walsham & Cromer" With Lambeth Church Pictorial |
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Two tone Flagon Impressed "H. Perfect Wine &
Spirit Merchant North Walsham & Cromer" |
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Two Tone Flagon Impressed "H. Perfect Wine & Spirit Merchant North
Walsham & Cromer" |
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Henry Perfect is listed in the "Kings Arms" at North Walsham from 1879
until 1892 also as a wine and spirit merchant. From 1896 until 1904 he
is listed as a hairdresser and tobacconist. At Cromer he was listed as a
wine and spirit merchant in the High Street from 1883 until 1892. |
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Walter G. Pigott |
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Saltglazed Ginger Beer Bottle Impressed "W.G. Pigott Cromer" |
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Walter G. Pigott was listed as a chemist and druggist in Church St
Cromer from1863 until 1879. |
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John Pollock |
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Medicine Shaped Vets Bottle Embossed "J. Pollock F.R.C.V.S Veterinary
Surgeon Norwich & Cromer" |
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John Pollock listed as a veterinary surgeon at Leigh House, Bond Street,
Cromer in 1896 & Veterinary surgeon and shoeing smith, Corner Street,
Cromer in 1900. |
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William Gray & Martha G. Read |
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Milk Bottle Acid Etched "M.G. Read & Co Ltd Norfolk Dairies Church
Street Cromer" |
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Milk Bottle Acid Etched "M. G. Read & Co Ltd Norfolk Dairies
Cromer. Tel 227" |
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Milk Bottle Acid Etched "This Bottle Is The Property Of M.G. Read & Co
Ltd Norfolk Dairies Cromer" |
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Milk Bottle Acid Etched "M. G. read & Co Ltd Norfolk Dairies Cromer" |
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Milk Bottle Embossed "Norfolk Dairies M.G. Read & Co Ltd Cromer" |
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Milk Can Measure Stamped "M.G. Read & Co Norfolk Dairies" |
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Paper Bag Used By W. G. Read |
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W. G. Read Norfolk Dairy In Church Street Cromer |
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Liquidation Notice from 1963 |
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Newspaper article referencing Norfolk Dairy and Tom Read in 1909 |
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Tom Read funeral notice in 1938. |
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Funeral Report for William Gray Read in 1904. |
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Advert for a sharp lad to deliver milk 1896. |
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Advertisment |
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Norfolk Dairy |
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Norfolk Dairy |
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William Gray Read is first listed in 1896 as being in Dining Rooms at
Church Street Cromer. By 1904 he had expanded and was described as a
dairyman and dining rooms; milk, butter & eggs supplied fromlocal farms;
poultry to order. The Norfolk Dairies, 63 Church Street & 103 Mill Lane
Suffield Park. William Gray Read Died on the 23rd of September 1904 aged
52. In 1908 Mrs William Gray Read was listed as a dairy
keeper at 63 Church Street and Mill Lane Suffield Park and bby 1925 the
company was listed as M. G. Read & Co. In 1937 M. G. Read & Co had
expanded to 61 Church Street with a Pork Butchers shop. Tom Read was
referred to in his funeral report in 1938 as the Managing Director so
presumably took over the company after his mothers death. The Company went
into liquidation in 1963. |
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Rusts Limited |
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Soda Syphon Etched "Rusts Limited High Class Table Waters Cromer" |
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Soda Syphon Etched "Rusts Limited High Class Table Waters Cromer" With
Cromer Crest to Centre |
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Half Pint Cork Stoppered Shouldered beer Bottles Embossed "Rusts Limited
Cromer" |
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Half Pint Internal Screw Stoppered Shouldered beer Bottle Embossed
"Rusts Limited Cromer" |
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1 Pint Beer Bottles Embossed "Rusts Limited Cromer" |
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Two Tone Flagon Impressed "Rusts Ltd Grocery Dept. Cromer" |
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Half Pint Beer Bottle Embossed Round Base "Rusts Ltd Cromer" |
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1 Pint Beer Bottle Embossed Round Base "Rusts Ltd Cromer" |
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Half Pint Beer Bottle Embossed Round Base "Rusts Ltd Cromer" |
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1 Pint Beer Bottle Embossed Round Base "Rusts Ltd Cromer" |
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Crown Cap Bottle Embossed "Rust's Ltd High Street Cromer" |
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Advert from Cromer Guide Book |
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Rusts Cromer Shopfront |
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Rusts Cromer Shopfront |
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The first entry I have for Rusts is in 1822
Benjamin Rust & Son Grocer & Draper High St. In 1830 they were listed as
Benjamin & John William Rust by 1845 it was back to being Benjamin on
his own. In 1865 Georgina Webb Rust was running the business but was
soon succeeded by Benjamin & Henry Rust. They were first listed as wine
and spirit merchants as well as Grocers and Drapers in 1883. There was
again a change of owners in 1890 when it became Henry & Hannah Rust but
was back to Henry Rust in 1896 but soon became Henry Rust, Son & Co.
Rusts had become a limited company by 1908. |
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Charles Frederick Shewell |
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Paper Labeled Chemist Bottle |
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Shewell Advertisment |
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Took over the chemist business of Hoare. Born in 1883. Charles Frederick
and married Nellie Emmeline. Died on 26 Feb 1964 in Cromer. |
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John Sillwood |
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Glass Whiskey Flask Embossed "J. Sillwood Albion Hotel Cromer" |
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John Sillwood is listed as a Plasterer at The
Meadow, 13 West Street from 1888 to 1892 and from 1896 until 1908 he is
listed in the "Albion Hotel" on Church Street. |
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Spencer & Co |
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Pair of Spencer Ginger Beer Bottles |
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Soda Syphon Etched "Spencer & Co pure Table Waters Cromer" |
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6 & 10oz Codd bottles Embossed "Spencer & Co Cromer" |
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Flat Bottomed Hamilton Embossed "Spencer & Co Cromer" |
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Wine Shaped Bottle Embossed "Spencer & Co Cromer" |
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Wine Shaped Bottle Embossed "Spencer & Co Cromer" |
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Pint & Half Pint Beer Bottles Embossed "Spencer & Co Cromer" |
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Pint Beer Bottles Embossed "Spencer" To Front & "Cromer" To Rear |
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Half Pint Shouldered Beer Bottle Embossed "Spencer & Co Cromer" |
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Half Pint Shouldered Beer Bottle Embossed "Spencer & Co Cromer" |
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Half Pint Shouldered Beer Bottle Embossed "Spencer & Co Cromer" |
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Half Pint Shouldered Beer Bottle Embossed "Spencer & Co Cromer" |
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Spencer & Co Billhead |
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Henry William Churchyard Changes his Name To Spencer by Deed Poll |
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Spencer & Co first listed in 1904 as wine, spirit
and mineral water manufacturers At Prince of Wales Road Cromer and
continued to be listed between 1925 and 1932. |
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Suffield Park Hotel |
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Whiskey Flask Etched "Suffield Park Hotel" |
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Suffield Park Hotel |
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Information Needed |
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Watson & Kirby |
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Pull Chord "Watson & Kirby Plumbers Norwich & Cromer PULL" |
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Insolvency notice For Watson & Kirby |
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Watson and Kirby are first listed in Cromer as Plumbers in Church Street
1896. By 1900 had moved to Cambridge Street and are listed as Plumbers,
builders and sanitary Engineers. They became a limited company in 1922
whilst being listed as Plumbers. From 1925 they are listed as builders
until they were declared bankrupt in 1942. |
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West End Stores |
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Tap Jar Printed "The West End Wine & Spirit Stores Cromer" |
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Half Pint Beer Bottle Embossed "The West End Wine & Spirit Stores
Cromer" |
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Churchyard and Sons first listed in 1875 as
grocer's and tea dealers Costessey .By 1883 they had open a branch at
Cromer. The first entry for being at Sheringham was in 1892 where they
were trading as grocers, drapers outfitters, provision wine and spirit
merchants china glass earthenware depot. West End supply stores West St
& Prince of Wales Rd Cromer & Sheringham & Costessey They Continued to
be listed until 1906. |
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