From the 17th century onwards we find references to suppliers of food for the poor bought out of the rates: butchers, bakers, grocers - but maybe not candlestick makers. In the early 19th century the number and identity of shops grew. The early 21st century is marked by constant changes as shops come and go.
For part 2 A Harpenden Grocer’s Shop – what the shop was selling and the shopping experience The Background This story begins ...
For part 1 see A Harpenden Grocer’s Shop William James and his time at T Simons & Sons, Harpenden Grocery Shopping ...
In 1884 Mr J.J. Buck, a cabinet maker from Battersea, took over the Licence of the Railway Inn where he ...
from Station Road to Leyton Road
Broadway Hall Market was located on the area presently occupied by Sainsburys and the Santander Bank. Looking back to the turn ...
Owner of a music shop in Station Road
At 26 Station Road from 1910 to 2003
Founder of Busby's the chemists
From general drapers to dental surgery
and other incidents recorded by Rodney Marshall from 1985-1987
Tracing the story of a storage jar
From butcher, green-grocer to bric-a-brac - nearly 90 years of trading
From a reference on the Tithe Award map of 1843 to Harpenden Books in 2016
102 Southdown Road, Harpenden