The International Stores at Market End
From Roy Ladhams; 'My great uncle Hubert Adams (one of the twins) is second right next to the delivery boy. Hubert was later in service with Gustav Holst the composer and was left money in his will.'
From Annette Newlove; 'My grandad, George Humphreys, worked here as an errand boy when he left school in about 1920. He remembered delivering the groceries all over the town in a barrow. He also had to polish the plate at the shop that said 'The Greatest Grocers in the World'. He said that there was a manager, a lady behind the desk named Miss Eaves/Eves and two more ladies who worked behind the counter. A Nellie Keeble and a Miss Church who lived up The Hamlet and whose sister married Billy Bright. He worked all week including Saturdays for a few pennies a week.'
Roderick Miller; 'Did not a Mr. Bonner run the Stores back in the day? It sold broken biscuits from a tin.'
Veronica Cowlin; 'I remember the International. It had marble pillars inside. I remember the broken biscuits too. They always bought a chair for my nan to sit on and ran around getting her shopping for her.
Geraldine Spencer; 'My dad worked there in the late 50s. 60s. He drove the delivery van.'
Photo courtesy Roy Ladhams
Date; around 1912
Ref; 102/27
From Roy Ladhams; 'My great uncle Hubert Adams (one of the twins) is second right next to the delivery boy. Hubert was later in service with Gustav Holst the composer and was left money in his will.'
From Annette Newlove; 'My grandad, George Humphreys, worked here as an errand boy when he left school in about 1920. He remembered delivering the groceries all over the town in a barrow. He also had to polish the plate at the shop that said 'The Greatest Grocers in the World'. He said that there was a manager, a lady behind the desk named Miss Eaves/Eves and two more ladies who worked behind the counter. A Nellie Keeble and a Miss Church who lived up The Hamlet and whose sister married Billy Bright. He worked all week including Saturdays for a few pennies a week.'
Roderick Miller; 'Did not a Mr. Bonner run the Stores back in the day? It sold broken biscuits from a tin.'
Veronica Cowlin; 'I remember the International. It had marble pillars inside. I remember the broken biscuits too. They always bought a chair for my nan to sit on and ran around getting her shopping for her.
Geraldine Spencer; 'My dad worked there in the late 50s. 60s. He drove the delivery van.'
Photo courtesy Roy Ladhams
Date; around 1912
Ref; 102/27
Also in: Market Hill
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