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Queen Street part 5 - The story.


Job's Modelling

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The story

 

My regular readers know that I like to create a background story for my diorama’s. I mostly do this before I start building and sometimes when I suggestion comes along in the comments of my blog entries, for instance adding a poster on the brick wall.

 

G.W. Barlow & Son Ltd / Pawnbrokers & Jewellers
No. 14 Queens Street - Closed shop

 

The shop first opened in Northall as a jewellers and pawnbrokers in 1900. The shop was from the beginning situated on Queen Street and owned by Mr A Gardner. The shop, including the original shop front, is moved to No 136 High Street in 1959, due the development plans of the Northall Council.
George William Barlow purchased the business in 1945 and was joined by his son Harold in 1946 on his return from service in the army during the Second World War.
The shop front is largely original and as it would have looked in 1900. G.W. Barlow & Son Ltd is a truly individual family run business offering a wide range of more individual pieces with a highly professional and very personal service.

 

X-ray screening health poster

 

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Early discovery means quicker recovery’ states this poster. It was drawn by artist T. R. Williams. Advertising posters such as this promoted mobile X-ray screening programmes to detect pulmonary tuberculosis in large groups of people.. Mobile X-ray services played a large role in public health campaigns against tuberculosis in the 1940s and 1950s. Mobile X-ray services were very successful. They were phased out in the UK in the 1960s. But I read that modern mobile X-ray units are introduced again in London.

 

Laundry Service
No.15 Queens Street

 

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The first business that was situated here was the King’s Arms
The King’s Arms was possibly the Great Kings Arms mentioned in 1792 and recorded as The Kings Head in 1845. The pub closed in 1893/4.
By 1913 the property was used as a clothiers and in 1928 as a greengrocers. In 1947 it became a laundry.

 

Herbert Sing Lee started a laundry shop here in 1947. He lives above the laundry shop. Sing Lee employs two people: Lee Doon, a nephew from Liverpool, who works for Sing Lee for just five weeks, and a local woman called Lily Scott.
Herbert Sing Lee is still looking for a new property to continue his business.

 

No. 16 Queens Street
Closed shop: A. Leach & Co – Ironmongers Limited
By 1899 Albert Leach & Co ran their ironmongers business from number 16, to be succeeded by Harry Leach in 1901 ‘Leach & Co, ironmongers’ in a 1907 trade directory.
Thomas Leach, becomes the director of the company according to the trade directory in 1954: A. Leach & Co Ironmongers Ltd. ‘No 16 Queen Street Northall (phone no.) NORthall 3262’.
1959 the same company was trading as A. Leach & Co (Northall) Ltd., Engineers Stores & Ironmongers; No.10 London Road using the same phone no.

 

Black and white
Most of the pictures I find from the late 1950’s or early 1960’s are in black and white. So I thought it would be a good idea to create also a black and white photograph for my story telling.

 

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Picture by John Lovell

 

Redevelopment
After redevelopment of the area a new office building, will house the offices of the Northall Housing Association.

 

As usual comments, information or suggestions are welcome.

 

Kind regards,
Job

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Hi Job. Wonderful and very believable.  Behind every storefront likes an unseen history (same thing for humans). 

 

Do we get to see Mr Lee in 4mm scale?

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