Arthur Brookes
The changing face of Shelford Road shops: the nature of the handful of shops has evolved over the last 100 years, reflecting changes in society. This note is one of a series about traders, based on a presentation given at a Group meeting on 11 October 2012.
Shelford Road had no shortage of Boot Repairers and Ladies Hairdressers and people also advertised their profession even if they worked elsewhere.
4 Bishops Road (near the corner of Shelford Road): 1924 Mrs Richardson general store, later managed by Mrs Rolph. Mrs Richardson was famed for her homemade ice cream. In the 1970s, the shop was empty before becoming a dental practice, now Dr D. Abdah & Associates.
132 Shelford Road: now Design Matters design shop, previously a cycle shop, antique shop, ladies hairdressers run by sisters Joyce and Mary Boot, with Mary Boot’s husband Peter Dean building a gent’s saloon at the rear. In 1935, it was Gilbert’s Butchers.
150 Shelford Road: this has had seven users, now Trumpington Food and Wine, previously My Wine, Threshers, Augustus Barnett, Mr Styles, Cecil Pitman and before that Cherry Stores. Pitman’s was a grocer famed for home cooked hams; Cherries Stores was known as a family store. The shop has gone from being privately owned to a chain and now back to an independent shop and flat.
158 Shelford Road:
1935: Bert Carter Automotive Engineer
1960s: C.W. Fletcher also of Shelford
1967: Richard Wells, in 1970 this was extended when adjoining houses were demolished
1991: Buckingham and Stanley, which also had a good general store for newspapers, milk etc.
