Dawley High Street according to the account of Noah Ball
Comparison of shops in Dawley High Street in the early 1900s and in the 1970s
Dawley High Street
(According to the Memoirs of Noah Ball)
| LHS Early 1900s | LHS 1970s |
| From Bottom | |
| Claytons butchers, later Yates & Sons Butchers | |
| Billy Smith, Barber | Bache’s Newsagents |
| Owdams Entry | |
| Vaughan Davies, Grocer | Richard & Co |
| Johnson’s Toy Shop | Brittains |
| Lewis’s Confectioners | Brittains |
| Sweet Shop kept by John Barrett | Phillips Furniture |
| Glass & China Shop kept by Mr Slaney Jones | G. Harris |
| Ironmonger kept by Mr Slaney Jones | G. Harris |
| Post Office | Midland Bank |
| Plough Inn | Watts Grocer |
| Henry Daralls, grocer | Post Office |
| George Follow’s Shoe Shop | Butchers shop |
| Railway Tavern | Panter |
| Tom Weaver printer & newsagent, became a bank, closed by 1970s | |
| M.A. Johnson, hairdresser | Woolleys |
| C.H. Greehalgh, wholesale grocer | Woolleys |
| Clayton’s Butchers run by Dick Williams | |
| Severn Stars public house | |
| Greengrocer | Espley & Barratt |
| W.Price, ironmonger | Washerette |
| Phillips, grocers | Dry cleaners |
| Store room used by J.R. Smith, grocer | Whitefoots, chemist |
| Private house occupied by Edward Hopwood | Whitefoots, Ironmonger |
| Powell’s toy shop | Lloyds Bank |
| Crocker, barber | Lloyds Bank |
| Market Hall | |
| UDC Offices | Coleman’s & Gas Office |
| Lucky Little Butcher | |
| Fish & chip shop | |
| George public House | W.E. Phillips & Son, furniture retailers |
| Elephant & Castle public house | |
| Pearce, newsagent | |
| Hubert Jaundrell, butcher | |
| J. Ball, grocer | Hairdressers |
| B. Briscoe, green grocer | |
| B. Briscoe, green grocer |
| RHS Early 1900s | RHS 1970s |
| From Top | |
| Royal Exchange public house | Royal Exchange public house |
| Terrace of houses (inc a Saddler’s shop) | Dawley Rest Room |
| Leather Tanner, Mr Sis Summers | Taylor’s Cycles |
| Ben Preece, boot & shoe shop | Preece & Sons |
| Evans, draper | |
| Henry Darrall | |
| Then entry to back of shop | |
| D.A. Pugh, draper | |
| Confectioner & tobacconists shop kept by M.A. Price | |
| Charlie Beddard, butcher | Norgroves, butcher |
| Hairdressers kept by Horace Smith | Kendalls, electricians |
| Oakleys greengrocers | Kendalls, electricians |
| Meadow Road | |
| J.R Smiths Stores | Fine Fare supermarket |
| Talbot Inn kept by Bert Downs | |
| Harry Lees, hairdresser | Trustees Savings Bank |
| Butcher’s shop kept by Dockley Lewis | Lewis’s newsagents |
| Pawnbrokers kept by Mr Uffadine, then part of greengrocers | |
| Bob Briscoe, greengrocer | |
| Carpenter, jeweller and cake shop | |
| Earl’s, photographer | Café |
| George Rowe, newsagent and tobacconist | Barber & Son, auctioneers |
| Harry Smith, outfitters | |
| Crown Inn kept by Fudger Martin | |
| Bemrose, chemists, kept by Fred Ogden | Chemists |
| Hilton’s Boot shop | Hilton’s shoe shop |
| Toy shop kept by Mr & Mrs Woodfin | Chinese Restaurant |
| Buttery, grocer | Chetwood & Rowlands, photographers |
| Entry to Women’s Institute | 2 Storage for W.H. Phillips & Sons |
| Sweet shop | |
| John Woodings Stores, importer of American bacon | |
| Barclays Bank | Taylors wool shop & outfitters |
| Pattie Machin’s, wool shop | Taylors wool shop & outfitters |
| Private House originally occupied by Dr Soame | Taylors wool shop & outfitters |
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Small shop kept by W.E. Phillips & Son, cloth dealer & one or 2 cottages. He later est. furniture shop on other side of High St. Shop & houses demolished & bungalow built by Bert Poole and with garage beside it.
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Dawley Produce |
| Paynes Bootery | |
| Barclays Bank | |
