ISSUE #2 THE QUEST FOR BRONZE TANNING
THE QUEST FOR BRONZE TANNING This is the second edition of three fanzines made by the artist Verity - Jane Keefe for the people of Wood Street, Walthamstow: the people that live here, work here, travel through here, go to school here or simply just like it here. I am making a filmwork about Wood Street. In essence, it will be a portrait of place, looking very closely at the physical fabric of the area as it is now, whilst acknowledging what used to be here. This series of fanzines highlights research from the project as it is unfolding. The Quest for Bronze Tanning is my journey to find out the hidden stories of the businesses and their premises. Inside this edition you will find a retail trade survey that takes data from a survey conducted in January 1963 by the council and places it alongside a record of today’s traders, 50 years later. I have collected this data from trawling up and down the street. The information represents a slice of trading as is found today. Local history records and old Kelly’s Directories (a Victorian version of Yellow Pages) show that a lot of businesses have come and gone along Wood Street, some lasting less than a year, others thriving for over 60 years. Some premises host the same type of business but tenants have changed. Just like today, vacant shops could be found along the 1960’s High Street. This new inventory shows how Wood Street in its versatility has adapted to meet the needs of its users: swapping gown manufacturing for a community centre, a fishmongers (with it’s own smokehouse) converting to frying fish and chips. The information presented here is not conclusive, it is very much a work in progress and an artist’s interpretation of Wood Street as I find it today and as told by its shopkeepers. If you like what you see and have any comments, or simply want to find out more, visit these blogs: http://woodstreetinsideout.blogspot.co.uk http://verityjanekeefe.tumblr.co.uk
Family run DIY mecca. Joanne & Steve have 65 years service between them both starting as Saturday staff. 110 Wood Street Colvins DIY, 2013 Colvins DIY, 1963
I WORKED ONE YEAR IN A BANK BUT HATED IT. I CAME STRAIGHT BACK. I LOVE IT HERE.
Wood Street as Neverland. A truly delightful 1960’s interior.
14 Wood Street Peter Pan Dry Cleaners, 2013 Peter Pan Dry Cleaners, 1963
Chatter & laughter mixed with the sounds of hairspray squirting.
225a Wood Street Lynn’s Hair Fashions, 2013 TV servicing, 1963
A local institution & social hot spot via the able hands of Pepe & Angela. Fish on the premises since 1899. 122 Wood Street The Brothers Fish Bar, 2013 C Voickmann, Fishmongers, 1963
I WORKED OVER THE ROAD IN BETTY’S FOR A YEAR 1961, THEN HELPED IN THE FRUITERERS, HAD A FAMILY AND HAVE BEEN HERE SINCE 1989. ALL OVER WOOD STREET.
Public Space “ “ “ Soft furnishings Clearance shop Dry Cleaners Carpet Shop “ “ Vacant Shop Accountants Café Butcher Kebab Shop Fast food Pound shop Newsagents Chinese Takeaway Dry Cleaners Hairdressers Fast food Fruit & Veg Internet Café Vacant Shop “
USE
STREET NUMBER OCCUPIER
USE Grocery Greengrocer Cafe Tobacconist Butcher Radio and TV Dry Cleaners Hardware Grocery Opticians Watch Maker Residential Electrical Goods Shoe Repairs Butchers Fishing Tackle Toiletries Newsagent Ladies’ Outfitter Doctors’ Surgery Hairdresser Fishmonger Greengrocer Domestic Hardware Linenwear +
JANUARY 1963
π Same Business, different premises
FOREST ROAD - WHIPPS CROSS 2 Super Fare † 4 Garden Fare † 6 Mrs Sambell † 8 H Hickman † 10 Basil Brickland Ltd Silkwood Interiors 12 Lambard Smith Express carpet warehouse 14 ∆ Peter Pan Peter Pan 16 Sydney Stores Acorn Carpets 18 Sydney Stores “ 20 Walters and Hillel Ltd “ 24 William Klein + 26 D W Smith and Co. 30 Glyn Radio Woodside Café 32 Victor Peters Ahmed Halal Meat 34 Frederick Mobley Al Hamzab Kebabish 36 Church’s QFC Quality Fried Chicken 38 Harry Collins Bronze Tanning Studio 40 ‡ S Shaw DNS News 42 Lewis Ritterband Wongs 44 Bennie Press Dry Cleaners, Customer Care 46 ‡ N. Charalambos Razor’s Gents hairdressers 48 J Giddings Chick & Pizz 50 ‡ Sidney Brower No Business name 52 Brands Prime Business Services 54 Bettys’ + 56 ‡ Derelict Shop +
OCCUPIER
( an artist’s view)
WO OD ST REET RETAIL S URV E Y
JA N UARY 201 3
∆ Same occupier 2013/1963 + Empty Shop † Un-numbered gaps, public space
‡ Same use 2013/1963
Golden Dragon Steve’s hairdressing Star Nails Fel Ed. and Cultural Trust Gozde Kebab Casa 05
Second Nature Coral + Hulya Supermarket Waltham Forest Asian Sen. Club Peters Woodside Dental & Facial
The Mouse Hole The Lucky Frog The Black Cat Old & New Belongs to you Chuzon 1 & OSF Productions Hi Ha Cariba Café Mothers Ruin Jane’s Attic Lilac Domino Scrolls & Shells DJF Gallery Framing Service Gigi’s Dressing Room Gallery 41: Shirley E Pountney The Chair Man
Chinese Take Away Hairdressers Nail shop Charity Shop Fast food Café
Organic/Wholefoods Bookmakers Vacant Shop Supermarket Community Centre Menswear Dentist
Old & New Old & New Old & New Fairtrade & Ethical Beads & Jewellery Café Fruit Liqueurs Antique Dealers Cake Dec. Supplies Cake Design Picture Framers Vintage Clothing Artist studio Chair restoration
76 84-86 88 90-92 ‡ 94 96A ∆ 98 WOOD STREET INDOOR MARKET 98-100
58 60 62 64 66 68 70 72 ‡ 74 ‡ GOLDEN PARADE 6 ‡ 5 4 3 2 1
Daddy’s Café Moize Hair Styliest A R Dry Cleaners F & H Furniture & Dom. App. + Home Share Group Nicholas Razak Mallery T & T timber merchants “
Café & Tearoom Hairdresser Dry Cleaners Furniture Vacant Shop Letting Agent Accountant Builders Merchant “
Butcher Public House Carpet dealers Grocery (self service) Electrical Goods Menswear Butchers No Record “ “ “ “ “ “ “ “ “ “ “ “ “
No Record “ “ “ “ “ “ “ “ “ “ “ “ “
Fish & Chip shop Cycles & Prams Toys Menswear Linenwear Sweets & Tobacco
Parade Fish Bar J E Telford J E Telford Maurice Irving Hull’s Candy C Jones The White Swan Williams Super Fare Brunswick Peters Johnny Fairplay
Laundry General Store Lighting Equipment Hairdresser Ladies Wear Florist Builders Merchant “ “
Westcott’s Laundries Ltd J Clark and Sons Modern Lighting Centre Miss Modern Emanda Marian J Henderson “ “
Beauty suppliers Dressmakers Cupping Clock Restoration Beauty treatments Brow threading
Record Shop Crafts & Gifts Vintage Clothing Community craft hub Soaps Fabrics Old & New Record Shop Record Shop Antiques Football memorabilia Jewellery House Clearance Vintage Clothing Collectibles Collectibles Art Products / Scarves Textile Company Record Shop (78’s) Personalised products
USE
STREET NUMBER
WOOD STREET Hypsterz Record Shop INDOOR MARKET Butterfly 98-100 Forsaken Dreams Significant Seams The Wood Street Soap Company Filiz Fabrics Carols Pre-Loved Jewels/The Odd Box Village Vinyl Mike’s Record Shop The Old Curiosity Shop Nobby Lawtons Olde Footy Shop Gee’s Jewellery Lot 44 Vintage Vestry Unit 16 Martin’s Toys & Memorabilia Mehraj Textile Art Flock Design Collective Tony Tunes Miss Prints THE GEORGIAN VILLAGE 100A Skingen Cosmetics Babes to Brides Hijama Medical Cupping Watches & Clocks Simply Radiant Beauty Threading shop
OCCUPIER
( an artist’s view)
No Record “ “ “ “ “ “ “ “ “ “ “ “ “ “ “ “ “ “ “ No Record “ “ “ “ “ “
OCCUPIER
No Record “ “ “ “ “ “ “ “ “ “ “ “ “ “ “ “ “ “ “ No Record “ “ “ “ “ “
USE
π Same Business, different premises
JANUARY 1963
W OO D ST REET RETAIL S URV E Y
J A NUA RY 2 013
∆ Same occupier 2013/1963 + Empty Shop † Un-numbered gaps, public space
‡ Same use 2013/1963
General store Northwood House “ “ Sign makers Hairdressers Dentist
Keys & Shoes Vacant Shop Betting Shop Hardware & DIY Public House † Phones & Computers Same as 120 Cash registers Fish & Chip Shop † Public House Pet shop “ Plaza “ “ “ Post Office “ Charity Shop Hairdressers Butchers Chinese Takeawy Beauty &Misc Café Supermarket
Hair & Beauty Restaurant/Takeaway
100 102 102A 104 ‡ Agombars High Class Shoe Repairs 106 + 108 ‡ Winners Lounge 110 ∆ Colvins 112 ∆ The Dukes Head 114 † 116 Smart Phones 118 Shoe-Repairs-Key Cutting 120 Lynpat Cash Register Services 122 ‡ The Brothers Fish Bar 124 † 126-28 ∆ The Flowerpot 130 Pet Corner 132 “ 134-138 † 140-42 † 144 † 146 † 148 Wood Street Post Office 150 “ 152 Cat Rescue, The Feline Friend 154 Nevins Hairstylist 156 Limpopo Butchery 158 New Hing Loon 160 Mat Cosmetics 162 Carters 164 The Co-Operative Food 166 168 Wood Street General Store 170 † 172 † 174 † 176 Electro Signs /96 Vallentin Road & 176 Obsession Hair Design 176 Wood Street Dental practice
Romina’s Pride Forest Tandoori
Clement Godfrey George Jefferson Jack’s Bargain Stores “ Cabries + J S Davies
+ Harry Purkis W Locke John Purkis Ltd J Wright W A Smith “ Granville Appliances Kingsley + Supreme
W Foulser Gunn & Co Crown Surplus Stores E R Neville Colvins Sid Crosby Colvins Duke’s Head Arnolds Arnolds Ron’s Drug Store Toni’s C Voickmann + The Flowerpot A Younger
Grocer Grocery Second Hand Goods Shoes General Hardware Betting Shop Decorating Materials Public House Linenwear Sweets & Tobacco Toiletry Café Fishmongers Vacant Site Public House Sweets & Tobacco General Hardware Vacant Site Greengrocer Pet Foods Betting Shop Shoe Repairs Butcher “ Showrooms Carpets Vacant Site Butchers Childrens’ Wear Insurance Broker Newsagent Clothing & Linen “ Photographers Derelict Shop Furniture
Primary School Supermarket Bakery Vacant Shop Carpet Shop
Public Library
Home/Garden Centre Garden machinery Hygiene Services Building Supplies Café Management Services Tyres Church Dairy Residential Electrical & Janitorial “ “ “ “ “ Off License/News
USE
STREET NUMBER
Electrical Elements Dairy Sign makers No Record Car showrooms “ “ “ Café Newsagents
Stanley Hurley London Co-op Society Dorling Signs No Record Warnell (motors) Ltd “ “ “ Business name unknown B & J Holdstock
Wood Street Library
Public Library Pensions & N.I Primary School
Coal Depot Coal Merchants Coal merchants Builders Merchants
USE
British Railways Joseph Cade and Co. London Co-op Society John Knowles and Co
OCCUPIER
JANUARY 1963
π Same Business, different premises
WHIPPS CROSS - FOREST ROAD ∆ Walthamstow Library Ministry of Pensions ∆ Wood Street Primary The Woodside School 15-19 Metro Food Centre 21 Percy Ingle 39 + 41 Express Carpet Warehouse
THE OLD STATION YARD E J Lancaster π APS(A Pamphilon & Sons)Ltd WML Environmental Air & Water Thames Roofing & Building Supplies ‡ The Old Station Yard Café M & M Facilities 190a Wood Street Tyres 216-18 Wood St Tabernacle 220 ‡ Arla Foods - Parker Dairies 234 Residential 240 Apollo Group of Companies 242 “ 244 “ 246 “ 248 “ 250 “ 256 ‡ Save Spot
OCCUPIER
( an artist’s view)
W OO D ST REET RETAIL S URV E Y
J A NUA RY 2 013
∆ Same occupier 2013/1963 + Empty Shop † Un-numbered gaps, public space
‡ Same use 2013/1963
Total Laundry Care Faizan Halal Meats Express General Store T & I Telecom Money Transfer Pie & Mash Reflexion Images in Frames
43 45 51 53 55 57 59 61 65 67 69 71 59 IS NEXT DOOR TO 83. STREET NUMBERING HAS 73 CHANGED BETWEEN 1963 AND 2013 75 77 79 79A 81 83 GS Bathroom Gallery Bathroom showroom GS Plumbing & Heating Merchants Ltd 85 Plumbing supplies 87-89 Net Kitchens Direct Kitchens 91 Day 1 Local Express Convenience Store 93 Christian Bookshop & 99p shop Bookshop 95 PHQ Property Headquarter Estate Agents 97 + Vacant Shop 99 ∆ George White & Sons Funeral Directors 101 Sales * Lettings * Management Internet Café 103 Gina’s Unisex Salon Hairdressers 105 Wards Schoolwear Schoolwear 107 Lot 107 Café Café 109 Selectric Electrical Store 111 ‡ Wood St Launderette Launderette 111 Ever Ready Cars Taxi 113 ‡ Gregory’s News Newsagent 115 Braai Barbecue Restaurant Restaurant 117 ‡ Golden Medal Café Café/Restaurant The Viking Store (Ron’s Drug Store) 119 Costumes & giftware 121 Day Lewis Pharmacy Pharmacy 123 + Vacant Shop
Launderette Butchers General store Mobile & Comp. Acc. Pie & Mash shop Hairdressers Picture Framing
Tobacco & Sweets Bakers Cafe Grocery Stationery Greengrocer Ralston M Rosin’s Bakeries The Cottage Café Pearks J Eveling & Son R Purkis
Hairdressers Vacant Shop Grocery Toiletries Chemist Post Office Dry Cleaners Sweets & Tobacco Laundry Shoes Funeral Directors Vacant Shop Electrical Goods Cycle Warehouse Jewellers Launderette
Self Service Laundry Self Service Grocery “ Baker Chemist Grocer Butcher Greengrocer Vacant Shop Linenwear
McCleary Easy Laundry Stitchers “ Clarks London Co-op Society London Co-op Society London Co-op Society London Co-op Society + Carters Wool & Stationery Jacques + J Gunn Ltd JB Reynolds J B Reynolds Wood Street Post Office “Go” Cleaners The Waverley Diploma Maxwell Palmers George White & Sons + Brunswick Radio & TV Ltd Doctor’s Surgery A Bowles Fish Brothers Metcalfe Launderette ltd
Grocery Vacant Shop Vacant Shop Builders merchants
Opticians Restaurant Grocery “ Mechanic Dry Cleaners Garment Design/Print New and Used Goods
Convenience store Chicken Shop Hairdressers & Shoes Craft Hub Bakery Charity Shop Locksmiths “ Romanian Deli Café Furniture & Appliances Chemist Bookmakers
USE
STREET NUMBER
Mercy International Golden Fried Chicken MN Hairdressers - MN Shoes Significant Seams Nice n Nuff Bakery New Life Charity Shop Dennis Lock & Key Services “ La Dumitrescu Moonlight Café The Bargain Corner The Co-operative Pharmacy Coral
125 127 129 131 133 ‡ 135 137 139 ∆ 141 143 145 147 149 151 153 Wood Street Opticians 155 Charcoal Grill 157 Bayer Food Centre 159 “ 159 rear C A Hart Crash Repairs 161 2 Hour Dry Cleaners 163 O.G Clothing 165 Quality Domestic Appliances 167 rear Tyre Superstore 167a Freshko: The international Grocers 167 + 169 + 171 ‡ Travis Perkins Ltd
OCCUPIER
(an artist’s view)
J S Davies “ D L Knight & Sons Ltd
Stanton J Pegrum Gilbert Reeves
R Purkis H H Wattick Ltd Stanwood Radio Ltd Bettys Boutique Bartons Hughes Brothers Baskins Dennis Stores Cox Brothers Ltd Lush & Cook S M T Carter Edwards π Allan Pamphilon & Sons “ F Kittle & Sons Martins Victory Cigar Shoppe Tobacco Warehouse
OCCUPIER
Furniture “ Timber & Builders
Dry Cleaners Bakers Off license
Fishmonger Grocery Radio & TV Ladieswear Baker Toiletry Menswear Domestic Stores Butchers Dry Cleaners Chemist Grocery Domestic stores “ Grocery Butcher Tobacconists
USE
π Same Business, different premises
JANUARY 1963
W OO D ST REET RETAIL S URV E Y
J ANU A RY 2 0 13
∆ Same occupier 2013/1963 + Empty Shop † Un-numbered gaps, public space
‡ Same use 2013/1963
Wood Street supermarket Residential Wood Street Station Cars Waltham Forest Mencap Davco Construction Company Ltd Nationwide Law Associates Pig & Whistle “ Omegahause Multimedia Sklep Czarek Noir Osborne
14th Walthamstow Scouts 14th Walthamstow Scouts + Bread of Life Bookshop Balti Raj Indian Takeaway Residential Residential Residential Residential Residential Lynn’s Hair Fashions Steven’s Gents Salon Residential Residential Residential + Khyber Balti House SJR Food & Wine Archway Doors The Soul Project Pure Muscles Gym Crownlea Plant Hire & Sales Ltd Residential Waltham Forest Metals Whipps Cross Garage
Grocery Residential Taxi Community company Construction Estate Agents Public House “ Printers / Graphics Polish grocery shop Hairdressers Construction Company
Scout Storage Scout Hall Vacant Shop Church Bookshop Takeaway Residential Residential Residential Residential Residential Ladies Hairdressers Barbers Residential Residential Residential Vacant Shop Restaurant Newsagent & grocers Doors & Carpentry Community Interest Gym Plant Hire Residential Scrap Metal Mechanic / Garage
173 175 177 179 181 183 185 187 189 191 193 195 199/201 205 ∆ 207 209 215 217 219 221 223 223 225 225 ‡ 227 229 235 237 239 241 243 245 247 253 257 277 ‡ 279 ‡ Public House Vacant Site Barber Bank Grocery Vacant Shop Fishing tackle Shop Ladies hairdressers Toys and Wool Tobacconist Dryers &Cleaners Vacant Site Gown Manufacturers Café Scout Hall Ladies Hairdressers Electrical Goods Grocery Motorcycle Engineer Fancy Goods Shoe Repairs Motorcycle Acc. TV Servicing Hairdresser Café Newsagents Signwriter “ Motorcycles Printers Unknown Paper Mfr Gown Mfr Furniture Mfr Haulage Contrac. Scrap Metal Motor Services
Cherantons Hair Fashions New Craft Athur Cooper Stantons + Arthur Jones Arcadia 14th Walthamstow Scouts Chandos The Good Electrical Co. Richards Leonard Levenson Sandringham Produce William Wilkinson Leonard Levenson T V Service Depot Mark Abrahams Wallys C Cooper Dorling Signs “ H A Anns Gainsborough Press Smith Brothers A E Bangham and Co Ltd Alfred A Freeman Ltd Russell and Co Ltd Frederick Attwood Ltd Whipps Cross Metals Avenue Garages
The Plough Inn + A L Legge Barclays Hitchmans Dairy +
A hidden gem in the market. Excellent signage, excellent cafe.
Wood Street Indoor Market Hi Ha! Cariba Rose CafĂŠ, 2013 Previous Crown Cinema, 1963
3 of the many different housing styles to be found on Wood Street
Woodside Park Avenue looking south, 2013 This is the former driveway to the merchants Clock House on Wood Street, tree lined and formal as it paves the way.
An ode to the shopkeeper’s sons via it’s initials. A former Post Office & favourite of the school children in pursuit of sustenance. 40 Wood Street DNS News, 2013 S Shaw, Newsagent, 1963
Reflecting one of the big mysteries of Wood Street’s numbering where it jumps from 59 to 83 in a cash register. 120 Wood Street Lynpat Cash Register Services, 2013 Toni’s, Café, 1963
WOOD STREET INSIDE OUT is a programme of public projects seeking to enhance the character of Wood Street, delivered by a creative team led by East architecture, landscape, urban design. This programme is restoring heritage buildings and providing new signage, planting, playareas, street furniture and high street frontages. WOOD STREET INSIDE OUT offers a range of opportunities for local people to collaborate with artists, designers and makers exploring themes of identity, association and change, and, in doing so, bring new life to Wood Street. This project is supported by the London Borough of Waltham Forest and Mayor’s Outer London Fund, which is helping increase the vibrancy and growth of high street places across London.
A FANZINE FOR WOOD STREET