‡ Same use 2013/1963
∆ Same occupier 2013/1963 + Empty Shop † Un-numbered gaps, public space
W O O D S T REET RETAIL SURVEY (an artist’s view)
J A N U A RY 2 0 1 3 USE
π Same Business, different premises
JANUARY 1963 STREET NUMBER
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USE
Chinese Take Away Hairdressers Nail shop Charity Shop Fast food Café
FOREST ROAD - WHIPPS CROSS 2 † 4 † 6 † 8 † 10 Silkwood Interiors 12 Express carpet warehouse 14 ∆ Peter Pan 16 Acorn Carpets 18 “ 20 “ 24 + 26 D W Smith and Co. 30 Woodside Café 32 Ahmed Halal Meat 34 Al Hamzab Kebabish 36 QFC Quality Fried Chicken 38 Bronze Tanning Studio 40 ‡ DNS News 42 Wongs 44 Dry Cleaners, Customer Care 46 ‡ Razor’s Gents hairdressers 48 Chick & Pizz 50 ‡ No Business name 52 Prime Business Services 54 + 56 ‡ + 58 Daddy’s Café 60 Moize Hair Styliest 62 A R Dry Cleaners 64 F & H Furniture & Dom. App. 66 + 68 Home Share Group 70 Nicholas Razak Mallery 72 ‡ T & T timber merchants 74 ‡ “ GOLDEN PARADE 6 ‡ Golden Dragon 5 Steve’s hairdressing 4 Star Nails 3 Fel Ed. and Cultural Trust 2 Gozde Kebab 1 Casa 05
Organic/Wholefoods Bookmakers Vacant Shop Supermarket Community Centre Menswear Dentist
Second Nature Coral + Hulya Supermarket Waltham Forest Asian Sen. Club Peters Woodside Dental & Facial
C Jones The White Swan Williams Super Fare Brunswick Peters Johnny Fairplay
Butcher Public House Carpet dealers Grocery (self service) Electrical Goods Menswear Butchers
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
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
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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 “ Café & Tearoom Hairdresser Dry Cleaners Furniture Vacant Shop Letting Agent Accountant Builders Merchant “
76 84-86 +88 90-92 ‡ 94 96A ∆ 98 WOOD STREET INDOOR MARKET 98-100
Super Fare Garden Fare Mrs Sambell H Hickman Basil Brickland Ltd Lambard Smith Peter Pan Sydney Stores Sydney Stores Walters and Hillel Ltd William Klein Glyn Radio Victor Peters Frederick Mobley Church’s Harry Collins S Shaw Lewis Ritterband Bennie Press N. Charalambos J Giddings Sidney Brower Brands Bettys’ Derelict Shop Westcott’s Laundries Ltd J Clark and Sons Modern Lighting Centre Miss Modern Emanda Marian J Henderson “ “
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 + Laundry General Store Lighting Equipment Hairdresser Ladies Wear Florist Builders Merchant “ “
Parade Fish Bar J E Telford J E Telford Maurice Irving Hull’s Candy
Fish & Chip shop Cycles & Prams Toys Menswear Linenwear Sweets & Tobacco
‡ Same use 2013/1963
∆ Same occupier 2013/1963 + Empty Shop † Un-numbered gaps, public space
W O O D S T REET RETAIL SURVEY (an artist’s view)
J A N U A RY 2 0 1 3 USE
OCCUPIER
π Same Business, different premises
JANUARY 1963 STREET NUMBER
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Beauty suppliers Dressmakers Cupping Clock Restoration Beauty treatments Brow threading
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
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Hair & Beauty Restaurant/Takeaway
Romina’s Pride Forest Tandoori
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
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
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
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 General store Northwood House “ “ Sign makers Hairdressers Dentist
+ Harry Purkis W Locke John Purkis Ltd J Wright W A Smith “ Granville Appliances Kingsley + Supreme Clement Godfrey George Jefferson Jack’s Bargain Stores “ Cabries + J S Davies
‡ Same use 2013/1963
∆ Same occupier 2013/1963 + Empty Shop † Un-numbered gaps, public space
W O O D S T REET RETAIL SURVEY (an artist’s view)
J A N U A RY 2 0 1 3 USE Home/Garden Centre Garden machinery Hygiene Services Building Supplies Café Management Services Tyres Church Dairy Residential Electrical & Janitorial “ “ “ “ “ Off License/News
OCCUPIER
π Same Business, different premises
JANUARY 1963 STREET NUMBER
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 British Railways Joseph Cade and Co. London Co-op Society John Knowles and Co
Coal Depot Coal Merchants Coal merchants Builders Merchants
Stanley Hurley
Electrical Elements
London Co-op Society Dorling Signs No Record Warnell (motors) Ltd “ “ “ Business name unknown B & J Holdstock
Dairy Sign makers No Record Car showrooms “ “ “ Café Newsagents
WHIPPS CROSS - FOREST ROAD ∆ Walthamstow Library Ministry of Pensions ∆ Wood Street Primary The Woodside School Primary School 15-19 Metro Food Centre Supermarket 21 Percy Ingle Bakery 39 + Vacant Shop 41 Express Carpet Warehouse Carpet Shop 43 Total Laundry Care Launderette 45 Faizan Halal Meats Butchers 51 Express General Store General store 53 Mobile & Comp. Acc. T & I Telecom Money Transfer 55 McCleary Easy Laundry Pie & Mash Pie & Mash shop 57 Stitchers Reflexion Hairdressers 59 “ Images in Frames Picture Framing 61 Clarks 65 London Co-op Society 67 London Co-op Society 69 London Co-op Society 71 London Co-op Society 59 IS NEXT DOOR TO 83. STREET NUMBERING HAS 73 + CHANGED BETWEEN 1963 AND 2013 75 Carters 77 Wool & Stationery 79 Jacques 79A + 81 J Gunn Ltd 83 JB Reynolds GS Bathroom Gallery Bathroom showroom J B Reynolds GS Plumbing & Heating Merchants Ltd 85 Plumbing supplies 87-89 Wood Street Post Office Net Kitchens Direct Kitchens 91 “Go” Cleaners Day 1 Local Express Convenience Store 93 The Waverley Christian Bookshop & 99p shop Bookshop 95 Diploma Maxwell PHQ Property Headquarter Estate Agents 97 Palmers + Vacant Shop 99 ∆ George White & Sons George White & Sons Funeral Directors 101 + Sales * Lettings * Management Internet Café 103 Brunswick Radio & TV Ltd Gina’s Unisex Salon Hairdressers 105 Doctor’s Surgery Wards Schoolwear Schoolwear 107 A Bowles Lot 107 Café Café 109 Fish Brothers Selectric Electrical Store 111 ‡ Metcalfe Launderette ltd Wood St Launderette Launderette 111 Ever Ready Cars Taxi 113 ‡ Ralston Gregory’s News Newsagent 115 M Rosin’s Bakeries Braai Barbecue Restaurant Restaurant 117 ‡ The Cottage Café Golden Medal Café Café/Restaurant Pearks The Viking Store (Ron’s Drug Store) 119 Costumes & giftware 121 J Eveling & Son Day Lewis Pharmacy Pharmacy 123 R Purkis + Vacant Shop Public Library
Wood Street Library
USE
Public Library Pensions & N.I Primary School
Self Service Laundry Self Service Grocery “ Baker Chemist Grocer Butcher Greengrocer Vacant Shop Linenwear Hairdressers Vacant Shop Grocery Toiletries Chemist Post Office Dry Cleaners Sweets & Tobacco Laundry Shoes Funeral Directors Vacant Shop Electrical Goods Cycle Warehouse Jewellers Launderette Tobacco & Sweets Bakers Cafe Grocery Stationery Greengrocer
‡ Same use 2013/1963
∆ Same occupier 2013/1963 + Empty Shop † Un-numbered gaps, public space
W O O D S T REET RETAIL SURVEY (an artist’s view)
J A N U A RY 2 0 1 3 USE
OCCUPIER
JANUARY 1963 STREET NUMBER
125 127 129 131 133 ‡ 135 137 139 ∆ 141 143 145 147 149 151 153 Wood Street Opticians Opticians 155 Charcoal Grill Restaurant 157 Bayer Food Centre Grocery 159 “ “ 159 rear C A Hart Crash Repairs Mechanic 161 2 Hour Dry Cleaners Dry Cleaners 163 Garment Design/Print O.G Clothing 165 New and Used Goods Quality Domestic Appliances 167 rear Tyre Superstore 167a Freshko: The international Grocers Grocery 167 + Vacant Shop 169 + Vacant Shop 171 ‡ Travis Perkins Ltd Builders merchants 173 Wood Street supermarket Grocery 175 Residential Residential 177 Wood Street Station Cars Taxi 179 Waltham Forest Mencap Community company 181 Davco Construction Company Ltd Construction 183 Nationwide Law Associates Estate Agents 185 Pig & Whistle Public House 187 “ “ 189 Omegahause Multimedia Printers / Graphics 191 Sklep Czarek Polish grocery shop 193 Noir Hairdressers 195 Construction Company Osborne 199/201 205 14th Walthamstow Scouts Scout Storage ∆ 14th Walthamstow Scouts Scout Hall 207 + Vacant Shop 209 Bread of Life Bookshop Church Bookshop 215 Balti Raj Indian Takeaway Takeaway 217 Residential Residential 219 Residential Residential 221 Residential Residential 223 Residential Residential 223 Residential Residential 225 Lynn’s Hair Fashions Ladies Hairdressers 225 ‡ Steven’s Gents Salon Barbers 227 Residential Residential 229 Residential Residential 235 Residential Residential 237 + Vacant Shop 239 Khyber Balti House Restaurant 241 Newsagent & grocers SJR Food & Wine 243 Archway Doors Doors & Carpentry 245 The Soul Project Community Interest 247 Pure Muscles Gym Gym 253 Crownlea Plant Hire & Sales Ltd Plant Hire 257 Residential Residential 277 ‡ Waltham Forest Metals Scrap Metal 279 ‡ Whipps Cross Garage Mechanic / Garage Convenience store Chicken Shop Hairdressers & Shoes Craft Hub Bakery Charity Shop Locksmiths “ Romanian Deli Café Furniture & Appliances Chemist Bookmakers
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
π Same Business, different premises
OCCUPIER 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
USE Fishmonger Grocery Radio & TV Ladieswear Baker Toiletry Menswear Domestic Stores Butchers Dry Cleaners Chemist Grocery Domestic stores “ Grocery Butcher Tobacconists
Stanton J Pegrum Gilbert Reeves
Dry Cleaners Bakers Off license
J S Davies “ D L Knight & Sons Ltd The Plough Inn + A L Legge Barclays Hitchmans Dairy + Cherantons Hair Fashions New Craft Athur Cooper Stantons + Arthur Jones Arcadia 14th Walthamstow Scouts Chandos
Furniture “ Timber & Builders 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
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
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