Staines Middlesex England now Staines-upon-Thames - Shops through the years part 2

Staines

Staines is an urban area in the Borough (Hundreds) of Spelthorne (Spelethorne). The main towns in Spelthorne are Staines (Stanes), Ashford (Exeford), Stanwell (Stanwelle), Shepperton (Scepertone), Sunbury (Sunbarie). Staines is the administrative centre of the Borough and has the largest shopping area. Spelthorne is a district of London, that has a population of approximately 90,000, and covers 21 square miles.

(words in brackets are from the Doomsday Book. c.1086.)

Old Shops and Businesses in the town, from long ago - Part 2: L to Z

These are all old shops and businesses, in Staines from the 1800's to the 1960's.
I have put them in alphabetical order, rather than where they were located. The # is their phone number back from 1930

The first shop is the oldest in Staines. It changed through the years but was owned by the same family.

DENYER 1560's - 33 High Street. Corner of High Street & Thames Street, (where Debenhams is now). Saddlers, Harness Makers Etc. (They actually had a model horse on the frontage of their shop, it looked like a toy!)

G. LASLETT	1930	Draper	161 High Street
LAS VEGAS	1960's	Coffee Bar	Thames St
Mrs G LAURIE	1930	Antiques	105 High Street
LAURIE (Mrs M. STEVENS)	1930	Milliner etc	114 High Street
J. LEEDS	1930	Butcher	85, Thames Street
Dr J. LEITCH	1930	Doctor	8 Clarence Street
LENNARDS	1960's	Shoes	past Iron Bridge
LEWIS & Son	1896	Basket Maker, Furniture etc.	131, & 133 High Street,
LIGHTFOOT'S	1960's	Jewellers,	Market Square,
LINDY'S FASHIONS	1960's	womens clothes
A.M. LIPSCOMBES	1930	Prams and Children's furnishings, Gramophones etc.	139 High Street
LLOYDS	1910	Confectioners	High Street
LLOYDS NEWS	1887	Newspaper
S.L. LUXFORD	1930	Motor Cycles, etc	4 Thames Street
MAC FISHERIES Ltd.	1930	Fish & Poultry	96 High Street
MAC'S COFFEE BAR	1930	Thames Cafe	93 Thames Street
MANN'S	1960's	Estate Agents,	Market Square
MANSELLS		Grocery shop.	Next to fish shop Thames Street
A.E. MARDON	1930	Outfitter	89 High Street
L.J. MARTIN	1930	Auctioneer, Etc.	4 Clarence Street

MASONIC HALL	1930	Mason's building	Thames Street
MATTHEWS BROS.	1930	Gents' Outfitters	102 & 104 High Street
Mrs MAY	1930	Universal Stores	3 Thames Street
MAY & MAY	1930	Ladies Outfitter	78 - 84 High Street
MAYNARDS	1946	Hairstylists	40 Church Street (Proprietors: Misses M. & G. Tozer) # Staines 741
MAYPOLE DAIRY	1930	Dairy Products	92 High Street
MICHAEL & MARSHALL	1946	Motor Engineers & General Smiths.	109 Church Street
MIDDLESEX CHRONICLE	1930	Newspaper	19 Clarence Street
MIKADO	1917	Restaurant	High Street
Mrs E. MILLARD	1930	The Exchange	27 Thames Street
J.L. MILLETT	1930	Clothier	137 High Street
J. MITCHELL	1930	Fishmonger	7 Clarence Street
W.S. MONTAGUE	1930	Dentist	47 Thames Street
A. MONTGOMERY	1930	Music Stores	54 High Street
MORFORD & GOODMAN also MORFORD & SON	1840's,	Drapers & Outfitters	39-43 High Street, Incorporated into KENNARDS WW11, then DEBENHAMS 1973.
W.G. MORRIS (& SALTER - 1946)	1930	Costumier	61 High Street
E. MOSS	1930	Chemist	165, High Street
MUMFORD & LOBB	1930	Furniture Etc	117 High Street
NASH	1930s	China, Glass, Basketry.	between Thames Street & Blue Anchor. Boots were in that building afterwards.
GEORGE NEW	1860	Greengrocer & Seedsman,	Market Square, right side of Blue Anchor
E. NEWPORT,	1930	THE WHITE LION Public House	High Street
NORTH THAMES GAS	1960's	Sold cookers and gas fires	High Street
NURSE CHERRY S.R.N	1930	Registered Nurse	88 High Street

E & L OLIVER	1930	Furniture etc	35 Thames Street
R.A. OLIVER	1946	High-class Meat purveyer.	85 Thames Street #Staines 113
R.OSLER	1930	Publican Crown & Anchor,	52 High Street
OSWALD's	1910 ?	Printers	End of Clarence/Church Street. Perkins
H. OWEN	1930	Dentist	10 Clarence Street

PACK HORSE HOTEL Ltd.	1930	Hotel	far end of Thames Street
W.G. PAXMAN	1930	Chiropodist	15 Clarence Street
T.C. PEARCE	1930	Manager Majestic Cinema	122 High Street
PEARK'S DAIRIES LTD	1930	Milk products	109 High Street
PENGUIN CLEANERS	1960's	Dry Cleaners	High Street (Next to Kennards)

Mrs. PERCEY	1930	Draper	51 Thames Street
PERKINS (FRANCIS)	1850	Family Butchers	Corner of Clarence and Church Streets. First shop in Staines to have electric lighting.
PERKINS (GEORGE JAMES)	1903 1930	Butcher, Pork Butcher, Fish Monger and Fruiterer Butchers	5 Church Street and 5 Clarence St: Butcher, Pork Butcher at 4 High Street, Fishmonger at 7 Clarence Street, and Fruiterer at 2 High Street. 1930: 1 Clarence Street
JOHN PERRING	1928	Furnishers	64 - 66 High Street
H. PETERS	1930	Fruiterer etc.	13, Thames Street
SUSAN PETERS	1960's	Exclusive Womens footware	4, High Street. Other corner of indoor market.
H.E. PHILLIPS	1930	Dairy	79 High Street
PLATT'S STORES Ltd.	1930	Grocers & Provision Merchants	30 High Street
WILLIAM HENRY PLEDGER	1912	Grocer & Provision Merchant	93 High Street (Dunns took over building in 1930). Phone # Sta 301
THE POST OFFICE	1902-1931 to date	Post office services	62 High Street, where McDonald's are now. Then to the new Post Office Building next to Majestic, now in Smiths, 49 High Street.
RANELAGH	1930	Cleaners etc	11 High Street
C.E. REED	1965	Ironmongers & Builders	Church Street #Staines 239
REEVES	1870	Butchers	New store on High Street 1887, Between White Lion and Iron Bridge. Bought Westbourne House in 1902 pulled the building down and made shops there including one for himself. One building the Post Office moved into. (Where McDonalds are now) 56 High Street in 1930. By 1946 They were 'By Appointment to H. M. The King'. In 1946 they owned 10 shops in the area.
C. REEVES & SONS	1930	Pork Butchers etc	90 High Street
REFRESHMENT STALL	1960's	Coffee stall	Under Iron Bridge
REGO Ltd.	1930	Clothiers	68 High Street
W.E. REID & Co.	1887		18 High Street
RELIANCE OFFICE EQUIPMENT	1965	Office & Artists supplies. Stationery	2 & 6 Church Street #Staines 2717
RICHARDS	1960's	Womens fashion shop	109 ? High Street

HOWARD ROBERTS LTD	1930	Grocers & Provision Merchants	6 High Street
A ROBINSON		Printer & Publisher of West Middlesex Times
ROGERS	1895	Sanitary Plumber, Pumps & operators.	Close to the Old Barclays Bank, High Street. I can see a Rodger's on the Market Square in 1906, but can't see what they do. Maybe this one or a new business. Between the Blue Anchor and H.G. Swan.
ROSEBY'S	1960's	Curtains, bedding	High Street. Shop pulled down for a Hotel to be made 2020
W. RUSHWORTH	1930	Photographer etc.	157 High Street
RYMANS	1960's to date	Stationers	54 High Street

Mrs S.A. SALMON	1930 to date	Fruiterer etc. Greengrocer	171, High Street, later Thames Street, a number of shops owned by Salmon's in different locations over the years, even today.
A.E. SALTMARSH	1930	Outfitter & Draper	21, Clarence Street
W.J. SCHOFIELD	1930	Domestic Stores	11, Thames Street
SEEAR & VICTOR	1930	Confectioners	51, High Street
J. SENYARD & SON	1930	Decorators	4, Thames Street
SEWMASTER	1959	Sewing Machines	1, Church Street.
SINGER SEWING MACHINE DEPOT	1930	Sewing Machines	97, High Street
SMITH & SON	1930	Footwear Specialists	32 High Street
SMITH & SON	1930	Outfitters	34 High Street
T.W. & A.A. SMITH	1930	Dental Surgeons	72 High Street
W.H. SMITHS	1934 - date	Newsagents (Now includes post office)	They had a stall in the Railway station first then moved to 49 High Street. They worked with J.L.Gubbins for a while incorporating their circulating library (1902) and eventually their whole business.
SPECIALIST CLEANING Co. Ltd.	1930	Cleaners	1 Thames Street
SPINNING WHEEL	1960's	Restaurant	Thames St

STAINES & EGHAM NEWS	1930	Newspaper Office	125 High Street
STAINES EMPIRE CINEMA Ltd	1930	Cinema	112 High Street
STAINES FURNISHING & BUILDING Co. (F. Gookey)	1930	Furnishings/Builders	79 Thames Street
STAINES GARAGE LTD	1930	Garage	99 High Street
STAINES IRON WORKS	Established 1800	Engineers & Iron Founder, Heating	Market Square High Street side
STANLEY & CO	1902	Toys & tobacco.	A steam engine lost control and went into the window of this shop. 'It was one of the first serious road accidents in Staines' according to Barry Dix (Staines in Old Picture Postcards).

THOMAS WILLIAM STEPHENS	1840's	Auctioneer.	left side of Blue Anchor in Market Square
STEAD & SIMPSONS	1960's	Men & Womens shoes	High Street
STEWART IRVINE & Co.	1930	House Agents	41 Clarence Street
STROHM'S	1946	Hairdressers	57 - 59 High Street #Staines 2718
SUNNYSIDE RESTAURANT	1946	Restaurant	Next to Staines Bridge # Staines 2469
H G SWAN	1905		Market Square.
SWANN'S	1902	Chemist	Thames Street and High Street

M. TAYLOR	1930	Butcher	151 High Street
Tom TAYLOR & SONS	1930	Boat Builders	Riverside Works, 14 Clarence Street (Next to Bridge) #Staines
TESCO First Tesco store.	1930's - 1980's	Grocers/Supermarket	First in the indoor Market, 2 High Street, then took over the building next to the market 2 - 8 High Street, then moved to the Ashford site in 1980's Staines Market was demolished in 1995. The new George pub was then built on this space.
C & L THOMAS & Co., Ltd.	1930	Confectioners & Cafe	68A High Street
F.W. THORNTON	1930	Laundry	8, Thames Street
TIMPSON	1900's - Date	Shoe repairs, keys cut, engraving	now Elmsleigh Centre
Dr. F.C. TOTHILL	1930	Doctor (Tothill Street named for him)	Fredeli, Thames Street
Dr J TOTTEN	1930	Surgery	15 Clarence Street

TRACEYS FLOWERS	1980's to date	Florist	Under Iron Bridge
ROBERT TRACEY	1960's	Menswear	Market Square,
ALFRED TYLER & SONS LTD	1930	Boots & Shoes	167, High Street

VALET SERVICES	1930	Valeting	87, Thames Street
Madame VARNE & Co	1946	Herbalist, Massage & Nature Cure	43 Thames Street
VICTORIAN WINE CO	1930	Wines	69. High Street (Part of Ashby's)
B.L.. VIRGO	1930	Watchmaker & Jeweller	74 High Street
VOGUE FASHIONS	1960's	Women's clothes
WAINE'S	1930	China & Glass shop	(Where Swann's used to be) Thames Street
WAITROSE	1960's	Supermarket,	High Street, later 2 Rivers. Moved in 2020
JAMES WALKERS	1960's	Jewellers	High Street Clock outside
WALTON PHOTOGRAPHIC Co. Ltd	1930	Photography	55 Thames Street
G.H. WARNE	1946	Boot & Shoe Repairer	12 Church Street
E.J. WARNER	1930	Butcher	26 Kingston Road. # Staines 409
WATSON	1890	Toys, Fancy Goods and Registry for Servants.	Market Square. Manchester House. Left side of Blue Anchor
F. WENHAM	1930	Cat's Meat Purveyor	39 Thames Street
T.W.S. WHEATLEY	1930	Tailor	25 High Street
A.J. WHITE	1930	Grocer	43 Thames Street
C.F. WHITE	1930	Hairdresser	35 Clarence Street
P. WHITE	1930	Builder	57 Thames Street
WILLETT'S	1885	Became a Vets.	86 -88 High Street. Opposite Woolies. Moved in 1976. Now on the Kingston Rd
WILLIS & SON	1930	Fruiterers etc.	119 High Street
WIMPEY'S	1960's	Burgers cafe	30 High Street
F.W. WOOLWORTHS	1930	General Store	153 & 155 High Street, later 101/103 HS
WINDS?	1887	Tobacco & fishing tackle	High Street
A WRIGHTSON	1930	Jewellers, Watchmakers repairs	173 High Street #Staines 515
YE STITCHERIE (F & J SAUNDERS)	1930	Sewers	46 & 48 High Street
???	1960's	Pet Shop	Next to Miller's Corner on Thames Street

I still have more names and telephone numbers to add.

To be continued

Various Staines information, historic or otherwise, are listed on the page Links below.

Art Works in Staines	Ashby's	Banks
Books	Church Street	Churches
Cinema's	Clarence Street	Common Land
Companies	Destruction	Digs
Dragonfly Dezignz	Extras 1	Floods
Golden Boy	High Street	Iron Bridge
Links	The Lino	Maps
Museum Talks 2023	Oast House	Photos plus
Premier Inn	Pubs	Research info
Restaurants	Roman Medical Instruments	Shops Alphabetically Part 1 A - K
Shops Alphabetically Part 2 L - Z	Shops - Now	Shops thru the years - High Street
Shops thru the years - Other Streets	Smiths to Banks	Stations
Thames Street	Town Hall	White Lion

Extras (not mine)

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All information on this site was researched by Gloria Hazell, using the following sources:
Borough of Spelthorne Council, Spelthorne Museum, 'The Spelthorne Book 11' by Friends of Spelthorne Museum, 'Up Pontes' by Christine Lake, 'Staines an Illustrated Record' by M.M. Smithers, 'Snapshots of Staines' by J.L. & D.M. Barker, 'Middlesex within Living Memory' by the Middlesex Federation of Women's Institutes, 'Staines A History and Celebration' by Russell Thompson, 'The Commons of Staines, The Facts' by the Assn for the Preservation of Staines Moor, 'Staines Almanack and Directory for 1930' Herbert & Herbert Pharmacy, ' Staines, Ashford and District. Middlesex - The Official Guide' Staines Urban District Council 1946, 'History of Staines High St' Thomason 1976, 'Staines in Old Picture Postcards' by Barry Dix, 'Staines In The Records Part 2' Dr J.A. (Tony) Mansfield, 'Staines Past and Present' by B. K Dix, 'Staines A History' by Pamela Maryfield, 'Walk Around Historic Staines' by Joan Gardam, 'Staines a Photographic History of Your Town' W.H. Smiths, 'Staines on Thames', Staines town centre Guide 2005, published by the Staines Partnership, 'Doomsday Book - (Midelsexe) Middlesex' translated by John Morris and Sara Wood. The photographs of Maureen Rendell (Thanks to her son Malc Rendell). Information from Jenny Scripps. Various postcards I got via EBay, Google, Memories and experiences of Gloria Hazell.

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