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Was it "Farmers"

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I think you're right Sid, "Farmers" sounds familiar.
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Who remembers "The Chalfont Fair" before. The school at st.Joseph's was built?


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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Chilternman Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 13 October 2013 at 5:55pm
I am sure that the first supermarket was Anthony Jackson's where the Chalfont Home Stores is now, am I right or wrong?
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Originally posted by Rich Kid Rich Kid wrote:

Anyone remember the volunteer-staffed fire station along the Lower Road?
I remember a guy called Collin was in this, must of been late 70's.
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Anyone mention scotts tobacco shop,Glebe road, always good for under age cigs..lol
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Scotts store, Yes!
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Just been reading all the names of old shops that used to be in C st P. 
I now have to add my family's little grocery shop - GLYNN'S - that is now the Chinese takeaway on Gold Hill North. My great great grandfather built that shop and it started out as a tobacconists.
Also no one has mentioned the stationers shop - HOUSE'S.
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I thought it about time I brought the list up-to-date from some of the input. I've added a few that came to mind as well: Cross Keys Cafe, Bestway's removals & Hussey's builders.
A sorted list brought up to date with a few additions..
Allum & Glandfield next to Claydons
Andersons - First self-service supermarket in CSP
Andrews - Menswear (when it was in Lower Road)
Andrews (Menswear) was The Mans Shop
Aquasoft
Beesons - Ironmongers (Lower Road)
Bestway's Removals
Botts - Fishmongers (Manager: Eric Stone)
Chalfont Book Store
Chalfont Driving School - Near Trillos
Chalfont Home Stores
Chalfont Radio Services - Domestic goods repair, in the days when toasters, irons etc were repaired!
Claydons - Greengrocers (when it was owned by Dick Claydon)
Colins - Fish 'n' Chips (Mr Pigden, taken over by his son)
Co-Op - Grocers (Giles Tripp, Mr Allnutt)
Cross Keys Cafe - Opposite Church Lane
Darvills (then Paddy's) - Barbers
Dennis - Watch Repairer
Donna Latino
El Boncena
Ezera's - Newsagent
Farmers - as a sweet shop (run by the parents)
Farmers - as a travel agent (run by the son who took over the premises)
Fire Station - Next to Lippiatts
Francis & How - solicitor ( next to Dennis watch repair)
Frank E Dell - Garage
Frank Reeves - Jewellers
Fuller's Car Hire - Lower Road
George Newman - Bakers
Glebe store - grocery Store
Glenn's - grocery Store (Could Glynn's have been meant?)
Glynn's - grocery Store
Graves - Greengrocers
Guests - Tobacconists
Handy store - grocery store
Harris - pets & pet food
Harry Flowers - Grocers
Healas - fabulous sweet shop on lower road - spent all my pocket money there and stared at the goldfish for hours.
Heelas - thought that was shoe repairs.
Heaths store - grocery store..
House's - Stationery
Howard Roberts - grocery store opposite the church
Hussey's - Builder
Ice Cream Parlour
Isles - Shoe repairs
John Benn - Newsagents
John's Cafe
Jolly Farmer - public house
Lemon Grass
Lippiatts - Greengrocers
Millener's Estate Agent - Where the library is today
Misbourne Restaurant - Cafe next to Heelas
Motorworks
Mr Milly - Cycles/Repairs
Newmans the Bakers
Oddbins
Paddy's - Barber - Became Trillos, or was there another name inbetween?
Picture House - Cinema (Mr Westcott)
Pitchforth - chemist
Poachers
Randall's - Builders Merchants
Readers - haberdashery
Reddings - Woolshop
Robertsons - Butchers (Derek ?)
Robertsons Butchers
RUMBELOWS !
Scotts Store, Glebe Road
Soft Shop.
Stowells (then Threshers) - Manager: Bob Clements (also the organist at St Joseph's Church)
Stringers - Builders
Sweets - Chemist
Tabla
Taylor & Lane - Butchers
Tellings - Ironmongers (Victor Telling)
The Lantern - Sweetshop/tobacconist next to Lippiatts, run by the Pepperills
Threshers
Tripti
Ward & Medley - upholstery
Wells.    - grocery Store
Whalley's Budgens
White Hart
Willoughby's - Shoe Shop
 


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Originally posted by hissing sid hissing sid wrote:

yes, it was at the bottom of Chiltern Hill, if I remember correctly. There was also a siren on top of a pole right on the corner of the street
The fire station was set back from the frontage of The Lanterm & Lippiatts, just to the left of what is 11 Lower Road, the doors to the fire station were down a slope from the road and the siren was on the left hand side at the bottom of the slope.

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I think Mr, Birch. the caretaker at the school was a volunteer. he lived around half way between the "Bakers Arms" and Beesons.
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He lived at 5 High Street. He was also the first lollipop man in the village , probably in about 1955, he lollipoped(!) the High Street roughly where the HSBC is today, across to the Church Lane side of the bottom of the Market Place.
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