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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => England => Kent => Topic started by: pollycat76 on Monday 26 October 20 17:42 GMT (UK)
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The attached photo postcard was taken c1906. In a 1920 Sevenoaks Chronicle there is an advert for The London Meat Supply Company, giving the address as "78 High Street (next door to International Stores)" I was wondering if this postcard could be of the of Sevenoaks premises, the confusing part being that the postmark is Hawkhurst, however the branch of my family who has this photo were living at Westerham at the time, which makes me think it might be Sevenoaks and not Hawkhurst as was first thought, and which I have researched. I would be pleased if anyone has information regarding this butcher's shop.
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Adverts in the Sevenoaks Chronicle and Kentish Advertiser in December 1913 note the address as 76 High Street (opposite the market place).
I have had a "walk" on streetview along Sevenoaks High Street but unfortunately I can't see a building that could have been this one.
Googling old photos/postcards of High Street Sevenoaks hasn't been fruitful either.
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www.sevenoakssociety.co.uk and there I found the following
Building(s): 74 & 76 Photo: E21
History:
Building No. 74 in 1850 had plain brick face and three storeys high with parapet similar to No. 72 but separate structure. Building demolished and rebuilt in 1907 with decorated brickwork surrounding and capping the windows and a Dutch gable take up as a parapet.
Building No. 76 originally two storeys in rendered brickwork and steep tiled roof prior to 1865.
Buildings Nos. 72, 74 and 78 demolished in late 1970’s.
No. 74
Fishmonger – Care – 1839 to 1850
Poulter – 1850 to 1891
Tea merchant – International Tea Company – 1891 to 1895
Picture framer – Frank Purley – 1895 to 1901
Dairy – West End Dairy (Miss Cordy) – 1901 to 1904
Photographer – Cranbourne Photographics on upper floor
Building demolished and rebuilt 1907
General stores – International Stores – 1907 to 1975
No. 76
Draper – Cook – 1891 to 1901
Newspapers – Sevenoaks Telegraph and Kent Messenger – 1901 to 1906
Butchers – London Meat Supply – 1907 to 1923
W Naylor – 1923 to 1964
Radios – Radio Rentals – 1965 to 1975
No. 76A
Butcher – Burton – 1891 to 1914
Club – Rainbow Services Club – 1914 to 1918
Stationers and Toys – J H Lorimer – 1926 to 1929 with Blue Bird Café above (see No. 78A)
then incorporated into No. 78A until 1975
Nos. 74 & 76
Halifax Bank and Building Society – 1975 to 2001 (see photograph E21)
Your photo must have been taken between 1907 and 1923. The Sevenoaks Society might be interested in your photo. They have a photo of the present shop.
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Elizabeth Naylor and her son Albert are the butchers there in 1911.
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Many thanks for your replies. The sender of the postcard actually gives the date of Saturday 29/12/1906 and says the photo was taken the week before. My guess is that it was a promotional photo taken for the opening of the shop, just in time for Christmas, so would fit in with the shop being there from 1907. There is a possibility that the sender worked there and is in the photo.
I have sent an email with the photo to the Sevenoaks Society but not heard back from them yet