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Thanks. very interesting information, and having been brought up in the Cowpen Quay area, I remember those shops. I have not found any relevant photo's.

Some shops you have left out....

Tate's. Durban Street. Was it Dougie Tate ?

Lovatt's. Durban Street. His brother Harry Lovatt also had a shop Goschen Street/Balfour Street.

There were a few shops along Durban Street, some I can't remember the owners names.

Another shop on Hodgsons Road/Durban Street with a very narrow entrance. On a busy day, would be queues outside. The owner played trombone or trumpet, and I fancied his daughter 

Ronnie Campbell's office at the corner of Claremont Terrace used to be a corner shop. On a icy morning on the way to school, we would buy hot 1p miniature loafs of bread, just to keep our ears warm 

Quite a few shops around the Marlow St. Sidney St. Chancery Lane area those days, including the old co op wholesale store and dairy.

I won't go on, and you have mentioned lots of kids sweets, but I will add the Jubilee (which was a frozen carton of orange juice) that would last you half a day, spanish root and huge gob-stoppers, all for those that had very little pocket money!

I will try and recall more info.

George.

I have resized this photo of the offices which seems to match the sketch. So therefore, we can deduce from this that the Malvins House is more likely to be your photo and not to be confused with the NCB offices further down the road near Cowpen Road.