Co-op in Parkend Road Yorkley c1901

Yorkley

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We think it was a shop owned by John Topham, (of the same family that lived in
Park Villa) Whitecroft between 1901-1905

There was also a shop called Bailey Hill Stores, Yorkley belonging to his niece
Charlotte Wesley during the same period, but we think this photo is of the shop
in Whitecroft as on the back it says it is "2 miles from my sister's shop" which
would be about the right distance from Yorkley

If someone can identify this shop and if it is still standing that would be a
great bonus!

(Photo supplied by Gordon Wesley)

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Additional details sent to us by John Wilding

The unknown photo is of what was the Co-op in Parkend Road Yorkley. The lower
part on the right became the butchers shop and above the butchers became the
offices. The left hand side of the building was used as a warehouse for the
shop. I was born 2 doors away and in my youth broke the large window having just
been given a new cricket bat. My father was the bowler!! The building is now
converted into flats.