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Retail - Hastings Road
Introduction
The map below indicates the locations of the premises detailed in the main information table.
Each location entry lists the businesses occupying that site.
The lists run in chronological order – latest at the top, and oldest at the bottom.
Dates are given if known to be accurate, with a ‘c’ if approximate, and ‘????’ if unknown.
References are given to indicate the origin of the information.
Abbreviations are detailed at the bottom of the page.
Personal contributions are acknowledged by initials and shown in full at the bottom of the page.
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Business and Location details. |
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43 Hastings Road
Blade Runners Hairdresser (???? – current)
Pembury in the Past, p15, Mary Standen 1984 reports a hairdresser here.
Winifred Seymour Ladies & Children’s Outfitters 43 Hastings Road (WISB 1965) 1959, 1961, 1972, 1974 Kelly’s Dir
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47 Hastings Road
Pembury Post Office (c1935 – 2018) Moved Feb 2018 to 37 High Street (Newsagents)
Mr & Mrs Patel 2016 – 2018 (Post Office closed at this address)
Sheela & Sunil Kulkarni 2010 – 2016
John & Linda Turnbull ?? – 2010
R.L.P Diplock shopkeeper & Post Office 1972, 1974 Kelly’s Dir
Alfred E. Tolhurst sub-postmaster 1937 Kelly’s Dir
Transfer of PO from 4 High St around 1935 From Mary Standen’s Old Picture Postcards p14
MRD Freezer Stores Ltd Pembury Post Office 47 Hastings Road PVN Issue 16 1978
A.B. Hayward Post Office & Store Pembury Parish Guide 1966 1961, 1963 Kelly’s Dir
A.B Hayward shopkeeper & Post Office 47 Hastings Road 1959 Kelly’s Dir
Alan Hayward shopkeeper & Post Office 29 Hastings Road 1948 – 55 Kelly’s Dir – wrong address at 29?
Prior to 1948 there are several other references to sub-postmasters in Hastings Road, but not specifying a precise address.
1940 Arthur Williams, sub-postmaster, post office, Hastings Rd.
1937 Alfred Tolhurst, sub-postmaster, post office, Hastings Rd.
1934 William Tolhurst, sub-postmaster, post office, High St (Note – not Hastings Road)
1933 No mention of Tolhursts or post office in Hastings Rd.
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67 Hastings Road
Pembury Dental Surgery ( 1959 – current) ( Entries back to 1970 – MP)
Nelis du Plessis (2003 – current)
Aiden Dowd (1995 – 2003)
Robert Jones (1993 – 1995)
Brian McElhinney (1989 – 1992)
Ronan Lyden (1970 – 1989)
?? 1972 – 1970
Reginald Warrener 1959 – 1972 Kelly’s Directory
Warrener previously at ‘Sheen’ Hastings Road 1933 (but not 1931) to 1948 Kelly’s Dir
According to a history of Tonbridge, Warrener had a surgery in Tonbridge
from 1919 to 1965 with branch business at Pembury. For much of this
time he was sharing facilities at ‘Sheen’ in Hastings Rd with Dr Dorrit
Waterfield. Dr Waterfield later moved to Lower Green Road, and Mr
Warrener to this address. It is understood he continued for a few years
at Pembury after the closure of the Tonbridge practice.
1961 Warrener Regnld Dental Surgeon 67 Hastings Road (Kelly’s 1961)
1959 Warrener at 67 Hastings Rd, Waterfield at 40 Lower Gn Rd
1955 Warrener not listed, Watefield at Kenmore, Lower Gn Rd
1950 Warrener not listed, Waterfield at ‘Sheen’ Hastings Rd
1948 Warrener and Waterfield at ‘Sheen’
Hastings Rd from 1933. Neither
listed in 1931.
.. ‘Sheen’ has now been identified as 121 Hastings Rd - next to Stanam Rd steps.
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Dr Raymond
Chapman – c1937 – 1948 (Kelly’s) at Mulberry House, Hastings
Road. Location Map
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Kelly listings for 1937 – 1948 show Dr Chapman at ‘Mulberry’ Hastings
Road. 1950 – Sunhill House, High St.
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Kevin Norman Chiropody (2008 – current) |
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75 Hastings Road AKA Poppingbury (Watercolour from 1965 WISB)
Norman Miller – Dentist surgery pre-1980 (MP) (MG)
Norman Miller, dentist, previously at 31 High St c1960s – 1970s (JS) (See 31 High St entry).
Mrs Homewood’s Dame school ??? From Mary Standen’s Old Picture Postcards p23
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87 Hastings Road
King William IV Public House
See Pembury Pubs page for more detail.
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89 Hastings Road
Pembury Chinese & Thai Take-Away (???? – current)
Pembury Stores 89 Hastings Road Mr & Mrs Shaw Grocers, Baker PVN Issue 16 1978
Pembury Stores 89 Hastings Road HA & RT Chapman Local Mace Grocer WISB 1965
R. Smith Grocer 1970, 1972 Kelly’s Dir
A. Padbury Grocer 1974 Kelly’s Dir
Chapman Grocer 1965 Kelly’s Dir
F.J. Kates Grocer 1961 Kelly’s Dir
R.R. Mains confectioner 89 Hastings Rd 1959 Kelly’s Dir
H.E. Nash Confectioner (sweet shop?) Hastings Rd 1934, 1940 Kelly’s Dir Harry Nash 1927, 1937, 1948, 1950 (JH)
Henry Nash, confectioner, Hastings Road 1924 Kelly’s Dir
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101 Hastings Road
Asia Lounge Indian Restaurant & Take-Away (???? – current)
Mr Seymour, Grocer (????) PVN Issues 84/85 1995 – Pembury Library
Harpers Grocer 101 Hastings Road (1966) ‘Your local APT grocer’ Pembury Parish Guide 1966
Harpers Grocer 101 Hastings Road 1959, 1961, 1965, 1974 Kelly’s Directory
Arthur Percy Tapp Grocer
Hastings Rd 1934, 1937, 1940, 1948, 1950, 1955 Kelly’s Dir (location confirmed by JH)
….The listings for Tapp did not specify an address, but an association has been made via Richard Snow’s articles
….on Pembury’s war heroes (PVN 156 page 32).
….The death of Clifford George Tapp describes the family shop on the corner of Hastings Rd & Canterbury Rd.
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115 Hastings Road
Harold Brookes Dairyman 1961, 1963, 1970, 1974 Kelly’s Dir
Samuel Edward Brookes Dairyman 1938, 1940, 1950, 1955 Kelly’s Dir
A & J Bennett Dairyman 1922 – 1936 (LB) 1934, 1937 Kelly’s Dir
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In the vicinity of 34 – 44 Hastings Road – Salvadori Court
Pembury Car Sales – Ford Agent 1971 (DG)
Pembury Car Sales – Ford Agent 34 Hastings Road 1963, 1965, 1972 Kelly’s Directory 1969-70 Kent Trade Guide
Owen Seymour’s Bakery 1950s Garage & Bakery working alongside each other.
From Mary Standen’s Old Picture Postcards p21
Pembury Garage Hastings Rd 1937 Kelly’s Dir
Pembury Garage (c1928) From
Mary Standen’s Old Picture Postcards p22
c1928
Described as being “almost opposite the Wesleyan Chapel”
From Mary Standen’s Old Picture Postcards p21 c1904
Shows site prior to garage. Same gabled house in both pictures.
The forecourt had AA sign, and shows the sale of Pratt’s Petrol and Power Petrol (Power Petroleum Ltd) –
two competing brands.
Pratts Petrol – 1895 – 1935 in the UK – later branded as Esso.
Power Petrol – 1922 – 1924 Taken over in 1924 by Medway Oil & Storage. http://www.vintagegarage.co.uk
Frederick Rendell – Motor Car Engineer, Hastings Rd. Listed in Kelly’s Dir from 1914 to 1950
No positive link to this garage. No specified road number. Associated with High St. Cycle Shop, see High St. Item 44
Owen Seymour Junior bakers, Hastings Rd – unspecified location (Kelly’s Directory 1916)
Owen Seymour & Sons, bakers – unspecified location (Kelly’s Directory 1903)
Seymour Brothers, Bakers, Hastings Rd – unspecified location (Kelly’s Directory 1898)
Gerald Adams, Bakers, Hastings Rd – unspecified location (Kelly’s Directory 1937, 1938)
Arthur Draper, Bakers, Hastings Rd – unspecified location (Kelly’s Directory 1934)
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34 Henwood Green Road
Sturgeon’s Coal Merchants (c1940 – current)
G.S. Sturgeon coal & coke merchant Henwood’s Green 1940, 1950 Kelly’s Dir
G.S. Sturgeon coal & coke merchant Henwood Green 1955 Kelly’s Dir (Note spelling change in address)
See the Localities tab / Henwood Green Road page for more on the Sturgeons business. |
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127 Hastings Road. Woodpecker Court in 2013
Tunbridge Wells and District Wholesale Grocers c1960s – 1970s (JS) (BR)
Ceeko Ltd Wholesale grocer 127 Hastings Rd 1974 Kelly’s Directory
Members Wholesale Grocers Ltd 1965 Kelly’s Directory
Sussex Canners 127 Hastings Rd 1961 Kelly’s Directory
.. No Kelly listing 1959
F.K.G. Fareham (Kent Hams) Ltd Canners Hastings Rd. Kelly’s Dir 1955
Draycon & Co Ltd 1948, 1950 Kelly’s Dir. Listed as “who. mers.” – wholesale merchants.
.. Remembered by JH from 1946 to to late 1950s
Hayward Brothers Garage 1937, 1938, 1940 Kelly’s Dir No further entries 1948
AKA The Tunbridge Wells Victor Motor Transport
Company Golden Age of Buses p132
C.F. Klapper
AKA The Victor Motor Transport Company
Victor Motor Transport Company (Tunbridge Wells Ltd) 1934 Kelly’s Dir
Victor Service Station 1934 Kelly’s Dir
Owner and operated by Victor & Gordon Hayward. Hayward Brothers 1937, 1940 Kelly’s Dir
Victor Bus Company 127 Hastings Road (c1930) From Mary Standen’s Old Picture Postcards p26
AKA The Victor Bus Sevice From Mary Standen’s Pembury in the Past p11
Photo on p11 of Mary Standen’s Pembury in
the Past shows a sign with the above name at a Booking Office – maybe
Tunbridge Wells.
Photo on p26 (Old Picture Postcards) shows the garage next to a large distinctive house that stands at 123 Hastings Rd.
This is identified by gable design & window layout.
The houses to the right of the garage (129 Hastings Road) are still identifiable in 2013 from the beam pattern of their gables.
Orientation of this photo has Canterbury Road out of shot to the left and Bo Peep Corner in the distance on the right.
The field from which this photo was taken is unchanged in 2013 and the view from the public footpath is very similar.
Houses in the distance must be those in Henwood Green Road.
The Victor Motor Transport Company sold to Maidstone & District Motor Services Ltd April 1935
Commercial Motor Archive web site
The Tunbridge Wells Victor Motor Transport Company closure as reported by The London Gazette p3954 18 June 1935
Garage site in 2013 is a large block of flats – Woodpecker Court -127 Hastings Road.
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121 Hastings Road Sheen Doctor and Dental Surgery of Dorit Waterhouse and Reginald Warrener.
See Item 22 - 67 Hastings Rd for details.
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153 Hastings Road Bo-Peep Stores From Mary Standen’s Old Picture Postcards p27
Picture identifies the building by its distinctive twin chimney pots
Picture c1910 – 1950 date unknown – donated by Mark Lawrence.
Picture c2015 no longer a shop. Google Street View.
Bo Peep Stores (Pat & Bob Wakeling) 153 Hastings Rd PVN Issue 16 1978
Croucher grocer 153 Hastings Rd 1965, , 1968, 1974 Kelly’s Dir
BoPeep Stores 153 Hastings Rd 1970 Kelly’s Dir
Mrs Richards shopkeeper 153 Hastings Rd 1963 Kelly’s Dir
Mrs D.I. Stevens shopkeeper 153 Hastings Rd 1961 Kelly’s Dir
G. Stevens shopkeeper 153 Hastings Rd 1959 Kelly’s Dir
No further record between 1919 – 1959
Mrs Tester shopkeeper Bopeep 1916, 1919 Kelly’s Dir Did not specify the address as 153 Hastings Road
Henry Tester shopkeeper Bopeep 1899, 1903, 1904, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1914 Kelly’s Dir
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Site of Highfield House, possibly Highfield, 31 Hastings Road ?? (WISB 1965)
Waterloo Inn Public House
There is a reference to Highfield House being demolished in the PVN No 84 – 1995
See Pembury Pubs for more details.
Used by Baggesens as a nursery?
H. Baggesen Jnr Highfield Nursury, Hastings
Rd 1950, 1959 Kelly’s Dir
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26 Hastings Road
M. Waghorne Fishmonger Fresh fish shop (1965 WISB) (BR) (MG) 1950, 1955, 1965, 1970, 1974 Kelly’s Dir
Marshall F. Waghorne 26 Hastings Rd 1959 Kelly’s Private Residents directory
Kelly’s Directory of 1950 also lists Waghorne at High St and Lower Green Rd.
Waghorne operated from a garage behind his house in Hastings Rd having fetched the fresh fish from Hastings (SS)
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30 Hastings Road
The Antique Shop G.R. Wimsett 1965 (WISB 1965) (JD) 1985 (DG) (TK) 1955, 1963, 1970, 1972, 1974 Kelly’s Dir
Miss E. Stedman Ladies’ Outfitter 30 Hastings Rd 1938 Kelly’s Directory
Miss E. Stedman draper
Hastings Rd 1937, 1948
Kelly’s Dir…
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45 Hastings Road
Maid Marion Store Grocer & Greengrocer 1978 (PVN No 16) (MG)
Advertisement claims ‘under new ownership’ indicating earlier business activity.
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2 Hastings Road (The house known as Postillions, Church House, Manchester House, etc)
General Grocer & Draper from c1840 to c1904
Alfred Thompsett c1840 – c1865 (Thompsett may well have been there prior to 1840)
James Guest c1867 – c1889
Alfred Chapman c1901 – c1906 (Chapman died in 1906)
Mrs Chapman 1907 No further records of a shop here.
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56 Hastings Road (Not a retail shop, but a mail order company)
Burgess & Co Philatelists 56 Hastings Rd 1959, 1961, 1968 Kelly’s Dir
See the People page for Edward Gilbert’s article on Harry Burgess.
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Unresolved shopkeepers – help needed
. . Miss C.H. Andrews Vermont private school Hastings Rd 1937 Kelly’s
.. Arthur Albery shopkeeper Hastings Rd 1911 Kelly’s
.. Baggesen’s Nurseries (1936) Ltd Hastings Rd 1937, 1940, 1950 Kelly’s Dir
.. H. Baggesen Jnr Highfield Nursury, Hastings Rd 1950, 1959 Kelly’s Dir
.. Wm, Barnett greengrocer 36 Canterbury Road 1911 Kelly’s Dir
.. Brecknock Motors Hastings Rd 1940 – 1974 Kelly’s Dir..
.. G. Canning Grocer Hastings Rd 1950, 1955 Kelly’s Dir
. . William Easton grocer Hastings Rd 1911 Kelly’s Dir
. . Ralph Lewis Gazeley Baker Hastings Rd 1927 Kelly’s Dir.
.. Josiah Hoadley butcher Canterbury Road 1911 Kelly’s Dir
.. Mrs H. Huggett laundry Bopeep 1916, 1919 Kelly’s Dir
.. Pembury Market Garden (W.E. Greatrex) Hastings Rd 1950 Kelly’s Dir ( 127 Hastings Rd ? )
.. Miss Lily M. Price shopkeeper (general stores) Hastings Road 1934, 1938, 1940, 1948 Kelly’s Dir
.. Eli
Price Taylor Harriett Villas Hastings Rd
1916, 1919, 1924 Kelly’s Dir later at High St.
.. Miss E.E. Robbins Preparatory School, Rosemott, Hastings Road 1940 Kelly’s Dir
.. Walter Searly grocer, Hastings Rd, 1924 Kelly’s Dir
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Ernest Seymour greengrocer, Mrs Grace
Seymour grocer, Hastings Rd 1916, 1919 Kelly’s Dir
. Edgar Rivett Walker draper, Hastings Rd 1916, 1919 Kelly’s Dir
.. Woodsgate Service Station Hastings Road 1940 Kelly’s Dir (wrong address ?)
.. John Young, shopkeeper, Canterbury Road 1914, 1916, 1919 Kelly’s Dir
.. F.R. Young Baker, Hastings Rd. 1924 Kelly’s Dir
Early Telephone Numbers
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The Shops Introduction and Reference Page carries a list of known
telephone numbers of Pembury shops.
.. Where a business has changed name, sometimes the telephone number did not.
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This may give a clue to continuity of trade at a given address, when
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Link to High Street page
Link to Lower Green Page
Link to Pembury Pubs page
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Abbreviations used for data sources and contributors:
PVN Pembury Village News – quarterly journal
PVWS Pembury Village Web Site www.pembury.org
WISB Pembury Women’s Institute Scrap Book 1965
TN Tony Nicholls
SM Steve Morton
JC James Cunningham
HB Hugh Boorman
BR Barbara Russell
MP Michelle Pierce
RS Rob Sargent
MG Maggie Godley
MC Michele Coldwell
JD Janet Ditchett
JS Jack Stead
DG Derek Goodwin
TK Terry Killick
JH Jill Hickmott
SS Sylvia Schmocker
LB Laura Brookes
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Compiled by Tony Nicholls
Retail - Hastings Road
IMPORTANT !!!
This needs your help. All contributions will be credited.
If you have any further information or corrections please contact me –
Tony Nicholls email: pemburyhistory@gmail.com
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