Local Shops Even In The 1990's
A Memory of Enfield.
I moved to Enfield in 1990, and lived just oppostie the Hop poles in Baker Street. Lancaster Road had a wide variety of shops even then. Three Greengrocers and a Butchers to start with, as well as several bakers. Next to the Co-op, an old lady sold eggs from a half barn door...nothing else, just eggs. I thought I had gone back in time. Chaplins video shop, The Art shop, dress shops and photographic studios....and of course A to Z, who sold everything. You could get many things without ever having to go in to Enfield town. Apart from Budgens and the Co-op and A to Z of course, many of those shops have gone in twenty two years. Mainly fast food shops, now. Four supermarkets in the area have opened in that time!
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In prior years my uncles also had shops in Baker St., and around the corner from the Hop Poles opposite Primrose Ave and one opposite The Goat and in Chase Side Crescent and in the town market. Many years ago my granddad's shop was in Bakers St.where Pevensy Ave opposite Gordon Rd.is now.
As a child after school the kids in our family worked in the shops with our parents. A hard life but many life lessons learned.
Rita (Thompson) Marston
& Dorothy (Thompson) Harris. They lived in Parsonage Lane & before that Gordon Rd. My gt-grandfather Thompson owned a greengrocers in Baker Street. Wondered if there are any photos of the shops/family. Would like to email you if possible. Keri