Kettering, Gold Street 1922
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72230
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Hitchman's, the chemist on the left, was on the corner of Silver Street and Gold Street. Their own medicines were made up in the dispensary, where they made a well-known sulphur pill for skin problems and an 'extract of honey' hand cream. This sort of chemist often had scales for weighing babies, as well as alluring bottles of coloured liquids as window decorations. The young mothers had almost certainly been getting free advice on childcare from Hitchman's. Notice that however poor they were, women wore hats when they went out - even on local errands. This corner would be dominated by Burtons in the 1930s.
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