C&A And Henry Cooper

Henry and George,his twin brother ran a greengrocers at the top of Ealing Road and he lived next door to my uncle John Simpson in Wembley Park.Henry used to come into Simpsons for his cars and as my Dad,Harry and I were boxing fans,always gave us good seats for the fights at the Empire Pool.

Thanks for replying. I have been looking again on Google street view (Aug 2014) - any further references I make about how things are "now" are from that - realise things could have changed again since then.
I can't believe how much I don't remember considering I spent the first 24 years of my life in the Wembley area (1957-1981). Thanks for the correction about the location of Henry's shop - would that be where Ellis Estate Agents is now then?
The Wimpy Bar was a few doors down from there on Ealing Rd.
Also remember the underground market in Lancelot Road (would have been about where there is a new building next to "Pamir Barbers"?) Martin Fords boutique used to be next to the pub (on the corner of Ealing Rd) where "Lucky Slots" is now. The other side of the pub in Ealing Rd there was a fabric shop - think upstairs is where they sent the money off in the tube (to the accounts dept?) - or was that in Killips?
Is HSBC where Killips used to be?
Can't believe Blands (my Mother worked there on Saturdays at one time) and the uniform shop - Rumbles - was it always called that? are still there.
What else? On the run of shops between Subway and the Halifax used to be a record shop (in the 70s) and up towards the triangle used to be a cinema (maybe where "Valiant House" is now ?) Anyway, next to the cinema was the Dr Scholl's sandals shop - very important fashion item were Dr Scholl's. Re the square: did Boots used to be in there? and there was a shop that, if it wasn't Habitat, was something like it, also another boutique "Lady M" (on the ground floor of an office block, maybe).
Regards
Brigitte

Henry Coopers fruit and veg shop was in Ealing Road Wembley near to the cross roads with the High Street. It had a small boxing ring which stood out vertically from the shop title above the shop..

From memory - going back a long way! - Henry's greengrocer was where Ellis is now, and where the bank of Boroda is now had been Sainsburys before it moved into the square.

Killips was on both sides of the junction with Lancelot road. On the west side it was on a site about the size of HSBC, on the other side it went as far as the end of William Hill. They had an interesting cash handling machine (mentioned above) which used air, or vacuum, propelled capsules which ran through a network of pipes to and from the cash office. The network ran under Lancelot road so all sales points were served, on all floors - it was an extensive shop. When you paid for something your money went off in the capsule and change and receipt would come back a minute or so later.

Rumbles was there in the sixties under the same name. I seem to remember the name had been changed in the early sixties but can't remember the details.

The record shop was originally called Soho records.

Boots was between the west entrance to the station and the steps down to station grove. On the corner of the steps was the WVS, and as far as I recall Boots was next door, and on the opposite corner was Garners.

The Majestic Cinema, which had become the Odeon was demolished to make way for C&A sometime in the early/mid 60's, opposite Park Lane. On the corner of Cecil avenue was the Gaumont Cinema, which morphed into the Odeon after the Odeon had disappeared.