Date:1979 - 1981 (c.)
Description:Robert Arme behind the counter of his shop, shortly before his retirement in 1981. The Village Store had been a shop since at least 1754, when Ralph Adams purchased it for £40. It was run by the Adams family until 1914, when Ernest Arme took it over. Ernest and his son Robert ran it as a grocers and general stores, and also as the village petrol station. The shop closed on Robert Arme's retirement.
The timeline shows resources around this location over a number of years.
The building on the right was formerly used as an egg market. It was held every ...
The large building with a three-storey central block was Alstonefield Workhouse ...
Robert Arme and his father Ernest had run the Village Store and Petrol Station since ...
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Image courtesy of: Alstonefield Local History Society
Donor ref:Inside Arme's Shop (3) (173/22342)
Source: Alstonefield Local History Society
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