Date:November 1921
Description:A crowd stand in front of the scorched and boarded premises of Hawkinsons' Chemist, surveying the damage to Huggins and Chambers, ironmongers and vendors of "Witchem's Firelighters", 3 High Street. The shop on the left is Harper's newsagents and amongst the crowd is a young Bob Harper who ran the shop in the 1940s and 1950s. This image is No.5 in a series of postcards taken by Alfred McCann in the aftermath of the fire.
The timeline shows resources around this location over a number of years.
The Cross Keys, dates from 1697, and was one of only a handful of brick built buildings ...
View up High Street from near the end of Carter Street. Hankinsons Chemists, Sampsons, ...
This picture was taken after some renovation work had been completed.
View of businesses including Currys, Halfords, Bourne Sports, and Hodgkinson's newagents....
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Source: Uttoxeter Heritage Trust
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