Rectory Chambers Newsagents, Ironmarket Newcastle-under-Lyme
This a newsagents located in Rectory Chambers, Ironmarket. Advertisements at the front of the shop include Lyons Maid ice cream and Corona drinks. At the time of writing (December 2024) the shop is still ...
Sentinel Newspaper Office, Ironmarket, Newcastle-under-Lyme
This is the Sentinel Newspaper Office on Ironmarket. The broadsheet newspaper the Sentinel produced ceased production in 2007, and the paper was bought by Local World.
Mellards and Greenwoods, High Street Newcastle-under-Lyme
This is the view down the side of the Lancaster Buildings on High Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme. Greenwoods Menswear and the sign for Mellards Hardware can be seen on the left hand side.
Greenwoods ...
E. and G. Scally’s Newsagents Stand, Newcastle-under-Lyme
This is the E. and G. Scally News Stand inside the York Place Shopping Centre. The kiosk first appeared in 1974, and was gone by 1989. York Place Shopping Centre later became Astley Walk, and the site ...
Timpson’s Shoe Shop, Ironmarket, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Timpson's shoe and repair shop was established in 1865. Over time, the business ceased selling shoes and specialised in key cutting, shoe repairs, dry cleaning and watch repairs, among other services....
Rose & Co Wallpaper and Paints, Newcastle-under-Lyme
This is the Rose and Co Decorating Company, on the Ironmarket.
At the time of writing (February 2025) the site forms part of 'Yates' Bar.
Newbold Ophthalmic Opticians, Newcastle-under-Lyme
The Newbold Opticians was established in 1936, it closed during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic.
Silverdale Co-operative Building, Ironmarket, Newcastle-under-Lyme
The Co-operative Group has a long history. It began in 1844 with the Rochdale Pioneers in Lancashire. A co-operative society is owned and run by its members, who share the profits, and aimed to provide ...
Leek United and Midlands Building Society, Newcastle-under-Lyme
The Leek United and Midlands Building Society was first established in 1863, and became Leek United Building Society in 1990. At the time of writing (December 2024) the building society is still in operation ...
Browning Dispensing Chemist, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Browning Dispensing Chemist’s shop on Ironmarket. The business started in the late 1930s or early 1940s, and medicines would have been prepared on site. The business lasted over fifty years and the ...
South Staffordshire Building Society, Ironmarket, Newcastle-under-Lyme
The building society opened in 1902, and further sites opened throughout the 1950s and 1960s. It was eventually merged with Portman Building Society in 2003, and then Nationwide Building Society in 2007. ...
Browning Dispensing Chemist, Ironmarket, Newcastle-under-Lyme
A family chemist, Browning’s was founded in the late 1930s or early 1940s. The building had become vacant by 1996.
Goodwins, High Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Goodwins was a bakery chain and this branch opened in the late 1960s or early 1970s. One of three Goodwins Bakery branches in the town centre.
Goodwins bakers High Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme, June 1975
A branch of Goodwins bakery chain which branched out from the Goodwins shop in Lancaster Buildings in the early 1970s. By 1988 it was Stantons Bakery and by 1993 The Baker's Oven. Later the bakery was ...
Tiko Bake Shop, High Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme
A national chain of bakeries, opened in Newcastle in the 1960s, and was known as Tiko Patisseries. In total there were three Tiko Bakeries in Newcastle by October 1974, on High Street, Ironmarket and ...
Steele Cards & Gifts, High Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme
A shop selling cards and gifts, by 1984 it had been renamed ‘This x That’. The shop had become vacant by 1985. It is now (2024) G Q Tobaccos.
Copelands Luggage & Bags, High Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Copelands opened around the early 1970s, and was usually referred to as Copelands Leather Goods. The shop had become vacant by 1985. In its place now (2024) is P. T. Miles Jewellers.
Brassingtons Grocers, High Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Brassingtons fruit and vegetable shop first appeared in directories at Penkhull Street in the 1930s, but later moved since to Market Place, and then again to High Street. The premises became a nightclub ...