2 Upper Green West

fishmongers

Listed in 1954 and 1971 telephone directories as F.A. Hutton. The 1954 phone number was MIT 1549.

The original shop was hit by a bomb during World War 2. A single storey shop was rebuilt.

Clip of photo taken by Eric Montague in 1972. Reproduced by kind permission of the Merton Historical Society. Image reference mhs-em-ug-28

clip from 1962 photo on Merton Memories, copyright London Borough of Merton

1952 OS map

The pre-war shop.

clip from undated photo on Merton Memories, copyright London Borough of Merton, shows the shop before it was bombed in WW2,

In the 1930 commercial directory, Frederick Arthur HUTTON is listed at 1 Upper Green West as butcher, and at no. 2 as fried fish shop, telephone number 1549. Also listed at 5 Abbey Parade, Western Road.

This ad from 1936 shows the meat products on offer at the butcher shop.

From the Sutton & Epsom Advertiser – Thursday 12 November 1936

Maps are reproduced with the permission of the National Library of Scotland.