Shop selling lingerie etc., was at 229 London Road, probably from 1954 as shown in the name of the company in this ad from that year:
1954 ad
The shop was there for at least 35 years, as it was listed in the 1989 list of shops and is shown in this clip from 1987:
c1987 – clip from Merton memories photo Mit_8_1-32 copyright London Borough of Merton
The Kentucky Fried Chicken shop next door at number 231 was later extended to include number 229.
A small memorial garden, dedicated to Paul Bowness, near the north end of Abbey Mills where the footpath on the west side of the river Wandle meets the Merantun Road.
This map is from the information display at the gardens.
map of Abbey Mills showing the location of the Paul Bowness Memorial Garden as near the Merantun Way
Photo taken 9th October 2023
Underneath this display is the plaque:
Wandle Heritage
The Paul Bowness
Memorial Gardens
Photo taken 9th September, 2004
Paul Bowness was Chairman of the Wandle Heritage Trust. He died in 1998. His obituary was published online in a newsletter from 2000 by the Wandle Industrial Musem.
Mitcham History Notes 