Category Archives: Commerce

Charlie Brooks’s Shop

From the minutes of the Mitcham Borough Council
Volume 2
1935 to 1936
Housing
12th March 1936
page 448

6. Phipps Bridge Road Estate
– The Town Clerk reported the reception of petitions signed by a number of residents in Queens Road asking (a) that provision should be made on the Phipps Bridge Road Estate for a general shop to be occupied by Mr. Brooks, of 46, Queens Road; and (b) suggesting that the new houses should be provided with open grates to all rooms and also for coppers. Resolved, (a) That the estate manager be asked to institute enquiries in connection with the position of Mr. Brooks, of 46, Queens Road, and (b) That the matters concerning the provision of grates be referred to the Borough Engineer.


Minutes of meetings held by the Mitcham Borough Council are available on request from the Merton Heritage and Local Studies Centre at Morden Library.

Animal Slaughter Licences in 1934

From the minutes of the Mitcham Borough Council
Volume 1
1934 to 1935
Public Health
4th December 1934
page 57

19. SLAUGHTER OF ANIMALS ACT 1933.

—It was Resolved, that the renewal of licences to slaughter animals be granted to :-

Mr. James A. Hollamby, 95, Fallsbrook, Streatham Road, S.W.16
Mr. H.J. Hawkins, 1, Meopham Road, Mitcham.
Mr. Arthur Lavender, 15, Western Road, Mitcham.
Mr. W. B. Bradford, 64, Deburgh Road, Wimbledon.
Mr. James Jackson, 191, Church Road, Mitcham.
Mr. Albert Novell, 392, Church Road, Mitcham.
Mr. Hector Cook, 61, Fortescue Road, Mitcham.
Mr. A. W. Stopher, 67, Fortescue Road, Mitcham.
Mr. Leslie W. R. Stopher, 108, Christchurch Road, Mitcham.
Mr. Alfred Edward Allen, 4, Meadow Road, Merton.
Mr. Arthur Spicer, 252, London Road, Mitcham.
Mr. William Howe, 3, Wolesley Road, Mitcham Junction.


Minutes of meetings held by the Mitcham Borough Council are available on request from the Merton Heritage and Local Studies Centre at Morden Library.