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Walker, fishmonger, 247 London Road

1953 OS Map

1953 OS Map

1987 clip from Merton Memories photo 32500

1987 clip from Merton Memories photo 32500

1952

1952 ad: For best supplies of QUALITY Fish in Mitcham come to 247 London Road, Mitcham ’Phone: MITcham 4743

FRESH SUPPLIES DAILY AT KEENEST PRICES FISH DISPLAYED UNDER HYGIENIC CONDITIONS

Any fish cleaned and filleted by request
Our Motto: “ Quality, Cleanliness & Civility ”

Listed in the 1989 list of shops in The Parade.

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

20/11/1952 : Three men burnt at Mitcham Smelting Works

THREE MEN BURNT

Three men sustained burns on the face when a paraffin pressure burner exploded at the premises of Mitcham Smelting Works, Redhouse Road, Beddington, on Thursday.

The injured men. Mr. A. O. Steptoe, Eastfields Road, Mitcham, and two others, were allowed to go home after treatment at Wilson Hospital.
Mitcham.

Source: Mitcham News & Mercury, 20th November, 1952, page 1