Burton Latimer : A Sense of Place - Retail & Local Businesses

Retail & Local Businesses in
Burton Latimer


Shopping in the High Street in the early part of the last century Left - Ada Mason's shop in 1923. It was situated where the High Street now enters Latimer Close Centre - The middle part of the High Street c.1926 Right - The Co-op in its pristine glory, shortly after it was built in 1914

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A huge amount of research has gone on into locating every shop and local business which ever existed in Burton Latimer. We are pleased to publish the results below.

Retail	Local Businesses & Tradespeople

The Business Community - 1920s	Local Business & Trades - Introduction
Shops - 1930s-40s
The Burton Latimer Co-operative Society (includes a picture gallery section)	Sundry Local Businesses -1	Sundry Local Businesses - 2
Working at the Co-op 1950 - 1964	Bayes & Loak, Surgical Bootmakers	J P Ashby, Cabinet Maker
Shops 1974	Blake's Smithy	H L Bayes, Mason
	K R Eady, Electrician	Albert Ball, Builder & Mason
The History of Shops in Burton	Flier-Lite Co	T W Capps & Co., Builders
Introduction to Shops in Burton	Arthur Freestone, Builder	Carl Cleaver, Carpenter
Section A - North of the Cross	A P Lewis	Albert Cook, Plumber & Decorator
Section B - The Cross to Churchill Way	S Smith, Boilermaker	A F Keach, Builder
Section C - Churchill Way and The Poplars area	W M Miles, Cyclemakers & Repairers	Steve Lewis & Sons, Builders
Section D - High Street South of Churchill Way	W Piper - Undertaker	D G P Shelford, Carpenter & Joiner
Section E - Duke Street and The South High Street	Unit 2 Glass	Colin Smith, Carpenter
Section F - Alexandra Street, Finedon Street, Finedon Road, Rosebery Street & Queensway		John Smith, Plumber
Shops Photogallery		Michael Smith, Painter
		P J Toseland, Interior Design

For links to current businesses in the town, click here	Sundry Local Businesses - 3	Sundry Local Businesses - 4
	A T Byland, Electrical Contractor	Joseph Allen, Grocer and Thrashing Machine Proprietor
	Walter Clipson, Engineer	Harry Cole, Market Gardener
Directories	Bert Evans, Plastering Contractor	John Cooper, Auto Electrical Services
For Trade and other Local Directories	Evens & Fentiman, Plastering Contractors	Church Street Autos
see the Genealogy section	F Gardner, Carpenter	The Garage, Churchill Way
	W T Hewitt, Cabinet Maker	Rosebery Street Garage
	Hughes & Sumpter - Painters & Decorators	Strudwick Motors
	C Looms, Painter & Decorator	Thompson's Motors
	Trevor Smith, Plumber	Victoria Garage
	F W Underwood, Contractors
	B Wagstaff, Decorator