Taken from
The CHISWICK, BRENTFORD AND GUNNESBURY
STREET DIRECTORY
1936
(From Kew Bridge rd to Brentford Bridge)
SOUTH SIDE
1 Haywood David Ashby William & Son Ltd, builders merchants (Hollows Wharf)
|===The Hollows --- 3 Burrows Arthur, beer retailer --- St. George's Almshouses
Gas Light & Coke Co --- |===Smith hill --- Dye Frederick (Thames villa)
4l Thames Steam Tug & Lighterage Co Ltd
42 Police Station; F. Ross & J Bennet, Inspectors
42 Ross F --- 42 Bennet J --- 42 Manson Peter
43 Russell William --- 43a Great West Electrical Co electrical engineers (Metro works)
44 Underhill Henry --- 45 Humphries James Charles --- 47 Smith Leonard
48 Woods Mrs --- 49 Humphries Henry --- 50 Willmott H & Son, cycle dealers
|===Goat Wharf --- 51 Bandy W L --- 52 Star Brick & Tile Co Ltd, brick-makers
52 Young & Marten Ltd, builder merchants --- |===Ferry lane
53 Brentford & Chiswick Fire Brigade Station; Frank Evans, station officer
53 Evans Frank --- |===Ferry Sq --- 56 Jamieson H & W, Plumbers
57 Brentford Tyre Service (E Schofield) --- 58 & 59 Bohee H R & Son Ltd printers
60 Andrews Alfred T, grocer --- |===Town meadow
61 COYLE FREDERICK & CO. LTD, BUILDERS & CONTRACTORS
decorators & Sanitary Engineers
62 Burridge Mrs --- 65 Remnant Frederick George, saddler
68 & 69 Diggins George, beer retailer --- |===Pump alley
70 Hubbock Robert --- 72 Dodge & Reid F.S.I, A.B.I.B.A. architects
Gas Light & Coke Co (motor repair shops & transport depot)
Gas Accumulator company (UK) Ltd, marine engineers (Beacon Works)
78 Penk William P
|===Entrance to Brentford docks(Great Western Railway Goods depot)
81 Davy Humphrey E, dentist
82 & 83 London Radiator Heating Co Ltd, heating engineers
83 Fuller & Head, solicitors --- 83 Smith Edgar L.D.S R.C.S, dental surgeon
85 Jupp & Sons, corn merchants --- Maars B café (Catherine Wheel House)
Peress J. S. Ltd moulders (Catherine Wheel House)
T. & C. Associated Industries Ltd. garden fence mfrs (Catherine Wheel house)
|===Catherine Wheel yard
100 & 101 Westminster Bank Ltd.; Sidney Edward Stapley, manager
101 Marshall George --- 102 Crew Jack, greengrocer
103 Swift's Stores, grocers --- 104 Oliver's (London) Ltd, bakers
108 & 109 Bradbury James & Son Ltd, wholesale grocers
110 Benn Mrs. Grace, hairdresser --- 111 Stone Christopher M, clothier
112 Ward Titus & Co Limited, grocers --- 113 Gill Rt, fruitier
114 Maypole Dairy company Ltd --- 114 Cook Mrs --- |===Plough yard
115 Bradshaw Brown & Co, auctioneers --- 116 Wood A. Ltd. chemists
117 Lewis S. A. clothier --- 117 Watson James D --- 118 Davis H F, builder
|===Bradshaw's yard --- 119 Thornton F, café
120 Box A. V. & Co, oil & colour men
121 Berry P H, solicitors & commissioner for oaths
121 Ness Patrick & Company, general merchants (reg. office)
122 Britton Herbert E, confectioners --- 123 Thomas Victor, garage
124 Lawson John & Co, tailors --- 125 & 126 Cole Frank, house furnisher
|===Boar's Head yard --- 128 Magpie & Crown PH, William Hale
129 to 132 Mcllroy William Ltd drapers --- 130 Walker George
133 Combly Victor
134 Stoute Athelstane Da Costa M.D.,
M.R,C.P, M.R.C.S, D.O.M.S, physician & surgeon
135 & 136 Turk G & C Ltd, timber merchants --- 137 Gambling Arthur Gray
138 Paton Rev Walter M.A.vicar of St. Lawrence Church
(The Vicarage, New Brentford Parish Church)
141 Tyler William, Workman's Home --- |===Church alley
142 Johnson George, greengrocer --- 143 Dear Reginald, cycle dealer
144 Beck Mrs F, coffee rooms --- 145 Young Son & Marlow, scale makers
146 Bennett Arthur F, grocer --- 147 Melfi Charles J, confectioners
149 Six Bells PH, Stanley Alfred Wilburn --- |===The Ham
152 Balsom Arthur William, beer retailer --- 153 Richardson F H, snack bar
154 Gleyze G, cycle dealer --- 155 Collis Mrs --- 156 Harris John
158 Wilson Thomas sen
NORTH SIDE
159 Clements George, fishmonger --- 160 Faithful William, stationery
161, 162 & 163 Pennington's (Brentford) Ltd, tailors
164 Bennett Mrs L, florist --- 165 Simmons John C, grocer
166 Compton John --- 167 Wooley Wilfrid Arthur, fried fish shop
168 Wurtzel Bernard, hairdresser --- 169 Hill Mrs --- |===Durham wharf
171 Buck Alfred --- 172 Buck Alfred & son Ltd, barge owners
173 Harris John, second hand furniture dealer
174 Butler Charles, ironmonger --- |===Percy cottages
175 Stevens & Nobbs, boot repairs --- 176 Hunter Robert James, grocer
177 Layzell Walter, confectioners
178 Prosser Mrs C, Brent Manufacturing Co Ltd,
paint manufacturer (Brent wharf)
Grand Union Canal Co, toll & warehouse offices (Brent Meadow wharf)
Woods Edward Geo, barge builder(Brent Meadow wharf)
Clayton Thomas ( Oldbury) Ltd, lightermen (Brent Meadow wharf)
Barber Charles (Brent Meadow wharf)
Collier G. H, Ltd., lightermen (Brent Meadow wharf)
183 Laver W A, draper --- 184 Taunton Mrs L E, ladies' hairdressers
185 Marke Miss D E, nurse --- 186 Victoria Wine company Ltd
186 Barber Mrs G --- 187 Bolton & Son, house furnishers
188 Carvell Leonard --- |===road to Grand Union canal & Brent Meadow wharf
191 to 192 Middlesex Typewriter & Office Supplies Co
195 Bass Henry, clothier --- 195 Kelly Julius I, solicitors
195 Lawton Cycle & Motor Co --- |===Market place
196 Boots The Chemists --- 197 London Co-operative Society Ltd,
provision dealers
197 Giddens C G --- 198 Eastmans Ltd, butchers --- |===Red Lion yard
199 Griffin Claude, café --- 200 Martin Leonard F, tobacconist
201 Pocock Mrs E, florist --- 202 Roberts & Watson, bookmakers
203 Prior William A, confectioners --- 204 Poole Frederick F, butcher
205 Freeman Hardy & Willis Ltd, bootmakers --- 206 Eastman & Son,
dyers & cleaners
209 Woodbridge & Sons, solicitors --- 211 Pearks' Dairies Ltd,
provision merchants
212 Baker James & Sons Ltd, boot & shoe dealers
213 Hope's Limited, domestic store
214 Stokes Mrs --- 214 Lemons (Caterers) Limited, bakers
214a & 215 Walters Frank, radio stores
216 Purkis Arthur, provision dealer
217 Stannar Herbert Douglas, newsagent
218 Woods Mrs, pie & eel shop
219, 220 & 221 Greig David Ltd, provision stores
222 British & Argentine Meat Co, (1923) Ltd, butchers
223 Barclays Bank Ltd, bankers (C W Ashman, mngr)
223 Marchant Arthur F --- |===Half acre
227 Beehive PH, Thomas G Beare --- 28 Killham Henry, greengrocer
229 Marriner Frederick Charles, butcher --- 230 Smith Seymour J, Newsagent
230a Ideal Haulage Service & Motor Works Ltd, haulage contractors
231 Paine Bros, clothiers
232 Feathers PH. Mrs M E Jarrett & Geo Shepherd
|===St Paul's rd --- 233 Bond A H, coffee rooms
234 King F H Ltd, printers
234a Brentford Transformers Ltd, electrical manufacturers
234a Amberton & Partners, electrical manufacturers
234a Halsey Leonard, engineers pattern makers
235 Evis Mrs D, draper --- 236 Miller Oswald Charles James, hardware stores
238 Cowley Bros, coal merchants --- 239 & 240 Druce & Smith, bakers
241 Bradshaw T & Co, corn merchants --- 242 Atkins G P, tobacconist
243 Lambert Frerick, greengrocer --- 244 Pelmutter Joseph, watch maker
245 Newman Mrs H, noverties --- |=== New Spring Gardens
248 Flint Stephen, greengrocer --- 249 Shaw Donald McKay, dairyman
250 & 251 Goldney James, draper --- 253 Nicholson Albert, cafe
|=== Old Spring Gardens --- |=== Alexandra Road
258 Westman William, confectioner --- 259 Cherrington John, butcher
260 Wright Mrs --- 261 Woodhouse Thomas --- 262 King Richard
263 Smith Albert Edward, dining rooms
264 Brentford Conservative Club; Cecil J Manser. sec; S Barrington, steward
265 Cottingham J, wardrobe dir --- 266 Hann Mrs Helen, artifical flower maker
|=== Cannon Alley --- 267 Heath Frederick C, saddler
268 King Thomas E, florist --- 269 Davis Sydney James, cycle dealer
271 Buywell Miss Y, draper --- |=== King's Arms Alley
273 Fuller Hurbert, boot repairer --- 273a Amalgama Laundries Ltd
274 & 275 Central Garage (F.A.Sargent), motor dealers
276 Hambly Aggett Cecil, snack bar --- 277 Goddard Percy, furniture dir
278 Howland Frederick, bootms --- 279 Cole William Charles
280 Richardson Henry Edgar, confection --- 281 Ward F & L, fancy drapers
282 Owen James Arthur, confection --- 283 Daubney J & son, fruitrs
284 Kirton Joseph, outfitter --- 285 Woods William, watch maker
286 Argles W Henry, chemist --- 287 Milton Alfred G, oilman
288 & 289 Rattenbury William & Co, pawnbrokers --- |===Albany Place
290 Simmons Edwin, baker --- 291 Borer E A & Sons, clothiers
292 Weymouth Wilfred, newsagent --- 293 Farrington Edgar Jn, hairdresser
294 Wing Frederick --- 294 Wing Mrs M, draper
295 Neil Gowans & Moore, physicians & surgeons
295 Gowans Alan Dakers, M.B., CH.B.GLAS, physician & surgeon.
Divisional surgeon of police & medical officer of Brentford post office(surgery)
295 Neil Reginald Cavan, M.R.C.S, L.R.C.P, LOND, physician & surgeon
295 Moore Ronald Malam, M.B, B.ch. Dub. medical officer &
public vaccinator for Old & New Brentford
295 Wyatt Edwd Leslie, L.D.S.R.C.S Eng. dental surgeon (surgery)
296 Pilgrim Alfred --- 296 Stagg Sidney
|===St. George's court --- 297 Hancock Jn William, greengrocer
298, 299 & 300 HOWARD & SONS, ironmongers
301 & 302 Humphrey Henry, picture frame maker --- 304 Sanders Alfred Wilson
305 Haywood William Joseph --- 306 Dawes William John, basket maker
307 Dawes William T --- 308 & 309 SARGEANT FREDERICK, undertaker
309 Porter Henry --- 310 Clarke Mrs --- 312 Dear Harry, cycle dlr
312 Clenton George P, hairdresser --- 312a Harrison George - My Grandad
313 Hopkins Walter --- 314 Morrow William, confectionery
315 Cottingham J, dining rooms --- 316 Jones Frederick William, butcher
317 Lawes Miss N, confectionery --- 318 Red Lion, Frederick George Caffyn
|===Ealing rd --- 322 Wood George W, tobacconist
323 Lee David, butcher --- 325 Bovingdon Thomas, fruiterer
326 Standard Window Cleaning Service
327 Landgrebe Frederick Justus, baker; Post, Money Order,
Savings Bank & Telegraph Office
329 Nash E, iron merchant --- 330 BARRATT W G, undertaker
331 Poole Albert, ham & beef dealer --- 332 Admans George, newsagent
334 Brent House Club (affiliated to Working Men's Club &
Institute Union) (Percy Johnson, secretary)
335 Haywood Francis, hairdresser --- 336 Padbury R, general dealer
337 Gaylard Stanley Gordon, dining rooms --- 338 Bosher James E, upholsterer
342 Brown Mrs E J, greengrocer --- 343 Nash James
|===Running Horse yard --- Gas Light & Coke Co, distribution department stores
350 Bull PH. Edward John Reeve --- |===Pottery rd
351 Rickett J H, laundry (receiving office) --- 351 Berry Miles
352 Martin Leonard F, hairdresser --- 352 Lewis John William
353 Deerlove Alfred John, grocer --- 354 Squire William, café
355 Rendell Frederick W, butcher --- |===Distillery rd
362 Barge Aground PH, George Pinchin --- 363 Murphy Vernon, stationers
|===North rd --- Gas Light & Coke Co.(district offices)
St. George's Church Hall --- ST. GEORGE'S CHURCH
Gas Light & Coke company (Valve houses)
384 Gas Light & Coke company Staff Dining Club Gas Light & Coke Co. (Stores)
401 Mattuicci Mrs A, confectionery --- 402 Mattuicci Mrs A
403 Young Edward, licensed horse slaughterer --- 406 Holderness Lewis
407 Parker Thomas E --- 408 Brown Victor George, Dining rooms
409 Main Mrs --- |===Lamb passage
410 Toler Bros Ltd, wholesale newsagent
410 Lang John Stanley --- 411 Crosby F, confectionery
|===Kew Bridge rd
From : Stuart Goodden
Sent : 19 April 2007 19:18:00
To :
Subject : Brentford memories
Dear Peter,
I was very interested in your recollections of Brentford.
I used to live in Rattenbury's (288/289) during the late
fifties through to 1968. My Great Uncle Will Rattenbury
and his wife Hilda (ne Goodden) owned the pawnbrokers/drapers.
I used to put up the shutters when I was young and helped
out in the shop. I lived their with my Grandmother Louise
Goodden off and on during my early years, I was born in 1953.
My Uncle John wasn't actually William's son but my Grandfather
went missing at the end of the war so the Gooddens ended up
lodging at Uncle Will's. My mothers side, the Gibsons, lived
at 131 Brentford High Street, which of course is just about
still there although it looks ready for demolition.Uncle John
had a brother, Peter, my father, and sister, Joyce. All are still
living. John and his wife Gill live in Perivale and he has just
recovered from cancer surgery but is as hale and hearty as ever.
Yours sincerely
Stuart Goodden
My Memories of High Street
William Rattenbury's Shop
288 & 289 High Street
What visons of Alladin's Cave, when I used to go into William Rattenbury's Shop with my mother,
as a child of about 4, there was so much stuff in this shop, I used to climb over the boxes stacked
on top of each other. I remember William Rattenbury's shop because my mum used to buy my clothes
from there. I knew John , one of Rattenbury's sons quite well. The shop was divided into 3 sections, on the left was the clothes and various items shop, on the right was the Jewellery shop, which contained new and old jewellery and non-reclaimed pawned items, and round on the side in Albany Place was the pawnbrokers entrance. When I got engaged to Joyce Holland. we got our engagement ring from there. It cost me £4.00 and Joyce thought the world of it, it had 5 little tiny diamonds across the ring, slightly worn but Joy loved it and never took it off in her lifetime.
The Frontage of William Rattenbury's Shop is now on display in the London Museum and I went there on Sunday 12th May 2002. It is listed under "Victorian London", only the shop wasn't in London at all, it was in Brentford, in the county of Middlesex. The frontage is missing the door on the left hand side of the shop, which had the number 288 over it and Pawnbrokers was not on the original frontage, the name Rattenbury & sons was displayed on both sections, there was only one doorstep where there should have been two. The display behind the glass is poorly done, as on the left was originally household items and on the right was Jewellery and clocks etc. Overhaul I liked the display about London very much but I do think they should have researched where a lot of the items came from.
A piece of history about Rattenbury's Shop from Janis Biddle nee Holland
Hi Pete, I have just read in the Chronicle about old Rattenbury's. It reads Rattenbury's old double-bowed shopfront that once graced Brentford high street has been brought out of storage, dusted down and is now on show in the Museum of London. The Victorian window is now the centre feature of a Victorian Street on the lower floor of the museum. Rattenbury's was Brentford's pawn shop with it's three balls hanging outside and was popular with those who worked on the barges of the Grand Union Canal. It was here that some of the locals would pawn or deposit belongings for a loan which if not redeemed within the time limit, the pawnbroker could sell with a small profit governed by law. At the side of Rattenbury's was a small alley with a side door where the customer could enter and leave without being noticed too much. The shop sold other items as well, but in the window were many unredeemed pledges on offer. There always seemed to be a large number of diamond rings, whether from broken engagements or someone being just hard up for the rent was a matter of conjecture. The stories of pawnbrokers and their trade are legion.
Father's Sunday suit was another popular item that was 'popped' and the pawnbroker was referred to as 'uncle' so when mother went out on Monday morning with a brown paper parcel she told the children that she was going to visit this fictitious relative. The old song Pop Goes the weasel refers to printing trade apprentices pawning their belongings. When Brentford High Street was devloped a few years back the museum of London took a great interest in the shopfront as a fine example of 18th and 19th century workmanship and it was dismantled carefully and taken to stores and has remained there until quite recently. The windows are now filled with Victorian goods but there is no card saying where the shopfront came from. It is nice to know that a bit of old Brentford is being preserved in this way. Pete I have a picture of Rattenbury's in this paper but I don't know how to send it to you on e-mail All the best Jan
People who were accused of committing crimes were locked
up before appearing in front of the Magistrates. In 1720
the Justices ordered the township of New Brentford to
provide new stocks, a cage and a whipping post. The cage
was to be 8ft square and 7ft high and built of timber
over brick foundations, the stocks and a whipping post
to be at-fixed and the penthouse over them. An early
occupantwas Deborah Street, a 'lunatick' who, in 1721,
was ordered to be moved to the mad-house at Lambeth
Marsh or elsewhere till she recovers from her lunacy.
In 1813 the parish of Ealing built a cage on the corner
of Ferry Lane and the High Street. It was demolished in
1897 to make way for the Fire Station [as shown on the
left, now offices] Info supplied by Janis Biddle
"The Pride of Brentford, the only Main Road, where
millions of people over the centuries have travelled
from Kew Bridge in the East to Brentford Canal Bridge
in the West and Visa/versa "
The very first Police Station was built at 60 High Street
[at the Junction of Town Meadow] There is now an office
there it is apparently a listed building and believe it or
not it still contains the very old police cells in the basement.
The new Police Station was opened in 1870 and that was at 42
Brentford High Street and this was for the Metro Police at T
division. It was pulled down in 1969. In the year 1960 the
Police moved to a brand new station built with a section house
above to house up to 80 police officers. Looking at this new
Police station at the time it was hard to believe that it had
been built on the old site of the Old Vestry Hall in the Half
Acre. Info supplied by Janis Biddle
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