There have been many enterprises in Long Eaton over the years, some are still with us, others sadly are not. Below is a brief list of some that existed mainly between 1900 and 1918. How many can you recall?
Name | Type | Location | Description |
Co-op | Bakers | Station Road | Nicknamed "Old Side". Horses and later vans were used for deliveries |
Sharpe & Nickless | Bakers | 77 College Street | Famous for making Brandy Snap. Often travelled to fairs selling their goods |
R. Tebutt & Son | Bakers | 12-14 Station Road | |
J. Wardle | Bakers | 11-13 Station Street | |
Sheldon | Bakers | Cobden Street | These premises became a fish & chip shop |
Penny Bazaar | Bazaars | Corner of Browns Road & High Street | |
Penny Bazaar | Bazaars | Market Place | |
Woolworths 3d & 6d | Bazaars | High Street (c1932) | |
Wright Bros | Boots & Shoes | Sawley | Also travelled around Long Eaton by horse and cart |
Wittering & Sons | Boots & Shoes | High Street | |
Turners | Boots & Shoes | Sawley | Also travelled around Long Eaton selling his wares on horse and cart |
J. Pearce | Boots & Shoes | 15 Market Place | |
Hiltons | Boots & Shoes | High Street | |
W. Youngman | Builders | Craig Street | Built Mount Tabor Church |
F. Perks & Son | Builders | Bridge Street | |
Piggin | Butchers | 35 Station Road | |
Richard Hooley | Butchers | Russell Street | |
Noon (later J. Hooleys) | Butchers | 3 Stanhope Street | |
F. S. Hooley | Butchers | 16 Station Road | Operated from a wooden shed in his back garden |
Co-op | Butchers | Station Street | Mainly sold beef and pork products |
G. Bretnall | Butchers | 67 Market Place | Also had a greengrocery at 16 Market Place |
J. Gelsthorpe | Chemists | 26 High Street | Also at 18 Derby Road. Also dentist and registrar |
Start & Wathes | Chemists | High Street | Opposite the old Post Office |
Shelton | Chemists | Market Place | Also practised as a dentist |
Wing & Sons | Chimney Sweeps | 13 Leopold Street | |
Mr Turner | Chimney Sweeps | Pleasant Row (Romorantin Place) | |
Mr J . Saxton | Chimney Sweeps | 7 Station Street | |
Mr. Read | Chimney Sweeps | Last house on twitchell | |
F. Johnson | Coal Merchants | Temperance Place | |
Co-op | Coal Merchants | Canal Wharf near Derby Road | |
William Adams | Coal Merchants | 17 Regent Street | |
William Beers | Coal Merchants | Canal Wharf, Sawley Lane (Tamworth Road) | |
H. Topson | Coal Merchants | Toton Coal Yard | |
Miss Jefferies | Confectioners | Corner of Main Street and Chapel Street | |
Miss S. Heaps | Confectioners | 60 Main Street | |
Mrs Stoddart | Confectioners | Corner of High Street & New Street | |
Mrs Spendlove | Confectioners | Main Street | Possibly first to make ice-cream in Long Eaton |
Mrs Swann | Confectioners | Corner of Main Street & Twitchell (West Gate) | |
Mrs S. A. Shelton | Confectioners | 78 High Street | Opposite High Street School. Also sold ice-cream |
S. Parker | Cycles | High Street | Sold mechanical toys. Good entertainment at Christmas |
Ruttlers | Cycles | Main Street | Also hired bikes at 3d per hour |
Co-op | Dairy | Oakleys Road (Meadow Lane) | Delivered by horse and float |
J. Hopkins | Dairy | Derby Road | Delivered milk in buckets, laid out to customers. Also a bookies runner |
Needhams | Dairy | Station Road (under archway) | Delivered using milk churns and ladled out to customers |
Hutchings | Dairy | Oxford Street (first house) | Delivered by pony and float |
Mrs A. M. Domelow | Drapers & Milliners | 58 High Street | |
Miss L. Everard | Drapers & Milliners | Claye Street | |
T. V. Barnes | Drapers & Milliners | 42 High Street | |
Co-op | Drapers & Milliners | High Street | |
Bocense | Drapers & Milliners | High Street | |
Oakleys | Farms | Oakleys Road | |
Harbys (later Co-op) | Farms | Meadow Lane | |
S. Goode | Farms | Acton Road | |
H. Tacey | Fish & Chips | Market Place | This was an old building with thatched roof and verandah. Also a fishmonger |
T. Gray | Fish & Chips | Market Stall & shop in Claye Street | Later owned a mobile supper van |
Brookes | Fish & Chips | Corner of Station Road & Conway Street | |
Edwards | Fish & Chips | Market Stall | The family lived near the Green |
William Copperwaithe | Fruit & Veg Street Traders | | From Long Eaton |
T. Wheat & Son | Fruit & Veg Street Traders | | From Nottingham |
B. Howarth | Fruit & Veg Street Traders | | From Nottingham |
Co-op | Furniture | Station Street | |
Bedford | Furniture | High Street | |
Townsend & Co. | Furniture | Sawley Road | |
Co-op | Greengrocers | Station Street | |
N. Powell | Greengrocers | 16 Market Place | |
Smith (later Welch's) | Greengrocers | Market Place | |
R. F. Dunnford | Greengrocers | 20 Market Place | Also made bridal bouquets and wreaths |
T. Freear | Grocer and Hardware | New Street | Opened by Tom Freear c1910. Both retail and wholesale suppliers with large warehouses attached to the family home at 4, New Street. Tom died in 1944 and his eldest daughter Vera Freear ran the shop until the 1970s. Premises is currently occupied by 'Shopmobility'. |
Marsdens | Grocers | High Street | Later to become Placketts |
C. Godwin | Grocers | Corners of Station Road & New Tythe Street | Their son was later knighted |
Parkins | Grocers | Market Place | Very old building, timber beams and thatched roof |
Maypole Dairy | Grocers | 37 High Street | |
Burtons | Grocers | High Street | Mr. Burton also had a house and shop in New Street |
G. Hickling | Grocers | 14 Market Place | Member of the Wesleyan Chapel |
Royal Hotel | Inns & Hotels | High Street | |
Harrington Arms | Inns & Hotels | Derby Road | |
Erewash Navigation | Inns & Hotels | Trent Lock | |
Turks Head | Inns & Hotels | 48 Gibb Street | |
Wheatsheaf Inn | Inns & Hotels | Sawley Lane (Tamworth Road) | |
Tiger Inn | Inns & Hotels | Sawley Lane (Tamworth Road) | |
Nelson Inn | Inns & Hotels | Sawley Road (Tamworth Road) | |
Locomotive Inn | Inns & Hotels | Union Street (demolished) | |
Blue Bell | Inns & Hotels | High Street | |
Marshalls Brewery | Inns & Hotels | The Green (demolished) | |
Regent Inn (Hole In The Wall) | Inns & Hotels | Regent Street | |
Queens Hotel | Inns & Hotels | Shakespeare Street | |
Prince Of Wales | Inns & Hotels | High Street | |
Pavilion Hotel | Inns & Hotels | Station Road (demolished) | |
Old Cross Inn (Corner Pin) | Inns & Hotels | Corner of High Street & Market Place | |
Old Bell Inn (Top House) | Inns & Hotels | Market Place | |
Railway Inn | Inns & Hotels | Station Street | |
New Inn | Inns & Hotels | Sawley Road (Tamworth Road) | |
Victoria Inn | Inns & Hotels | Main Street | |
J. Dee | Newsagents | High Street | Next to Austins Arch |
J. Edmonds | Newsagents | Station Road | Celebrated Jubilee in 1960. Wife Clarice died in a fire |
J. Heaps | Newsagents | 10 Main Street | |
J. Medd | Newsagents | High Street | Opposite the school |
Goose Fair Dad | Other Street Traders | | Sold cottons and mending wools |
Watercress & Mushroom Man | Other Street Traders | | Lived on Station Road. Picked mushrooms and cress from Meadow Lane fields |
Umbrella Man | Other Street Traders | | Sold & exchanged umbrellas |
Scissor Grinder | Other Street Traders | | Sharpened knives and scissors with wheel |
Rag & Bone Men | Other Street Traders | | Mostly from Nottingham |
Pot Man | Other Street Traders | | Sold pots and pans from horse and flat cart |
Barm Man | Other Street Traders | | Barms of making herb beer, sold from churns and ladled out |
Old Chair Mender | Other Street Traders | | Carried tools for repairing chairs etc. |
J. Simmonds | Pawn Shops | 24 High Street | Massive shirt hanging outside shop |
Smiths | Pawn Shops | | Variety of goods, including men's clothes |