THE recent sad news of the death of former cobbler Cyril Saunders, aged 100, rekindled memories of the time that St Thomas, Exeter, had considerably more shops that it boasts today.
Mr Saunders ran his shoe shop from 32 Cowick Street, for decades and was in his 70s before he retired.
Aquick look at a St Thomas with St Philip's and St Edmund's churchmagazine dated August 1955 shows there were plenty of small shops in Portugal Jersey Wholesale Cowick Street and their advertisements in the magazine might bring back memories for some readers.
Hermes Replica Number 16 Cowick Street was Apseys, advertising as greeting cards specialists, newsagents, tobacconists and stationery. It promised early delivery of daily and Sunday newspapers to all parts of St Thomas.
Tania at number 32, ladies and gentlemen's hairdressers, offered London-style permanent waving and all other modern methods of hair treatment at reasonable prices by Miss Patricia Coneeley.
Mr Saunders, also at number 32, boasted a quick service in any class of boot and shoe repairs and was open all day Saturday.
At number 43, was Strowbridges, a ladies', gents' and children's outfitters where suitsandcostumesweremade to measure and Swallowraincoats were in stock.
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W French and Co traded from 170 Cowick Street selling flour, oatmeal, dog food, forage and poultry foods.
Finally, Mrs J Vinnicombe of Savile Road, who was a corsetiere, offered an individual corsetry service for beauty, health and comfort. Readers were urged to make an appointment for a demonstration using the Spirella patented modelling garments which entailed no obligation.
Those were the days.
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