Difference between revisions of "Merchant Kendal"
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==[[Brewery Arts Centre]]== | ==[[Brewery Arts Centre]]== | ||
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| + | Retailers important people and often Mayors, Aldermen, Councillors, etc. | ||
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Start: Stricklandgate House entrance on Stricklandgate | Start: Stricklandgate House entrance on Stricklandgate | ||
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Quiggins Mint Cake | Quiggins Mint Cake | ||
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| + | Briggs Boots | ||
Wipers Mint Cake | Wipers Mint Cake | ||
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==Stricklandgate adj [[Market Place]]== | ==Stricklandgate adj [[Market Place]]== | ||
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| + | (Rose & Crown & White Lion) | ||
Two Bird's shops - ironmonger (a lot of ironmongers) and boots (importance of boots) | Two Bird's shops - ironmonger (a lot of ironmongers) and boots (importance of boots) | ||
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Jackson's Saddlers - McCormacks - Halfords - Holland & Barrett | Jackson's Saddlers - McCormacks - Halfords - Holland & Barrett | ||
| − | Irvine Chemist - Boons Chemist - Greenwoods - Pandora | + | Irvine Chemist - Boons Chemist - Greenwoods - Pandora - Marsden's |
Youdell's Wine merchants, wine merchants below St George's Chapel | Youdell's Wine merchants, wine merchants below St George's Chapel | ||
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| + | (Gazette shop) | ||
(mention Coop supermarket) | (mention Coop supermarket) | ||
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| + | (Moot Hall/Brunskills) | ||
==Birdcage== | ==Birdcage== | ||
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| + | (Kings Arms) | ||
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| + | Marks & Spencer | ||
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| + | Montague Burtons - foundation stones, marble freize - carved sign | ||
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| + | Farrers - Webster architect, part of row, | ||
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| + | (FT Long's tobacconist) | ||
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| + | (Clarks 8 x-ray machine) | ||
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| + | (Boots, Mothercare, Timothy Whites & Taylor) | ||
==Town Hall== | ==Town Hall== | ||
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| + | Carr's Biscuits | ||
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| + | Samuel Rhodes - wholesale draper and cheese merchant's (sign of a large cheese outside) | ||
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| + | Woolworths - earlier store front, 1930's front, pick and mix, record counter (replaced three shops but not all at once) | ||
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| + | Greenbanks | ||
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| + | Titus Wilson's | ||
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| + | Webbs (Meldrum) | ||
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| + | Kendal Bank | ||
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| + | T&E Rhodes - Kendal time - Time Gun - electic firing | ||
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| + | Sinkinson's Wine Merchants | ||
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| + | (Allhallows Fent shop) | ||
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==Finkle Street== | ==Finkle Street== | ||
| − | Roberts | + | Roberts - moved down to Stramongate |
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| + | Brennands top and bottom | ||
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| + | Coop - Waterloo House - movement - other shops - independent | ||
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==Top of Strammongate== | ==Top of Strammongate== | ||
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Batemans Toffee | Batemans Toffee | ||
(Tognorellis) | (Tognorellis) | ||
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==Market Place== | ==Market Place== | ||
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Middletons | Middletons | ||
| + | Riggs - Birketts - Subway | ||
| + | Market stalls - where it all started - infill of area, Butter Market, Corn Market, General Market, tolls for those not free - market charter - other market locations, specialist locations of shops | ||
| + | Traders congregated around Market place to take advantage of buzz | ||
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[[Category:Walks]] | [[Category:Walks]] | ||
Revision as of 02:48, 10 August 2024
Contents
Brewery Arts Centre
Retailers important people and often Mayors, Aldermen, Councillors, etc.
Start: Stricklandgate House entrance on Stricklandgate
Brief history of the Merchant Bankers who set up two Kendal banks which facilitated investment in Kendal through their entrepreneurial spirit, connections with the banking industry and trust they engendered through connections to the Quakers.
Town House - Savoy Cafe - Maypole - Liptons (demolished) - Macdonalds
Black Hall Brush Factory
Quiggins Mint Cake
Briggs Boots
Wipers Mint Cake
(Shopping Centre) Madam Margees, light up sign board shop Seven Stars pubs demolished shop fronts demolished for Thos Cook building
Stricklandgate adj Market Place
(Rose & Crown & White Lion)
Two Bird's shops - ironmonger (a lot of ironmongers) and boots (importance of boots)
Jackson's Saddlers - McCormacks - Halfords - Holland & Barrett
Irvine Chemist - Boons Chemist - Greenwoods - Pandora - Marsden's
Youdell's Wine merchants, wine merchants below St George's Chapel
(Gazette shop)
(mention Coop supermarket)
(Moot Hall/Brunskills)
Birdcage
(Kings Arms)
Marks & Spencer
Montague Burtons - foundation stones, marble freize - carved sign
Farrers - Webster architect, part of row,
(FT Long's tobacconist)
(Clarks 8 x-ray machine)
(Boots, Mothercare, Timothy Whites & Taylor)
Town Hall
Carr's Biscuits
Samuel Rhodes - wholesale draper and cheese merchant's (sign of a large cheese outside)
Woolworths - earlier store front, 1930's front, pick and mix, record counter (replaced three shops but not all at once)
Greenbanks
Titus Wilson's
Webbs (Meldrum)
Kendal Bank
T&E Rhodes - Kendal time - Time Gun - electic firing
Sinkinson's Wine Merchants
(Allhallows Fent shop)
(Edmondson & Vogt)
Finkle Street
Roberts - moved down to Stramongate
Brennands top and bottom
Coop - Waterloo House - movement - other shops - independent
Top of Strammongate
Musgroves
Batemans Toffee (Tognorellis)
Market Place
Brunskills
Middletons
Riggs - Birketts - Subway
Market stalls - where it all started - infill of area, Butter Market, Corn Market, General Market, tolls for those not free - market charter - other market locations, specialist locations of shops
Traders congregated around Market place to take advantage of buzz
