Dan Evans

27 April 2021 ·

In 1905 Mr Evans’ grandfather turned the ironmongers shop where he had been an apprentice into a department store on Holton Road.

The department store sold lots of different items and was a very popular shop. It has been in several different locations on Holton Road

Advert – 1910

However due to changing patterns of retail shopping it was decided that shortly after the 100th birthday of the store that it was not viable to keep open and sadly the store shut in 2006.

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