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Curry Cottage & Goodheart Heating, Rodbourne Road
July 26th, 2010 | 
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ID Number – 455.113
Image No – img094
Subject - Curry Cottage & Goodheart Heating
Date – 2006
Donor – RogersStan
House No/Name – 9 & 10
Street – Rodbourne Road
Location – Front Elevation
Rons Pet Stores, Rodbourne Road
ID Number – 455.123
Image No – img091a
Subject - Rons Stores
Date – 2006
Donor – RogersStan
House No/Name – 196
Street – Rodbourne Road
Location – Front & Side Elevation
Additional Info – This was originally three separate shops, 195, 196 & 197. They have all now been combined into Rons Pet Stores. One of a dying breed of old fashioned hardware stores where you can get anything from bird seed, garden plants, light bulbs & loose nails & screws. This is only one of two stores now left in Swindon of this kind.
J.G.Bailey, Butchers, Rodbourne Road
ID Number – 1428
Image No. – 001a
Subject – J. G. Bailey’s Shop
Date -circa 1933
Donor – ClemmentAnne
Street – Rodbourne Road
House Number/Name – 1a
Location – Shop Front
Addt. Info – The Rodbourne Road business closed in 1935.
J.G.Bailey, Butchers, Rodbourne Road
ID Number – 1430
Image No. – 003a
Subject – J. G. Bailey’s Shop
Date -circa 1933
Donor – ClemmentAnne
Street – Rodbourne Road
House Number/Name – 1a
Location – Shop Front
Addt. Info – The Rodbourne Road business closed in 1935. The man in the shop is Ann Clemment’s Dad J. G. Bailey Jr.
J.G.Bailey, Butchers, Robourne Road
ID Number – 1429
Image No. – 002
Subject – J. G. Bailey’s Shop
Date -circa 1932
Donor – ClementAnne
Street – Rodbourne Road
House Number/Name – 1a
Location – Shop Front
Addt. Info - On the right is James George Bailey who was born in 1883 in Bemondsey, London and on the left James George Bailey Jr ( Anne Clement’s Dad) who was born in Poole in Dorset in1911. They lived at 28, Wootton Bassett Road. The shop changed hands in 1933.
J.G.Bailey, Butchers, Rodbourne Road
ID Number – 1431
Image No. – 004
Subject – J. G. Bailey’s Shop
Date -circa 1933
Donor – ClemmentAnne
Street – Rodbourne Road
House Number/Name – 1a
Location – Shop Front
Addt. Info – In front is James George Bailey Jr. with James George Bailey Snr in the background
Miscellaneous Advertisements in St Augustine’s Church Magazine
ID Number – 253.15
Image No – img266
Subject – Miscellaneous Advertisements
Date – 1950
Donor – WalkleyJoyce
Street – Rodbourne Road & Jennings Street
Additional Info – Advertisements for various premises in Rodbourne Road and Jennings Street
Miscellaneous Advertisements
ID Number – 253.14
Image No – img265
Subject – Miscellaneous Advertisements
Date – 1950
Donor – WalkleyJoyce
Street – Not Listed-See Additional Info
Additional Info – Advertisements for various premises in various streets
Reference for Alan Hazell
ID Number – 096
Image No – img096
Subject – Reference for Alan Hazell
Date – 1953
Donor – HazellAlan
Street – Rodbourne Road
House Number/Name – 164
Location – Rodbourne Road
Additional Info – Alan used to be a paper delivery boy for E.E. Witts (Newsagents). Mr Witts always called him Roy.
Delcia Appleby nee Worsdell outside the Even Swindon Bakery
ID Number – 382
Image No – img115
Subject – Delcia Appleby nee Worsdell
Date – circa 1952
Donor – ApplebyDelcia
Street – Rose Street & Jennings Street
Location – Junction of Rose Street and Jennings Street
Group Activity – Family Photo
Even Swindon Bakery Ltd shop & bakehouse in the background. This was known as Castles locally
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