Old News Cuttings and adverts
August 1959 .. Kentish Independent clip
more details about the forthcoming auto stacker
Advert from a 1972 Kentish independent showing prices at the time.. Memorys was on the corner of Beresford square .. where Iceland currently trades
1960 Kentish Independent advert
Announcing the extension and modernisation of Marks and spencer. Re opening on Nov 18th 1960
Kentish Independent advert 1961
Showing a shop called "Weaver to Wearer" at 75-77 Powis street. This part of Powis street is now covered by 'New Look' ( 2013 )
Kentish Independent advert 1926
W J Harris were manufacturers and sellers of Prams and sewing machines.. There shop was where Mothercare now stands at 62 Powis street
1926 Kentish independent advert
This adress was at the north east corner of Hare street .. The building is still there but is split into a few smaller shops now
Feb' 1959 .. Kentish Independent advert
Ascotts was on the corner of Powis street and Calderwood street ... The same address incorporated Wings pharmacy .. The shop was cleared in the mid 60s to make way for an extension to Marks and Spencer
July 1959.. Kentish Independent clip
Giving details of the new car park that was to become the ill fated Autostacker
News article from the Kentish Independent with the story of the ABC Regal cinema closing
Oct 1968 .. Advert from Kentish Independent
Concord travel would have been roughly where the Scope charity shop now stands.. between primark and Peacock
Easterns furniture opening day March 4th 1960
Robinson & Taylor ltd have recently re opened at 36-42 Hare street .. This address is now (2013) a British heart foundation charity shop
In May 1961 the very first Parking meter in Woolwich goes into service
August 1961.. Kentish Independent
62 Powis street was built in 1896 for this very firm, WJ Harris.. The front of the shop was refaced in the early 60s when Harris closed down and Mothercare moved in ..
kentish Independent advert 1963
Woolworths has just been modernised November 22nd 1963
A brief clip in the Kentish Independent of Jul7 1959 giving a little bit of background on the beginnings of the new ferry
Advert from the Kentish Independent showing prices at Tesco in Hare street. Tesco traded in a small shop on Powis street in the 1960s and moved to a larger site in Hare St in the 70s
1968.. Advert, Kentish Independent
Petrol only 5 shillings and threpence a Gallon !! Those were the days
Advert for T.Foster & Co Off Licence at 46 Hare Street. Christmas 1960
Oct 1960 Kentish Independent advert
Pearkes Grocers re-opens as a supermarket. at 16 Powis street
early 1961 .. Kentish Independent advert
The address on this advert ( 50 Hare st ) has always been the address of Charles Dance Jewellers, so I am guessing that Charles Dance must have moved in shortly after this date??
July 1961.. Kentish Independent advert
This wimpy bar was where I had my first ever hamburger.. I have another copy of the Kentish Independent dated august '84 which shows Wimpy bar at 33 Hare street ... Not sure if they moved or if the paper made a typo'
Kentish Independent advert 1926
A J Wing Chemist stood near the junction with Calderwood street on a site now covered by Marks and Spencer
September 1972 .. Newspaper clip
This cutting from the Kentish Independent of September 1972 describes how the ferry had to drop anchor in mid river when fog rolled in
Showing news of the forthcoming new ferries
Late 1962 .. Kentish Independent story
An interesting write up about the autostacker before the council gave up on it altogether and knocked it down
1940... Advert from Kentish Independent
Advertising Black-out blinds during the war.. Furlongs store stood on the corner of Powis street and Eleanor road ( Barnard close ) from the turn of the century .. The property was demolished in 1960 .. A new building went up in 1964-65 and its first occupant was F.J.Wallis supermarket ... later replaced by Argos.
This is an advert copied from the pages of the Kentish Independent local paper of 1957. The theatre closed down the following year. Peaches Page was a well known Striptease artiste of the era
1960 Kentish Independent advert
Hepworths mens tailors opens at 52 Hare street on August 5th 1960
1960 Kentish Independent advert
Advertising Sidney Ross opening in their new premises at 9-13 Powis street
April-May 1961 . Kentish Independent clip
Just Zoom in and you can read the story
Feb' 1962 .. Kentish Independent article
An article describing plans to build what we now know as Riverside house
This extract from the Kentish Independent tells the story of the first charity trip on the Woolwich ferry
An advert from the Kentish independemt for David Greig in Powis street .. Showing what prices were like at that time
Sept' 1967.. Kentish Independent Advert
Advertising the opening of the new Co op Supermarket in Powis street
1960 Kentish Independent advert
A shop called Jays re opening at 33-37 Hare St October 21st 1960
May 1961. Kentish Independent advert
Davis's furniture store at 17-19 Hare st
July 1961 Kentish independent advert
Advert for David Greig at 91-93 Powis street
Late 1962 .. Kentish Independent advert
Bakers the stationers moved to Woolwich new road after they left this address
Kentish independent advert 1926
Treadwell shoes at 23 Powis street
