Recalling St Mary's Road grocer's shop on Merton Road corner

The Watford Observer has again joined forces with its friends at Watford Museum to look back at structures, objects or businesses from the town’s past that have either disappeared or been relocated and this week we look back at this shop.

The museum’s volunteer archivist Christine Orchard said: “This grocer’s shop clearly shows the business name, J. Bone. I usually find the photo's location is easy to track down using street directories but sometimes a double check is needed.

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The three bricks in the original image (Image: Watford Museum)

“A 1912 directory records a Joseph Bone, greengrocer, at 1a St Mary's Road but the adult in the scene is female.

Those three bricks are still there (Image: Google Street View)

“However, when checking modern images of this corner, the distinctive banded brickwork matches and three dark coloured bricks up under the eaves, confirm that this is the correct address.”

A modern-day view of the building (Image: Google Street View)

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