The long-time resident butcher R. Tucker closed this year on the death of the proprietor and works are now in place to convert it, I believe to yet another estate agents but I hope that is not true.
The one bit of good news in all this is that a previous shop name, Beales Bros, has been revealed. It will be covered up again soon so I am glad that I was able to capture it before it went.
I love the way you manage to be in the right place at exactly the right time to glimpse the names of former traders. Keep up the good work Matthew!
ReplyDeleteI love the discovery of hidden detail in your blogs. Tucker was an old name under which the butcher's dad traded. Wonder what Beale's Bros' speciality was. Keep em coming!
ReplyDeleteI worked in this shop when owned by Beales Brothers in 1962. Their head office was 225 Upper Tooting Road.
ReplyDeleteI worked in this shop when it was owned by Beales Brothers in 1962-63. Their head office was at 225 upper tooting road, tooting
ReplyDeleteYes norman Thompson you are correct with 225 Upper tooting road, They had other shops as well, As a meat trade historian on flickr i can tell you dewhurst made a bid for 21 Tucker shops & a depot but the deal fell through, Tuckers soldiered on until 1992 & closed the doors,Irony is so did Dewhurst in 1995,
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