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TROON Shopkeepers , Tradespeople & Businesses of yesteryear Operating in the village in the 1940’s and 1950’s
Times past recalled - a nostalgic reflection by the Keverne family
Location by Street, Road etc
Fore Street Willie Williams Baker & grocery William Paul Dennis Undertaker & Builder William Henry Bennetts Carpenter & Undertaker Lizzie Rowe Grocery Grenville Arms Mrs Hosken Knitting Factory Mrs Phyllis Hosking Ernie & Monro Dunstan General Builders Winnie & Cyril Bray Sunday Newspaper Delivery Post Office Cassie Dunstan Chip Shop Freddie Olds
The Square Willie Trevithick Builder & Decorator Mavis Bennetts Wallpaper & Paints Shop Willie Thomas General Grocery & Sweets Mrs Trevithick General Store (later to become Edwards Shop) Ada Berriman horse drawn milk delivery
New Road Mrs Blight Sweets Roberts Footwear Repairs (Henry formerly his Fathers business) Chip Shop Harry Carter General Shop Jim Lovelock Butcher (Wife Ivy did local delivery on her bicycle) Mrs Dunn Grocery Store
New Street Arthur Roberts Sweet Shop corner of New St.
New Road Mrs Trebilcock General Grocery Enid Trebilcock Wool & Drapery Shop Janie Dennis then latterly Gwen General Grocery Mrs Andrew Small Grocery Courtney Hocking Accumulator Shop (School Lane) Williams Bakery Three vans serving the locality and surrounding district, vehicles driven by Jack Treloar, Seymour Curtis and Donald Williams. Herbie Smith Water Seller Courtney Hocking Milk roundsman serving milk from churns horse drawn by Dot- latterly by small 3 wheeler van
Troon Moor Jack Trebilcocks Animal feeds and forage Mr Edwards Blacksmith
Pendarves Street Willie Bosanko Barber Leonard Bray General Greengrocery horse drawn flat bed 4 wheeled cart drawn by Ned. In those days, if the horse left a deposit on the road we were sent out with a shovel and bucket to bring the manure back for the garden, (Father being a very keen gardener). Mrs Lawry Grocery Store Keverne’s Shop Grocery owned and run by Janie Bartle
Treslothan Road Williams Bakery latterly Henry Nettle Mobile Butchery
Laity Road Gordan Berryman Butcher Shop Hart’s Coal Yard Coal Delivery Glen Faull's Garage
Newton Road Berriman’s Buses which latterly became Grenville Motors
Some other traders who plied their trade in Troon
Jack Thomas Milk Roundsman Howard Laity Newspaper Vendor John Rapsey Coal Merchant
It’s amazing to find that the village of Troon was able to support so many businesses, although if my memory serves me correctly there was little to no unemployment in those days. I certainly remember in my later teens Holman Bros of Camborne boasted a total workforce of nearly 7000 employees. (One of the largest employers in the South West at that time) Today in more modern times with much better transport facilities there is no longer the need for such a huge amount of businesses that the village boasted. Only 5/6 shops survive as the larger food stores and other equally large shops are easily available to most in nearby towns.
30/12/2006 Submitted on behalf of the Keverne (formerly New Street) family by John Keverne
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