This 1917 advertisement not only has Hubble selling bicycles and spares, but also dealing in builders materials as well. Having sold his Westerham garage interests to Edward Newall, it would appear he has consolidated what remained at his old stomping ground in Brasted.
Reference: WH0016
By 1919 Edward Newall had joined the Employers and Employees Discharged Soldiers scheme in which he would have received government subsidies in return for employing returning soldiers. What was Market Square has become The Green, and Newall not only has his business where Hubble was, but has a second business premises in Stratton Yard.
Reference: WH0017
A man of many talents as a farmer, carting proprietor and publican at the Warde Arms, Townsend kept his horses, carts and carriages in ‘Commodious Stables and Coach-Houses adjoining the railway station’. It was a business that saw him through to his end which was a timely demise, as the motor car was beginning to ...
Reference: WH0962
The International Stores was a popular grocery shop in Westerham between the Wars and beyond into the early 1970s when the group was absorbed by British American Tobacco and many outlets closed. It was sited in the left-hand side of what is currently ‘Ruach Kitchens’ in Market Square. June Heath remembers local shopping “…apart from Woods ...
Reference: WH0981
This advert speaks for itself and appeared in the Westerham Herald all through 1917… Before the need to supplement the world of work in all disciplines, the few women who had worked within retail, had been confined to millinery and haberdashery – even drapery and hairdressing had been part of the man’s working world. Certainly ...
Reference: WH0982