Nos.125-133 High Street, Norton, included in a view of a tram at Norton Tram Terminus. No. 125, Elizabeth Parrott(Miss) fancy repository. No. 125a, John W.Thompson, butcher, No. 127, Joseph Robinson, confectioner.
Nos.125-133 High Street, Norton, included in a view of a tram at Norton Tram Terminus. No. 125, Elizabeth Parrott(Miss) fancy repository. No. 125a, John W.Thompson, butcher, No. 127, Joseph Robinson, confectioner.
MY MOTHERS GRANDPARENTS LIVED AT 125 HIGH STREET NORTON BEFORE IT BECAME A SHOP. ALFRED JOHN BERRY ( ORIGINALLY FROM PAISLEY SCOTLAND) AND HIS WIFE THEY HAD FOUR DAUGHTERS AND FOUR SONS, WHETHER OR NOT IT WAS A SINGLE DWELLING AT THIS TIME OR NOT I DO NOT KNOW BUT BY 1910 IT WAS 125 AND 125A.
Miss Elizabeth Parrot, Fancy-Goods Shop. Originally a buyer (Glass, China and Ornaments) for M Robinsons of Stockton, Miss Parrot set up in Norton. She was an agent for Clarence-Pottery,Mount-Pleasant and had goods for the Gentry delivered, in straw lined wicker-baskets, by the Imperial Tramway Company to either the shop or, with a helper, to the nearest tram-stop. “Seconds” were sold from the shop only ,these were highly sought after by the village housewife as a Clarence “Second” could contain only a paint line or firing mark error. Info.provided to Norton Heritage from the Elcoate sisters Evelyn & Dorothy died April/August 1998
Tram Posts The stub of a tram-post, with the crest IMPERIAL TRAMWAY 1898 is still in place on road-side outside THE PRIORY, High St Norton Formally the home of Sir Frank Brown one of the Directors of the Company