Inside Tranters the jewellers, Hawthorn Road, 1960s
c. 1960s · Hawthorn Road
Tranters ca 1960s
On the Voices of Kingstanding page about the Hawthorn Road shops, this photo appears under “Memories of Paul Hillcox” as a “Photograph of Ken Hillcox at Tranters”.
Tranters was the jeweller’s on the Hawthorn Road parade, remembered by commenters between the butcher’s and Littlewoods, near Boots on the corner.
Notes
The date is given as “ca 1960s”. The page names Ken Hillcox but does not say which person in the photo he is.
About this place: Hawthorn Road shops
In Voices: “Growing up over Sketchleys” (Rob Wells)
Local memories
What people who knew this place have said about it, in their own words. These are memories, not checked facts.
“I remember Hawthorne Rd, it used to be the monkey run. Shops not mentioned was Toys the sweet shop, Tranters the jewellers, Reynolds the Gents outfits, Taylors TV & radio, Phelps Taxi’s, there a Bike shop, a Pet shop, Broadbents the bakery, Matty’s TV, Hardware shop Gourkins?”
“1960’s – 1970’s … I lived above Sketchleys the cleaners, Boots was on the corner, after Sketchleys was the Butchers, then Tranters, May Corbett used to live above the shop … Next door to Tranters was Littlewoods, then Woolworths.”
“I remember that a few of us used to meet up outside Tranters and one night a lad from our road (Binstead) … pushed me into the display window and it set the alarm off … and in those days around 1962, the response to the alarm being set off was immediate and we all ran for it.”
“I bought a fob watch from Tranters, it was brilliant, I paid £3.50, another bargain.”
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