Number 66 is the left hand half of Oval Tandoori restaurant as shown in the modern photo above. This property is one of four that make up this small block that does not appear in Kelly’s Directories until 1891, perhaps due to the fact that it was originally residential.
Poster from 1895. Copyright © The British Library Board
The property was predominantly occupied by Home & Colonial Stores, a kind of Victorian/Edwardian Tesco – see more about the chain here.
Year Name Business
1881 Not Featured
1886 Not Featured
1888 Not Featured
1889 Not Featured
1890 Not Featured
1891 Harry Burton Butcher
1892 Merry & Co Mantle Makers
1894 Merry & Co Mantle Makers
1895 / Home & Colonial Lim
1897 / Home & Colonial Lim
1898 / Home & Colonial Lim
1903 Home & Colonial Stores Ltd
1904 Home & Colonial Stores Ltd
1909 Home & Colonial Stores Ltd
1915 Home & Colonial Stores Ltd
1920 Home & Colonial Stores Ltd
1923 Home & Colonial Stores Ltd
1925 Home & Colonial Stores Ltd
1926 Home & Colonial Stores Ltd
1928 Home & Colonial Stores Ltd