50 High Street

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• Lee & Sons Drapery
• Charles Jillett Drapery (1918 - 1945)
• E & J Prenter & Sons Drapery (-1953 - 1955)
• Destroyed by fire and rebuilt 1955
• Stella Potter Children's Ware (-1959 - 1977+)
• Commonwealth Bank (1980s?)
• Shanghai Restaurant (-2003 - present)

Lee & Sons Drapery circa 1910.

Mercury Newspaper 12 Dec 1913 page 4 - two shops broken into including this one

Charles Lewis Jillett's store (from 1918 to 1945)

For Sale in 1954 (Mercury Newspaper 9 Oct 1954)

Fire in the Prenter store in 1955 - the building was structurally damaged and had to be demolished. (Photo courtesy of JJ Cowburn)

The new building in 1955 (Photo courtesy of Phil and Debbie Maddox)

Stella Potter Children's Ware in 1959 - does anybody have a better photo?

Shanghai Chinese Restaurant 2016

• Shop behind Stella Potter (50a)
• Haboeck Jeweller 1972-1980?
• Hairdresser - Vivian's hair?
• New shop was built in 1955

Chain of Title

• 1849 Part of original Grant to William Henry Gill & Thomas Jhonson
• 1862 William George Salier
• 1901 Thomas Frederick Brown
• 1915 Colin Jeffery Brown
• 1918 Charles Lewis Jillett
• 1945 Public Trustee
• 1948 Joe Glasser Pty Ltd
• 1950 Joseph Glasser Pty Ltd (name correction)
• 1953 Edward and Jessie Prenter
• 1956 Herbert Smart & Peter Kemp