54 High Street

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• C.H. McShane's Grocery Store (-1911-1921+)
• FB Wilkinson & Co Pharmacy (opened 1925)
• Purchased by H Lakeland in 1953, managed by John R Prowse
• Haboeck Jewellery (1962 - 1965)
• Dorothy Robinson Garden Shop (60s and 70s?)
• Haboeck Jewellery (1980? - 1995)
• Waverley Lee Craft Supplies (1995)
• Pet Shop (mid 90s)
• The Florist Tree (2003 - 2006)
• Rose & Sons Antiques (2006 - 2019)
• LJ Hooker
  
  

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

FB Wilkinson & Co Pharmacy (1941)

54 and 56 High Street for sale by auction in 1951 (Courtesy of the Mercury)

An ad for Robinsons Garden Centre from the Derwent Valley Gazette in 1975

Book Week parade in front of Robinson's Garden Shop in 1977 (Photo courtesy of Janine Bester)

An ad for Waverley Lee Craft Supplies from the Derwent Valley Gazette in 1995

The Florist Tree in 2006 (Photo courtesy of New Norfolk Historical Information Centre)

Rose & Sons Antiques in 2009 (Photo courtesy of Google Maps)

LJ Hooker in 2023 (Photo courtesy of Google Maps)

• Chain of Title - the history of the original land grant issued in 1847. The total land area was one rood and five perches. This covered the land between what is now 54 High Street all the way to the corner of Stephen Street.