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Sweet shop in Ealing rd??

Can anyone remember the name of the little sweet shop that used to be opposite Ealing rd school?We used to pile in there after school to buy black jacks and bazooka joes,etc!It really was very small,but a real old traditional sweet shop,i can vaguely remember an old lady always serving me.The shop shut down some time after the school closed,just cant remember the name,been racking my brain for days,anyone remember it??

Bill Drinkwater ● 6704d3 Comments

Thanks Jim,Bazooka Joes were indeed bubble gum,you could save the little cartoons inside and send off for amazing things like x-ray specs!!The name Mongers doesnt ring a bell with me,i did have a couple of pics after it had closed and had turned into a builders merchants(?),but i cant find the pics anywhere as im too disorganised with my photos.Perhaps any old pupils from Ealing Rd will remember??

Bill Drinkwater ● 6704d

BillPeter Rutt's "historic" old Brentford Website might provide an answer for you too about the name of that sweet shop.http://www.brentford.inuk.comSo Bazooka Joes was a bubblygum?

Jim Lawes ● 6704d

Hello BillMrs Emily Monger was the name of the lady who was running the sweet shop in 1938..according to Kelly's Directory for that year.  The shop was located opposite the School..and was between Layton Road and the Great West Road.(This my first posting for many weeks now..having been clobbered with flu for 4 weeks..and several other things. I've even lost my dear ole camera!!)Anyway was the shop called "Mongers"?

Jim Lawes ● 6704d