No.1 High Street
Scotts Eyecare
Shop History
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Scotts Eyecare |
Moons Cycle Depot c. 1930s |
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1971 - 1974 |
Michael N. Henley Opticians |
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1970 - 1984 |
A.A. Richardson's Opticians |
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- 1969 |
Moon's Toyshop |
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12th June 1953 |
Moon's |
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1952 |
William James Moon died |
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1936 |
Moon's Cycle Depot |
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Abt. 1930s |
Moon's Cycle Depot |
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1926 |
Moon, W.J. |
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1925 |
Moon, William James, |
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1916 |
Moon, William J. cycle dealer, |
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1912 |
Moon W. J., Cycle Motor Agent |
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Jul 1911 |
W.J. Moon |
Notes
- Moon's is not shown at No.1 High Street in the 1911 census, but
planning details below show that the shop front was constructed
sometime after July 1911 and the shop is in the 1912 phone book and the subsequent 1916 Kelly's
Directory in the High Street - previously William James (W.J.) Moon's shop had
been at No.20 Old Station Road (now Superherbs Clinics) and is listed there in the 1909 &
1910 phone books.
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W.J. Moon Cycle Shop - Old Station Road c. 1903
[Many thanks to John Moon and 'Old Newmarket' for this photograph] -
William James Moon was born in Newmarket in 1882 and in 1911 lived
at No.5 Falmouth Street. He married Dorothy Richardson in 1916.
They had four children; Malcolm James Moon, 1918, Bryan William Moon, 1921, Audrey D E Moon, 1923 and Stephen John Moon, 1930.
Better known just as John Moon, it was he who continued his father's legacy, renaming the shop in later years as Moon's Toy Shop.
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Moon's Toy Shop moved to its
present location in Kingston Passage at No.85 High Street
- Kingston House in 1969, being listed at both No.1 and No.85 High
Street in the Phone Book in that year. The shop eventually became the
present-day Moons Toymaster Superstore.
- William's former shop in No.20 Old Station Road had a curious next use:-
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The sale
of bicycles moved to a new shop - Moon's Cycles Centre on the other
corner of the clock tower roundabout at No.1 Old Station Road -
appearing at that address in the 1974 Phone Book.
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A. A. Richardshon's Opticians moved from No.3
The Avenue - Cardigan Lodge to this shop in 1970, being joined
by Michael N. Henley Opticians, who's name also appears at this
address in the 1971 - 1974 Phone Books. [Note from webmaster - I can
confirm this dual occupancy - purchashing spectacles from this
opticians during this period.]
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A. A. Richardshon's Opticians is shown in the Phone Book at this
address until 1984. The shop eventually became the present-day Scotts Eyecare.
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Reproduced courtesy of Francis Frith.
- As shown on Chapman's maps of Newmarket of 1768 and 1787 and
described in Frank Silzter's article "Newmarket: its sports and
personalities" of 1923, this area was originally gardens and
plantations located between the Red Lion Inn
and what was then Dalham Road (now Moulton Road).
It's not obvious on any of the censuses if there was ever any buildings on this specific location prior to the opening of Moon's Cycle Depot in 1911.
Building Changes
- Suffolk Record Office, Bury St Edmunds Branch
Newmarket Urban District Council Records
Reference EF 506 - Shop front, High St, for W.J. Moon EF 506/6/1/14/404 Jul 1911
- Many thanks to Roger Newman for the postcard 'Jubilee Clock & Moons Cycle Depot 30s'.
- Many thanks to 'Old
Newmarket' for the photos 'Moons Bicycle Showrooms', 'The Clock Tower & Old Station Road
c. 1900' and 'The Clock Tower c. 1978'.
- Photo 'W.J. Moon' by kind permission of the Newmarket Journal and
the Newmarket
Memories Facebook page.
| Newmarket
Journal, February 22, 1913 Mr W J Moon, the Newmarket agent, has just received the first consignment of Raleigh all-steel bicycles for 1913 and is now making a special display of these machines at his premises near the Jubilee Tower. |
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Friday 02 May 1913, Cambridge Independent Press '... The National League for Opposing Women's Suffrage has established itself in Old Station-road, Newmarket, in the premises recently vacated Mr W. J. Moon, and the window is plastered with pictures of the most striking character, eminently calculated to provoke the militant suffragettes if they happen to come to Newmarket....' |
