Wood's Supper Bar. Alfred Wood opened his Fish and Chip shop at some time between the two World Wars. The business was located at the corner of Buxton Road and Old Road. Earlier photos show that this had at one time been a draper's shop. By 1941 this had been sold to Mrs Amy Johnson.
The photograph above comes from Kathleen Bennett and shows the shop dressed for either the 1935 Jubilee or the 1937 Coronation. In the window is a poster for UCP Tripe and in each corner is a selection of bottles, presumably containing soft drinks.
"Elder" in the above advertisement refers to a dish of cooked cow's udder.
This postcard, also from Kath Bennet, shows Buxton Road in the 1930s. The sign at the end of Wood's shop, advertises Barrett's Soda Water. We don't know when the fish and chip shop closed but it was re-opened as a newsagent's in 1957 by Brian Smedley.
In this picture we can also see Valentines confectioners (later Hill's grocers) and the Post Office. In the distance are Ernie Davies's "cafe" and the bank.
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