Hi Lyn
I remember J.A Ryley, it was opposite Henry Corbetts (were I worked), Lower Tower Street.
Regards Carol.
Morning Lyn, Mike. Would these shops have once been private houses pre 1895.? Looking above the first floor windows the shop frontage seems to be something of an after thought. Reg.
I worked at J.A.Ryley from about August 1963 to about March 1964. It was a good place to work and had some good people working there, but the same as everywhere else the wages for youngsters were pitiful. The building inside was really old fashioned from the offices in the attic to the storerooms in the basement. At that time the shop next door was a newsagent and tobacconist.
Phil