Lenton Times

The Magazine of Lenton Local History Society

"My husband and I  married in 1956 and took over this little shop on Mettham Street . We lived there for about three years and then sold it just before all the supermarkets started to appear.  It was a grocer & green grocers and we also sold all sorts of odds and ends.  The photo shows our friend, Russell Stokes, perusing my sign writing skills."
Photo and caption courtesy of Pat Fines

This end property is the one that housed Pat Fines' shop.  The different brick tones clearly evident in the enlarged version of this photograph, taken by Paul Bexon in 2004, indicate where the original shop frontage was situated.

This photograph, taken by Peter Holland in 1978, shows Mettham Street looking towards Lenton Boulevard. Frederick Grove lies off to the right.  As this shot shows there was another corner shop on the opposite corner.

This 2004 shot is also taken looking along Mettham Street but the photographer is now standing at its junction with Harley Street.  The property shown in the 1978 photograph is still clearly with us but the shop frontage was removed a few years ago.