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Corner entrance of a brick building with a Dover Street sign, white-framed door, and a circular SV marker on the wall.

South corner of Dover Street and East Road 1974 – 186 East Road (MoC554/74)

186 East Road

History of 186 East Road

1913

M Isabella McGregor, confectioner and tobacconist

1962

Sylvester Bros, icecream manufacturers

A row of terraced shops on East Road with a man in a dark suit standing on the pavement in front of the storefronts.

186 – 188 East Road, March 1974 (MoC609/74)

A street view of terraced shops on East Road with a parked van, two figures on the pavement, and brick facades in 1970.

186 – 190 East Road, 1970 (MoC 5/89/70)

1974

186 and 186a were a pet shop called ‘Billspetz’.

A row of terraced shops on East Road with chimneys, storefront signs, and two men standing on the pavement in 1974.

186 – 190 East Road, 1974 (MoH 438/74)

In early 1974 there was a serious fire at the premises.

1980

A two-storey brick corner building on East Road with boarded-up windows and graffiti, seen from a street corner in the 1980s.

186 East Road, 1980s, by Roy Hammans (the-golden-fleece.co.uk)

A person pushes a stroller past a brick building storefront with windows displaying text in large, hand-painted capital letters.

186 East Road, 1980s, by Roy Hammans (the-golden-fleece.co.uk)

1981-1983

The Grapevine Bookshop moved here from 41 Fitzroy Street in 1981 and stayed until the building was demolished in 1983 as part of the East Road widening scheme after which they moved to Dales Brewery.

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