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A man in a dark suit with a watch chain stands in a shop doorway next to a display window featuring posters and glassware.

William Rodgers, chemist assistant, 3 High Street, Ely c.1910

Gardiner’s, 3 High Street, Ely

History of 3 High Street

Audrey Denton in Recollections of Old Ely, describes how her father, William Rodgers, working at 3 High Street, Gardiner’s the chemists, met her mother, Lydia Ann Hart, who was working at no.7, Pledgers. They married in 1907 and moved to St Mary’s Street.

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