Williams Brothers Stores

Hoddesdon
By Lynne B

Williams Brothers Stores was a grocery and provisions shop situated towards the south end of Hoddesdon High Street. My parents met while working there. I can remember going into the store when I was quite young. I believe it closed down in the late 1960s. Next to it was Woolworths on one side and the Golden Lion Public House on the other. Woolworths sold plastic farm animals individually and I remember collecting them, one each week. Further down and across the road I can remember Stones, the first record shop in Hoddesdon. It was originally just an electrical and radio shop.

Photo:Williams Bothers Stores

Williams Bothers Stores

This page was added by Lynne Burton on 26/05/2009.

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The shop was in London and Essex too. More pictures and discussion can be found on flickr.

By Steven Duhig
On 09/11/2011

Hi, do you have any idea how I would go about finding out which Williams Brothers ran these stores?

By Karen
On 03/08/2012

I used to work for the MD of Williams Brothers, around 1969, when their Head Office was located in White Hart Lane, Tottenham. I think I'm right in saying that there were two 'young' Williamses working there at the same time - Mr Paul? is the only one I can remember. The MD was Brian Nunn, and he left at about the same time as I did, I think, but he went off to Norfolk Island: I went to Hertford! I never remember much work being done in my office concerning the company's retailing, but more to do with the boys' clubs Nunn supported.

By Lesley Durston
On 27/11/2012

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