THIS archetypal corner shop, photographed about 1925, was in Fell Lane, strategically situated opposite the entrance to the Infirmary, the later St John's Hospital.
At this time its proprietor was George Arthur Hodgson, whose young daughter Nellie is standing on the left. Subsequently it became Wignall's, then Hudson's, then more familiarly Ronnie's.
Early 20th-century shopping habits were illustrated by the presence of three more shops higher up Fell Lane, and a substantial Co-operative Society store lower down.
The tin advertisements for Lyons' Tea and Wills' Gold Flake and Wild Woodbine cigarettes would now be collectors' items. Railings on top of the garden walls of the adjoining houses would go to help the Second World War effort.
Last run by Ronnie Shuttleworth, the shop closed down on his retirement in 1990.
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