Hastings Forum

A relatively new addition to my collection. If anyone knows the official name of the shop I would love to re-title the image accordingly.

I am assuming Harvey's Tea Stores is a brand thing rather than the name of the shop, but do correct me if i'm wrong.

Is this the same place? No sign of a shop today, it's just a residential area on the corner or Calvert Road, which itself drops down south from Mount Pleasant Road:

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@50.86477 ... !1e1?hl=en

Yep that's the one, corner of Calvert Road and St George's Road. Interesting eh?

I see some mention of shops, probably of a later date, down at the low-numbered end near Whitefriars/Vicarage road, so clearly it was not alone:

http://www.1066online.co.uk/gallery/old ... orges-road

Perhaps someone could check the census ?1901 to see who lived at no. 83.

The search facility on FindMyPast is not very easy by way of street name.
The name Harvey comes up hundreds of times -eg Harvey Du Cross the Tory MP.

Nothing comes up in the newspapers for Harvey's Tea Stores/Grocers.
A better possibility is for a local to look at Kelly's or Pikes Directory

Libraries offer free access to the Ancestry and Find My Past websites. They include the census of the UK population from 1841 to 1911.
Some libraries and the record office hold full census data for Sussex 1841 to 1911

I think it means going to east sussex libraries online and using your library card and pin to access records - I could try later but am a little tied up at the moment!

I have all the census available but my system does not allow me to search by road name. Ancestry may allow it. Pikes & Kelly are not online yet

If it is any help, the 1935 Pikes directory shows the resident as R. Harvey (general store) . By the mid 50s it was the Orange Cafe owner Frank Meeks.

Thank you Hastinger, that is a great help. I will re-title the photo accordingly. Yay problem solved