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Boot Repair and General Store, Doyleston
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NameBoot Repair and General Store, Doyleston
DescriptionIn early 1930, C. F. (Clarence / Clarrie) and Maggie Turner took over the cash business, general store and boot repair shop owned by Mrs Rachael Hibberd. Her husband George had owned the store from before 1916, and Rachael ran it alone after his death in 1927.
Under the Turners, the store sold Sucklings and Monarch shoes and boots, as well as meat, pies, fruit, vegetables and a variety of clothing. It was also an agent for Gordon and Gotch publications - magazines and novels etc.
In the early 1930s W. G. Turner also used the store for his business as an agent of radio supplier L. B. Scott Ltd, suppliers of Crosley Receiving Sets.
In 1949 the store was sold to Don and Jean McPherson, who turned it into a Four Square shop. They would go on to buy the Doyleston General Store across the road in 1961, and close their former shop.Start Datec1930
DescriptionIn early 1930, C. F. (Clarence / Clarrie) and Maggie Turner took over the cash business, general store and boot repair shop owned by Mrs Rachael Hibberd. Her husband George had owned the store from before 1916, and Rachael ran it alone after his death in 1927. Under the Turners, the store sold Sucklings and Monarch shoes and boots, as well as meat, pies, fruit, vegetables and a variety of clothing. It was also an agent for Gordon and Gotch publications - magazines and novels etc.
In the early 1930s W. G. Turner also used the store for his business as an agent of radio supplier L. B. Scott Ltd, suppliers of Crosley Receiving Sets.
In 1949 the store was sold to Don and Jean McPherson, who turned it into a Four Square shop. They would go on to buy the Doyleston General Store across the road in 1961, and close their former shop.
Start Datec1930Connections
PlaceDoylestonMore InformationAdvertisement for Turner's Store, March 1930Advertisement for Turner's Store, May 1930Advertisement for Turner's Store, April 1931C. F. Turner reports recovery of an injury, June, 1942Advertisement for W. G. Turner, agent for Crosley radio sets, April 1931Advertisement for tomatoes for sale at Turner's Store, March 1932Explanation of boot repairs, Turner's Store, May 1933Advertisement for pies and Green's savaloys at Turner's Store, also seeking preserved eggs, April 1931
More InformationAdvertisement for Turner's Store, March 1930Advertisement for Turner's Store, May 1930Advertisement for Turner's Store, April 1931C. F. Turner reports recovery of an injury, June, 1942Advertisement for W. G. Turner, agent for Crosley radio sets, April 1931Advertisement for tomatoes for sale at Turner's Store, March 1932Explanation of boot repairs, Turner's Store, May 1933Advertisement for pies and Green's savaloys at Turner's Store, also seeking preserved eggs, April 1931Boot Repair and General Store, Doyleston. Selwyn Stories, accessed 10/11/2025, https://selwynstories.selwynlibraries.co.nz/nodes/view/5197
