Updated:  14 September 2011

South side (from Old Town Street towards George Street):

• 1 - G C Bateman FBOA, optician, with Miss Dorothy Haskell, ladies' hairdresser, and Messrs Regal Appliances Ltd, fire protection engineers, above;

• 2 - Sellicks, booksellers, stationers and printers;

• 3 - Parker & Smith, pianoforte dealers;

• 4 - NL;

• 5 - Jackson's Ltd, hatters;

• 6 - NL;

• 7 - Francis Modes, costumiers;

• 7a - Doctor Scholl's Foot Comfort Service, chiropodists;

• 8 - Manfield & Sons Ltd, boot makers;

• 9 - NL;

• 10 - NL;

• 11 - Snell & Company, tobacconists, with Harry Williams FBOA, opticians, above;

• 12 - H E Closs & Company Ltd, silk mercers;

• 13 - Perkin Brothers, ladies', gentlemen's and boys' outfitters;

• Here were Westwell Street and Basket Street

• 14 - NL;

• 15 - Midland Bank Ltd, Mr Alfred Brunyee, manager;

• 16 -

• 17 -

• 18 - J Lyons & Company Ltd, tea shop;

• 19/20 - C A & W Goodbody Ltd, cafe, tea and coffee specialists, bakers, confectioners and caterers;

• 21 - Westminster Bank Ltd, John A Shearme, manager;

• 22 - James Barrington, costumier;

• 23 - Stead & Simpson Ltd, boot dealers (also over number 24);

• 24 - Lipton Ltd, provision merchants, with Stead & Simpson Ltd, boot dealers, above;
  also sharing this address were: Plymouth (Drake Division) Conservative ands National Association, Captain R C Bridges, secretary; The Road Transport & General Insurance Company Ltd, F G Waite, branch manager; Robinson & Whitmarsh, accountants; James edge Ltd, colliery agents; Electrolux Ltd, vacuum cleaner manufacturers; J Hepworth & Son Ltd, clothiers; and Etam Ltd, hosiers, but it is not known which were on the ground floor in addition to Lipton's.

• 24a - Maynard & Son, saddlers; with Stratton-Hallet & Elmslie, auctioneers, above.

• Here was George Street

• Prudential Buildings
  Plymouth & South Devon Savings Bank, Duncan Millar, actuary; with Prudential Assurance Company Ltd; Fox, Roy & Company Ltd, general merchants; above along with:

  • 1/2/3 - Viner, Carew & Company Ltd, auctioneers, estate agents and valuers;

  • 4/5 - Dream Tor Rest Home office, E F Mitchell, superintendent; and Emmanuel F Mitchell, osteopath;

  • 6 - Lloyd's Register of Shipping, A T Thomas, surveyor;

  • 7/8 - Caribonum Ltd, typewriter supplies;

  • 16 to 39 - Inland Revenue Office, Samuel A Dunn, HM Inspector of Taxes, 1st District, and Charles G Strick, HM Inspector of Taxes, 2nd District;

  • 40/41/42 - City of Plymouth Assessment Committee, Albert Gard, clerk.

• Here were Frankfort Street and Cornwall Street

North side (from Frankfort Street towards Old Town Street):

• 26/27 - W J Vickery & Company Ltd, outfitters;

• 28/29/30/31 - E Dingle & Company Ltd, drapers;

• 32 - Underwood & Company (Plymouth) Ltd, grocers and provision merchants;

• 33 - E Dingle & Company Ltd, drapers;

• 34 - Access to Prince, Waterhouse & Company, chartered accountants; County Fire Office Ltd, G M Rainer, resident inspector; Alliance Assurance Company Ltd, G M Rainer, resident inspector; Bowmaker Ltd, finance corporation; Liverpool & London & Globe Insurance Company Ltd, Harold Wright, local manager; and S W Haughton & Son, architects; above Lloyd's Bank;

• 35 - National Provincial Bank Ltd, Arthur Reginald Whitmarsh, manager;

• Here was Bank Street;

• 36 - Lloyd's Bank Ltd, Harold R L Sweet,  manager; with Stubbs' Mercantile Offices, trade protection society; Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada, F J Marshall, branch manager; Cuthbert D Bromhead ACA, chartered accountant; and Motor Trade Association, H J Stamp, divisional secretary; above.

• 37/38 - John Yeo & Company Ltd, drapers;

• 39/40/41/42 - Popham's Ltd, drapers;

• Here was Bedford Arcade

• 43/44 - Popham's Ltd, drapers;

• 45 - Red Line Shoe Company;

• 46 - Timothy White's & Taylors Ltd, chemists;

• 47 - NL;

• 48/49 - Dolcis Shoe Company Ltd, boot dealers;

• 50 - Hepburn Hats, milliners;

• 51 - H Samuel Ltd, jewellers;

• 52 - Spooner & Company, departmental store;

• 53 - Henry Dodgson (1928) Ltd, costumiers;

• Here was Market Lane

• 54/55 - Spooner & Company, departmental store;

• 56 - Tucketts Ltd, confectioners;

• 57 - Willerby & Company Ltd, tailors;

• 58 - Albert Pengelly Ltd, tobacconists;

NL = Addresses not listed.  These were usually let on short-term tenancies and therefore not listed in street directories.

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Principal Source:

"Kelly's (formerly Underhill's) Post Office Directory of Plymouth and District, 1935-36", Kelly's Directories Ltd, London, 1935.