ABOUT THIS PAGE
This page traces the history of this building/address, listing its different identities and faces over the years.
If you have any photos of this location or any additional information/dates etc, please do get in touch as we’d love to add them. If you have any memories or stories to share, please enter them in the comments below.
As well as our main Facebook group, we also have a group dedicated to the history of Fleet and Church Crookham.
To join our online history group, please click here -> Fleet and Crookham History Archives Group
Thank you and hope you enjoy the page!
TIMELINE
Here you will find a timeline for the occupants of this address. The one constant on the building over the years is the Hovis sign on the upper part of the frontage, which can still be seen today.
Click section below for more details.
PHOTO | NAME | OPENED | CLOSED | NOTES |
 | H. BEAZLEY CONFECTIONER | 1910 | - | Existed in 1910. Presume this is the same business as the next listing. |
| | F. L. BEAZLEY BAKER | 1923 | c1926 | Existed in 1923. |
| | J. WRIGHT BAKER | 1926 | c1929 | Existed in 1926. |
| | THE WHITE HEATHER BAKERIES | 1929 | c1931 | Existed in 1929. |
| | T. W. HAWKE BAKERS | c1931 | c1939 | T. W. Hawke - Baker, Confectioner & General Caterer |
 | HOFFMAN BAKERS | c1950 | c1958 | Open from at least 1952 - 55. Stanley Hoffman. |
 | WRIGHTS BAKERS (1) | 1958 | 2008 | D. R. Wright & Sons, Bakers and Confectioners. Opened August/September 1958. |
| | WRIGHTS BAKERS (2) | 2008 | 2009 - 2013 | Customer comments: Sold to new Polish owners in 2008. Quality of goods went downhill. |
 | SERENDIPITY | 2013 | 2023 | Antique and collectables shop. Closed 30/09/23. |
PHOTO GALLERY
An album of all/any images of this location’s exterior that appears on our website.
To see interior images, please select a business/occupant from the links above.
(Click on photo to enlarge and scroll through selection)
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