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Shops and Shopping Memories

In this section of the website you will find interviews describing the Frome shops and shopping habits of the past. Four of the interviews have been taken from the 2011 Home in Frome ‘Shop Talk‘ project.

Robert and Dorothy Hawker remember Frome shops before supermarkets
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Robert and Dorothy Hawker discuss how shopping in Frome has changed over the years and recall the hustle and bustle of Catherine Hill in the past

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Tony Paniccia talks about his family’s ice cream business in Frome
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The Paniccia family’s ice cream was well loved in Frome. Here, Tony Paniccia talks about his family, and the factory and shop in Naish’s Street

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Trevor Weston remembers the shops in the Trinity area of Frome
 Trevor Weston remembers the shops in the Trinity area of Frome 626 768 Mercer Design
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Trevor Weston grew up in ‘Ope’ in Selwood Road, Frome and remembers the many different shops in the Trinity and Badcox areas

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Ernest Clothier describes life in the Moore & Toop shop from 1969 – 2019
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Ernest Clothier talks about changes he’s seen in the seed and grain trade in the years since taking on the Moore & Toop shop in Frome

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