Wellington Street was Luton’s foremost shopping area in the 19th century.
It was here that the Universal Tea Company traded and its presence on the street is recorded in Kelly’s Directory for 1898. In the above photograph you can see more of the sign revealed. The building to the right - number 6 - has obviously been rebuilt since then to a greater height and obscuring the second line.
Looking carefully at the sign you can see that a second sign has been painted on top in the past. This last photo shows that the shop has a sign with "Maypole" on the front and the green writing is indeed this word.
No record with details of the "Maypole" shop has yet to be revealed.
Hello, do you have any pictures of Lipton's supermarket. It was at 16 Wellington Street. My dad used to manage the store. It would have been around 1960 - 1970. Thank you.
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