The firm of Lankester and Crook, originally called Lankester's and then Lankester and Spencer, was founded by Augustus Lankester (1831-1913) in c.1860. Augustus was the grandson of Henry Blomfield Lankester and cousin of William Goddard Lankester of the firm of ironfounders and ironmongers (see below). Their first store was in Obelisk Road, Woolston, but they soon expanded and had many branches in the Southampton region, and a bakery, Alexandra Bakery, in Woolston. The shops sold groceries, wines and spirits, household goods and contained a post office. The firm continued to trade until the 1980s.
Lankester & Crook, Obelisk Road, Woolston
Photograph, c.1896, from "A Descriptive Account of Southampton - Illustrated"
See also:
External links:
- Image of Lankester and Crook's shop at 452 Bitterne Road, 1935, on PortCities.
- Blog post describing a walk in Woolston in 2016. Mentions Lankester and Crook's Obelisk Road branch.
- Rita Prior's account of working in the Titchfield branch of Lankester and Crook's in the 1940s.
Further Reading:
Descriptive Account of Southampton Illustrated. P55-57. (HS/a)
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