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Acc. 3268

Ref: MUS/328

Reference: [GB 0212] MUS/328
Date(s): 1900s-1950s
Level: Fonds
Extent: 8 items
Scope and content: Branded ephemera from Aberystwyth emporia.

MUS/328/1-2. Owen's bakers and confectioners of 19-21 North Parade.

1. Hovis branded stout paper bag with string handles, 'The National Health Builder'.
1930s

2. Hovis branded paper bag, 'for strength and energy'. Both this and the previous item advertise the luncheons and teas provided by all branches of Owens.

MUS/328/3-8. R.P. Roberts, at first a fishmonger, later also a poulterer and game salesman. He was succeeded at 19 Northgate Street by G.T. Watson's The Northgate Fish, Game and Poultry Stores.

3. Blank customer account book or passbook for R.P. Roberts, Telephone 95.

4. Blank headed invoice, 'Bought of R.P. Roberts', Telephone 95, with print of fish. The notice, 'Wenham Lake Ice always in stock', indicates a date before 1913, by when the lake's ice was no longer harvested.

5. Blank headed memo, with photographic picture of hanging game, for R.P. Roberts, Telephone 95.
1920s

6. Blank headed invoice, 'Bot of R.P. Roberts (G.T. Watson)', Telephone 695, with fish logo, 'Quality, Service, Satisfaction'.

7. Blank headed invoice, 'Bot of R.P. Roberts (G.T. Watson)', Telephone 695, with print of fish.
1950s

8. Blank printed invoice, 'Bot. of G.T. Watson'.