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Mrs. Elizabeth Craven (Born 1855), in her starched white apron, stands proudly in the doorway of her corner shop at number 3 Roxburgh Road, alongside her daughter, Christiana (Born 1875). The image most likely dates from the early 1900s, probably before Christiana's marriage in 1903. By 1906 the Cravens were no longer proprietors of the Grocer's shop. Mrs. Craven was widowed in 1899 when her husband , Alfred Craven, died suddenly at the age of 45. His death was reported in the Leeds Daily News on 24th april 1899 as he had been found unconscious in the street and died shortly after his arrival at the infirmary. The grocer's in Roxburgh Road was at the junction with Selborne Street, left. Jars of traditional sweets line the window and large advertisements are displayed for Borax Dry Soap and Goodall's Jelly Squares. Other adverts include Hudson's Soap and Sunlight Soap. The shelves are edged with white zig-zagged trimming. A later image of the grocer's shop can also be viewed on the Leodis website. | License: | http://www.leodis.net/article.aspx?id=12 | Rights holder: | Leeds Central Library | Subjects: | Roxburgh Road Selborne Street | Source: | Leodis - A photographic archive of Leeds | Identifier: | http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?id=20... | Go to resource |
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