A.W. Allen Ltd- Cinema Advertising Slide

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A.W. Allen made a strong claim to have 'Foxton's Busiest Store'- although I am sure that the grocery shop would have challenged that statement! A.W. Allen Ltd still would have been very busy- it survived on the same Main Street location (right by Clyde Street) for decades. Kete records show it there in 1955 and still there in 1987. Company records suggest it was dissolved in 1991.

A.W. Allen Ltd also had a store in Levin, with newspaper records showing that it was trading as early as 1937. Those ads also proclaimed that it was 'Levin's Busiest Store!'  Did A.W. Allen retire and hand the business over? Or did he just like being very, very busy!

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1950s