Burrows Newsagents, 54 Tivoli Street

Burrows Newsagents, formerly of 54 Tivoli Street, and The Little Crown Inn

The late Avril Fellowes, who moved to America, and her daughter Tricia, kindly sent us these memories and photos of Burrows Newsagents and The Little Crown Inn, at the corner of Union Street and Commercial Street.

Avril wrote:
"My grandparents Wallace and Agnes Burrows ran the newsagents at 54 Tivoli Street for many years and then after retirement my Uncle Harold Burrows ran it."

"I have several pictures through the years of the changes brought about to 54. This is one of my Dad standing in front of 54 Tivoli Street, when he was about 12. He was born in 1900 in Park Place. "

Thomas Wallace Burrows, c.1912

" ... the shop with the name around the door"

"The photos on the right include my grandparents and my mother, Florence, sitting on the Gordon Lamp." (Rather, this is the lamp at Tivoli. Ed.)

Wallace Burrows

Agnes Burrows

Florence Burrows

"I have lived in the US for many years but, when I visit, I stay at 54 with my Aunt. Friends sent me this website, so I will be visiting often. I am passing it on to one of my daughters, who came to England with me a couple years ago, as she is very interested in all things English. I was at 54 last Oct-Nov and watched the Tivoli rise up."

"My maternal grandparents, Alfred and Amelia Matthews, ran the Little Crown Inn. It is now, or was last time I looked, a Veterinary Clinic (Macdonalds Vets). My grandparents ran the Sudeley Arms in Winchcombe before moving to the Little Crown Inn. My sister was born there. My grandparents later retired and moved to the Old Bath Road. Here is a picture of my grandmother (Amelia), my mother (Florence) and uncle outside the pub."

Alfred Matthews with soldiers at the back of the Inn during the Great War.

"The girl on the right is my Mother (Florence) I believe the other girl is her friend Ivy. They were in the Girl Guides together. St James group of guides. My sister and I in later years belonged to the same troop. I still have some of my girl guide patches. Seem to remember I was in the Heather patrol."