Clyde Storekeepers 1890-1980's.
Sarah & Tom Williams | 1890-1893 |
Sarah & Tom Ridgway | 1893-1904 |
Ethel & Maurice Forrest | 1904-1926 |
John T. & Agnes Collins | 1926-1932 |
George Masson | 1932-1932 |
C. W. Ryder & Violet Watson | 1936-1939 |
Russell Bray & Emily Alice Scott | 1934 -1936 |
Gerald Raymond & Muriel Uglow | 1940 -1948 |
John Dixon & May Irene Taylor | 1948-1951 |
Keith & Lorna Gillingham | 1951-1954 |
Archibald Keith & Peggy Ritchie | 1954-1956 |
Archibald Smith | 1956-1957 |
Ern & Sadie Young | 1957-1960 |
Alan & Marie Guilieri | 1960-1961 |
Ken & Barbara Gould | 1961 - 1974 |
James T & Shelia Daley | 1974 - 1975 |
Ralph & Riki Volders | 1975 -1980 |
Bob & Irene Odlum | |
Rob & Hilary Reynolds | 1999 |
Mike & Margaret Smith |
There was a Post Office in Clyde North from 1864 to about 1981. The Clyde Township Post Office was moved from the Railway Station to the present store in 1913.
Shops, Businesses and Trades People 1890-1930
Early storekeepers and tradesmen in Clyde were Embling Hardy, William Manks, Joseph Jennings (bricklayer), Benjamin Cutler (carpenter), John Ridgway (road contractor) John Murphy (mail contractor), John Sykes (farmer and contractor) and George Kenny, George Wilson (butchers).
Baker | 1916 | John Gage |
Blacksmith | 1914 | Alexander Stewart Kennedy |
Blacksmith | 1916 | Quinton McGeachin |
Blacksmith | 1918 | Francis C. Rooke |
Blacksmith | 1918 | William John Height |
Blacksmith | 1918 | Richard John Grigg |
Blacksmith | 1927 | James Gardner, Valetta St, |
Bootmaker | 1925 | Alexander Pope |
Bootmaker, Mail Run, Storekeeper | 1903 | James Spiers Stewart |
Bootmaker | 1925 | Alexander Pope |
Butcher / Lawyer | c 1927 | Adolpus S F. Opperman & Facey |
Butcher | 1926 | Ash |
Butcher | 1915 | Henry Peterson |
Butcher | 1912 | Peter Peterson |
Cake shop | 1927 - 1932? | Dolly Ferguson |
Carpenter | 1914 | John Stick |
Carpenter | 1914 | Charles Johnson |
Carpenter | 1922 | Walter M. Bailey |
Carpenter | 1928 | Horace Johnson |
Cartage Contracter & Farmer | 1923 | Richard A Hart |
Chaff Cutter | 1897 | Henry Manks |
Contracter | 1919 | Leslie Bailey |
Contracter | 1903 | Charles Wadey |
Contracter | 1923 | Alfred R Richmond |
Cook | 1918 | Essie Stapelton |
Cook | 1930 | Tom Bullock |
Dressmaker/Milinery | 1926-1927 | Doreen Wenn |
Harness Maker | Jack Jenner | |
Mail Contracter | 1915 | Charles Chapman |
Shopkeeper | 1920’s? | Mrs Hart |
Shopkeeper | 1891-1892 | Ann Churchill |
Store Keeper | 1925 | Albert Wenn - Wenn Brothers |
Traveller | 1918 | Cyril Croskell |
Dates are approximate.
Following the introduction of the milk truck (1928), farmers didn’t need to use the railways for milk transportation. They didn't need to come daily to the station. In 1939 it was reported since that change, two shops were removed and two were closed down.
1. Online (TROVE) Newspapers: The Age The Argus,The Dandenong Journal, South Bourke and Mornington Journal
2. The Good Country
3. Clyde School Roll
4. A Clyde History
5. Post Office Directories 1868
6. Electoral Roll
7. PROV Online Wills and Estates to 1925
8. Municipal Directories 1893, 95, 97, 99
9. Editor's personal knowledge