1929 - 1969
advertisement, The Abbey Stores, High-Class Grocery and Confectionery, proprietor F.H. Whaley
First reference to the store in the Leeds Directory is in 1929.
This Abbey Stores is a Grocers shop based in Ivegate, Yeadon.
They appear in the Yellow Pages from 1953 up to the 1969, no reference to ownership.
Run by Frederick Whaley.
Frederick Whaley is definitely the owner in 1929 so the advert could be from any point in time from 1929 up to 1953.
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