Leonard Collison & Chaddisbrooke

After W T Gadd died, his trustees sold the house and shop in 1924 to Mr E C Webley. He then sold it to H E Tice in 1928. The business name was then changed from Gadd & Co to Tice & Son. Harold Tice appears to have become bankrupt in 1934 and the Trustees of the Hampshire & General Building Society sold Chaddisbrooke, and premises to Leonard Collison. He purchased the goodwill of the grocery business including the trading name Tice & Son. Harold Tice was the son of William Burrows Tice featured on our Penny Readings display. In 1901 Harold Tice's occupation was given as breadmaker in his father's bakery, now part of Goose Green Cottage. Long before Harold purchased Chadddibrooke in 1928 William Bettesworth had transferred the Post Office business away from the Gadd & Co stores - firstly across the road to Forge Court and then back across the road to the building now occupied by Lloyds Pharmacy. Oral history evidence indicates that Leonard Collison was only seeking a house, but when the right house came with a shop attached, he decided to become a shopkeeper.

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Page written by Peter Tipton for the Yateley Society's 2003 Exhibition: Adult Education in Yateley mounted in Yateley Library during Local History Month, for which the theme was Adult Education. This exhibition was held in conjunction with Yateley Workers Education Association (WEA) -- now in 2008 defunct. Pages may have been updated as a result of recent research.

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