Rushden Research Group: Orrell W. P.

W. P. Orrell, M.P.S.

	W P Orrell, M.P.S., traded as The Rushden Pharmacy. c1912-1926 He offered 'personal attention, accurate dispensing and high-class toilet requistes'. He also sold photographic goods. The shop was opposite the Parish Church of St Mary, and was part of Peter Crips's department store but it is now up for sale. (2010)
9 & 11 High Street

Rushden Echo, 1st November 1918, transcribed by Kay Collins

Mr W P Orrell, chemist, Rushden, has received a letter from his former assistant, Trooper J L Shoesmith, of the Hussars... See Soldiers' Notes 1918

Rushden Echo, 23rd March 1900

This advert tells us that
Mr M H Griffith
had taken over from
Mr W Wilkerson in 1900,
in the premises.

Wallace Wilkerson had traded throughout the 1890s.
Matthew Griffith took over in 1900 but seems to have stayed for just a few years.