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R A Wheeler - Butchers
Rowland Arthur Wheeler

Wheeler's
1916 invoice header
R A Wheeler - butcher - 12 High Street
An invoice from 1916

This business was established about 1880 by C E Knight, and R A Wheeler took
over about 1908 and taken over in about 1922 by Edward Warren.
Rushden Echo, Friday 26th October 1917, transcribed by Kay Collins

An Accident happened on Saturday to a lad named Payne, when taking a truck of meat for Mr R A Wheeler, butcher. Payne was pulling the truck, and another boy was pushing it, when it got out of control in going down-hill, with the result that it knocked Payne down and ran over his leg.


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