21/10/1976 SSW Supermarket in Station Street, Werribee.

ID: 9999
Copyright: This image is provided for research purposes only and must not be reproduced for other purposes without the prior permission of the Werribee and District Historical Society.
Local ID: 385

Description: Location: West side of Station Street, Werribee. See also photo no.54.The business began on the East side of Station Street and was then moved to the Western side about 1913, taking over that store from the Farmers Co-operative Society. It was run as an ordinary grocers shop until Alf's death in 1938. His sons Aubrey and Wilfred continued until Wilfred's retirment around 1951. Aubrey and his four sons continued with the business, joining the SSW group in the early sixties and becoming a supermarket. Just before selling out, they transferred to the Festlival Group. Is currently the site of The Warehouse (formerly Crazy Clints).Peter and Elizabeth Ross started to operate the pharmacy, found to the left of the photograph, in the early sixties and continue to do so to the present day. Original photograph not mounted 21.5 x 15cm. Original held by Historical Society.. Comben's Grocery Store; SSW Supermarket; Station Street - Werribee - Victoria; businesses chemist

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