What was on the site of the Tesco Metro before it was built in the late 1970s?

Datdat

I had a Saturday job in the 'new' Tescos, after it opened in 1978/9. I grew up in Stroud Green, but cannot remember what was originally on the site which Tescos now occupies. Does anyone remember what was there?

marko

https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=18.166666666666668&lat=51.56871&lon=-0.11229&layers=170&b=9

Suggests a dairy depot at the front and laundry at the rear. Earlier maps show a school. Neither were as wide as the current frontage, so it's likely some houses got demolished as well.

Ali

Interesting map. I didnt know there had been a confectionery factory at 57/59 SGR.

There is of course the famous one further up the road at Sainsburys

https://www.markpack.org.uk/47695/george-osborne-barratt-stroud-green-road/

Ali

There are quite a few books written about our local history

https://hornseyhistorical.org.uk/topics/stroud-green/