Worcester's corner shops

The corner shop was part of our daily lives, in every neighbourhood for most of the 20th century. It was a place to pick up your favourite sweets or your every day groceries and have a natter with your neighbours. Today they are a much rarer sight. Here are a few from around the city to take you back, but beware! Identifying them is much trickier than you might expect! This one from around the 1960s was an off license, but where was it?

2. Not quite a corner shop, but still a familiar sight to many. Co-op local branches could be found all round the city before the advent of the supermarket. But where was this one?

3. A few relics of days gone by in this image from the 1950s and it was located on a main tram route. Where are we?

4. A view from 1951, but where?

5. Preece's Groceries & Provisions were advertising Colman's Starch and mustard in this 1950s view. Where were they?

6. Top marks (or a hearty pat on the back) to anyone who can get this one right! This part of the city was substantially redeveloped in the 1960s, replacing tiny back-to-back cottages with more 'modern' living accommodation. Where are we?

7. These neighbourhood shops have very recently been demolished. Any ideas?

8. Another local off licence serving Banks's Ales along with fresh produce and groceries. Like many local off licenced shops, this one had a pump in the corner where you could fill a tankard with a good frothy beer! Where was it?

9. Sweets and chocolate were still under rationing (not lifted until 1953) when this photo was taken but your limited supplies could be found here. Where are we?

10. These purpose built shops were part of a new estate built after WW2. Where could you find the shops belonging to Meek and Watkins?

11. Another traditional Victorian corner shop here, with baby outside in the pram. Where was this?

12. Finally, ending with a bit of a treat. A dog treat that is. Among the multitude of vintage advertisements here, Spratt's Patent Dog Cakes really stands out. These were a mix of grains, beetroot, vegetables and “the dried unsalted gelatinous parts of Prairie Beef”. Now you know. But, do you know where this shop was?