Do you remember when Harrop’s chemist looked like this? Wish I weighed as much now as I did on those scales. Thomas Harrop was born in 1914 and educated at Guisborough Grammar School, he served a five-year apprentice at Prosser’s 10 Zetland Road, (do you remember that shop; where Breckon and Shaw’s used to be?) He qualified in 1939, marrying in 1940 he opened the chemist’s in 1957. Sadly Tom passed away in 1980 the shop then was owned by Mr Ray Silver, who served the people of Loftus for many years. Still bearing the trading name of ‘Harrops Pharmacy’ it is now part of Oakside Pharmacy Ltd; it continues to play an important role in the community.
Image and information courtesy of Ray Silver.
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