07300 321191
You can find Walley’s Shop at 191 Queen’s Road in Hastings in a beautiful 19th Century five story building. Like so many buildings in Queen’s Road, it was originally built as a shop downstairs with owners accommodation above
The ground floor where Walley’s shop now resides has had many incarnations. From 1870 it was home to Phillips Brothers Upholsterers and Cabinet Makers. In 1900 George T Mackney (Gentlemen’s Tailor) opened at 191 and in around 1909 the shop became an ironmongers, firstly G E Oldrins and later changed to S.F. Walleys.
When refurbishing the building we found a lot of advertisements for ‘S. F. Walley - builders ironmongers, tools and gardening equipment’.
Simon Walley owned the shop for many years and lived above with his family. He appears to have returned from WWI in 1916 having been injured
He opened at 191 Queen’s Road and traded there for nearly 30 years. It felt right to return such a longstanding name and part of Hastings history to the restored building
Like Simon Walley, we sell gardening tools but also plants, beautiful gifts including vintage and antique glass and gardening items. We aim to sell locally made or high quality British goods wherever possible – such as Bulldog tools and Haws watering cans
We sell tasty fresh ground Rave Coffee (a small Bristol based company) which can be enjoyed with our glass cafetieres. We also sell hand-picked Greek delicatessen products from Mount Pelion - unusual and delicious products such as spoon sweets, tomato jam and apple syrup which are difficult to find outside of Greece
Along with glass teapots and diffuser tea cups, also on our shelves are beautifully aromatic, hand picked teas which are naturally caffeine free and have proven medicinal properties. Our delicatessen items come from small family firms in Pelion, Greece which are renowned for excellence and which specialise in these products. The teas come from Giannis Manos in Makrinitsa whose farm occupies the highest slopes of the mountain where rare teas can be grown due to the high altitude, warm climate and natural crystal clear springs
Over the coming months we will be expanding our offering with new ranges in the shop. We try always to sell at less than online prices and hope you will visit and support us
Keep going!
Proud stockists of HAWS
A British company, established in 1886,
HAWS makes the finest quality
copper, galvanised and powder-coloured watering cans
Wonderfully crafted and they pour perfectly
These make special gifts which are guaranteed to last a lifetime
Pickled and Walley's shop
need to be closed for a little
while - but we will post again
as soon as we can re-open
Thanks to everyone so much for your support and hope to see you soon
191 Queens Road
Hastings
TN34 1RG
07300 321 191
shop@walleys.co.uk
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