SaltersStores.co.uk
Family Owned in Winchester since 1909
info@saltersstores.co.uk
SaltersStores.co.uk |
Salters Stores Family Owned in Winchester since 1909 |
01962 856570 info@saltersstores.co.uk |
Storage Prices Location Contacts History |
The History of Salters Stores His traction engine was housed in the Engine Shed, and his marquees and hire-equipment were kept in the Tent Store. |
 Original Building Control Plans for Salters Stores 1909 |
 'Loving Cup' from City Wine Vaults |
Charles Salter originally
ran the City Wine Vaults at 125 High Street,
Winchester - recently Thorntons, now a mobile phone shop  |
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Charles subsequently bought the Eastgate Hotel and Restaurant, on the
corner of Eastgate Street and Bridge Street - now Eastgate House, an
Estate Agents. He described his business as 'Officers' Mess Caterers and General Refreshment Contractors, etc.' with Stores at Highcliffe Park. |
 Eastgate Hotel Postcard |
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 Heading from Charles Salter Invoice |
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| Charles Salter was at times a city councillor and alderman. |  Charles Salter (centre, white hat) at King Alfred "Millenary" hog roast 1901 |
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 Eastgate Hotel Restaurant, 1960s. Charles Edward seated rear centre. |
The business passed from Charles to his son Charles Edward and then, in 1968, to Charles Edward's son, Derek. | |
 Charles Edward's van in grounds of Salters Stores, early 1960s |
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 Derek's Marquees by Winchester Cathedral, 1970s |
After the closure of the Eastgate Hotel in 1974, Derek continued to run the catering and marquee hire business from Salters Stores at Highcliffe until his untimely death in 1984. | |
| In 1984,
Derek's wife Mary let Salters Stores to Graham Barnes, a
local joiner, who ran Winchester Storage and Joinery Co. from
the
site until his retirement in 2006. Graham encouraged the community spirit at Salters Stores which provides a meeting place for a number of local tradesmen. |
 Graham at work 1989 |
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