Hazelton's Store

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NameHazelton's StoreTypeBuildingStoreBusinessAddressTongarra Road,Albion ParkDescriptionEdward Hazelton 3rd was the first Hazleton to operate the famous store at Albion Park.

William (Bill) Stanford took a position with Hazelton’s Store, Albion Park in 1933. Bill came to Oak Flats in 1919 when he was seven. His parents were railway workers, and his mother established the first Post Office at Oak Flats in 1930.

Bill worked five and a half days a week including Saturday mornings. He would call on the farmers and town customers, taking orders and delivering them the next day on his motorbike and side box. He delivered anything from a pound of butter, to sheets or corrugated iron on his bike, and said that owning a motorcycle and side box was an advantage in getting the job.

In those days, the job was labour intensive. Most of the stock arrived in bulk in chaff bags such as wheat, barley and bran. Sugar came in 70-pound bags and flour in 120-pound bags. Biscuits came in 12-pound tins and were weighed and sold according to requirements. Broken biscuits from the bottom of the tin were a young child's delight. Boxed butter also came in bulk.

"The shop was a really old building in those days with wide cracks in the floor where we used to sweep the dust. If you dropped any change, there was always a loose board to move to get it out".

External LinkGreen Coupons 1924Obituary Mr Edward Hazelton - 58 Years 1931

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Edward Hazelton's shop, Albion Park

Edward Hazelton's store, Tongarra Road, Albion Park about 1916

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Edward Hazelton's shop, Albion Park, c.1916.

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CollectionPlacesFamilyHazeltonLocalityAlbion ParkPersonStanford, William (Bill)PlaceHazelton Family Bungalow

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