FR Stubbs

SATURDAY

Off to York.

This is from the Evening Press, first published Wednesday 14th Feb 2001.

A little bit more of York's heritage disappears - the ironmongers FR Stubbs. Since 1915 the store - known to many as one of York's Aladdin's Caves - has stood proudly on the corner of Fossgate and Merchantgate.

It's main business was supplying the trade - but anyone desperate to find a screw for the old-fashioned plug at the back of their broom cupboard or a spare set of keys for the garage door was assured of a welcome.

Francis Richard Stubbs set the business up in 1904 and moved to the present Grade 11 listed building in 1915.