F R Bower - Chemist & Stationer, Cinderford (General)

by Jefff , West London, Middlesex, Saturday, November 22, 2014, 17:38 (3443 days ago) @ MPGriffiths

Well spotted M, that's a lovely card, so much ornate detail. Odd as I've only been to St John's a couple of times and recall it as a rather dark, dreary place. Sadly so many older Churches don't look their best in winter time, especially at funerals....

It's also on this site's gallery,
http://www.forest-of-dean.net/gallery/cinderford/pages/page_25.html

I suspect F.R.Bower has been covered in the past on this forum ?. Our family still call that chemist shop "Bowers" even tho it became Boots Pharmacy some years ago, I think it MAY have been Jacksons before that, or was that another chemist along the road a bit ?.
The shop is immediately below the War memorial next to what was Woolies in the days when it was the prosperous shopping town I enjoyed growing-up in.

Bower's shop is in the 1902 Kelly's Directory,
"BOWER Frederick Riseley, chemist & druggist & news agent"
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cbennett/cinderford1902.htm

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UPDATE JULY 2019;

I've learnt that Jackson's chemist was indeed also in Market Street Cinderford as well as Bower's, which became Boots. See this post for info abt Jackson family who were very highly regarded by the townfolk, it's clear they took great care of their patients especially out of hours, and are sadly missed.
https://forum.forest-of-dean.net/index.php?id=51172