Ballard's shop, with the unusual combination of confectionery and radio, became various other confectioners (but no radio) including C & A Hobson, M E Constable, Fredk Sherwood, S H Palmer, J W Ord, and C W Fawcett. It is now TAG (Thanet Animal Group) charity shop.
Fred Wells ironmonger became Mence Smith (a national chain), then in the 1960's House of Cards. In the late 1990's it became C G Waters, a carpet shop.
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