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 '''In 1924 Harold Hickman built a house in the garden of [https://laceygreenhistory.com/w/index.php/Kia_Cottage Kia Cottage]'''.   He called it "Wembley".   It was the year of the British Empire Exhibition at Wembley Park, which maybe inspired the name.   Downstairs, facing the Main Road was a large room, designed to be a shop.   Harold and Emily moved into the rest of the house.   This was to be "'''HICKMAN STORES'''", a much loved establishment for the rest of the century.
-Click [https://laceygreenhistory.com/w/index.php/1924_Hickman_Stores_Opens 1924 Hickman Stores Opens].   For the life of H.G. Hickman click [[Harold & Emily Hickman]].   For other news in 1924 go to main heading "Social Snapshots", then click articles beginning "1924".
+For the life of H.G. Hickman click [[Harold & Emily Hickman]].   For other news in 1924 go to main heading "Social Snapshots", then click articles beginning "1924".
 '''Previous History'''[[File:Village Shop.jpg|thumb|Hickman Stores|link=https://laceygreenhistory.com/w/index.php/File:Village_Shop.jpg]]In [https://laceygreenhistory.com/w/index.php/1823._The_Enclosures_of_Princes_Risborough 1823. The Enclosures of Princes Risborough] allocated this land to Joshua  Dell, freehold.   Click [https://laceygreenhistory.com/w/index.php/Joshua_Dell,_born_1757 Joshua Dell, born 1757] to see how to was inherited by Thomas Dell

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 click [https://laceygreenhistory.com/w/index.php/The_Grocers_of_Lacey_Green_&_Loosley_Row The Grocers of Lacey Green & Loosley Row] for other grocery shops
-'''BUILT IN THE GARDEN'''
+'''In 1924 Harold Hickman built a house in the garden of [https://laceygreenhistory.com/w/index.php/Kia_Cottage Kia Cottage]'''.   He called it "Wembley".   It was the year of the British Empire Exhibition at Wembley Park, which maybe inspired the name.   Downstairs, facing the Main Road was a large room, designed to be a shop.   Harold and Emily moved into the rest of the house.   This was to be "'''HICKMAN STORES'''", a much loved establishment for the rest of the century.
 Click [https://laceygreenhistory.com/w/index.php/1924_Hickman_Stores_Opens 1924 Hickman Stores Opens].   For the life of H.G. Hickman click [[Harold & Emily Hickman]].   For other news in 1924 go to main heading "Social Snapshots", then click articles beginning "1924".
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 '''Previous History'''[[File:Village Shop.jpg|thumb|Hickman Stores|link=https://laceygreenhistory.com/w/index.php/File:Village_Shop.jpg]]In [https://laceygreenhistory.com/w/index.php/1823._The_Enclosures_of_Princes_Risborough 1823. The Enclosures of Princes Risborough] allocated this land to Joshua  Dell, freehold.   Click [https://laceygreenhistory.com/w/index.php/Joshua_Dell,_born_1757 Joshua Dell, born 1757] to see how to was inherited by Thomas Dell
-'''24th June 915.  Auction Sale'''   Click [https://laceygreenhistory.com/w/index.php/1915_Sale_of_Estate_of_Thomas_Dell 1915 Sale of Estate of Thomas Dell] for details
+'''24th June 1915.  Auction Sale'''   Click [https://laceygreenhistory.com/w/index.php/1915_Sale_of_Estate_of_Thomas_Dell 1915 Sale of Estate of Thomas Dell] for details
 '''24<sup>th</sup> June 1915.  Conveyance''' between the executor of Thomas Dell and Mr H G Hickman.
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 '''Schedule -''' Parcel of land at Lacey Green, having a frontage of 68 feet to the road and a depth therefrom to the southeast of 36 feet.
 '''Marriage'''.  In July 1956, Bert R G Dell married Kathleen May Mercer, aged 35.   They ran Hickmans Stores together for many years.   It became better known as “Bert and May’s”.  Bert’s nephews and nieces were often there out of school hours helping fill shelves.   Click [https://laceygreenhistory.com/w/index.php/Bert_&_May_Dell Bert & May Dell] for their life stories.

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 '''Hallmark August 1986'''.   On Saturday June 2lst we witnessed the official relaunch of the local shop under its new management, still retaining the familiar old name of Hickman's.  Some of you will remember it was the day after the [[Turkey Supper]] that Bert and May moved out and the Norris family moved in.   Since then, apart from getting to know the village customers, they have been busy making radical improvements such as the wine section and delicatessen counter.   [[Bert & May Dell]] now enjoying their retirement were invited back for this great day and were pleased with what they saw.
-'''In 1984 changed hands''' once more to [[Derek & Maureen Woodbridge]], who added newspapers and wines.
+'''In 1984 changed hands''' once more to [[Derek & Maureen Woodbridge]], who added newspapers, wines. Fothergills seeds and video hire.  They became agents for J and J Shoe Care and Chinnor Cleaners.
 They closed the stores in 1996 - the decline made worst by supermarkets being opened locally.

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 '''Hallmark August 1986'''.   On Saturday June 2lst we witnessed the official relaunch of the local shop under its new management, still retaining the familiar old name of Hickman's.  Some of you will remember it was the day after the [[Turkey Supper]] that Bert and May moved out and the Norris family moved in.   Since then, apart from getting to know the village customers, they have been busy making radical improvements such as the wine section and delicatessen counter.   [[Bert & May Dell]] now enjoying their retirement were invited back for this great day and were pleased with what they saw.
-'''In 1984 changed hands''' once more to Derek and Maureen Woodbridge, who added newspapers and wines.
+'''In 1984 changed hands''' once more to [[Derek & Maureen Woodbridge]], who added newspapers and wines.
 They closed the stores in 1996 - the decline made worst by supermarkets being opened locally.

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	We also extend to Mrs. Norris and her family, she has a husband two sons and two daughters, a very warm welcome to Lacey Green and express our hope that they will come to love our village and will prosper here.		We also extend to Mrs. Norris and her family, she has a husband two sons and two daughters, a very warm welcome to Lacey Green and express our hope that they will come to love our village and will prosper here.
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		+	'''Hallmark August 1986'''. On Saturday June 2lst we witnessed the official relaunch of the local shop under its new management, still retaining the familiar old name of Hickman's. Some of you will remember it was the day after the [[Turkey Supper]] that Bert and May moved out and the Norris family moved in. Since then, apart from getting to know the village customers, they have been busy making radical improvements such as the wine section and delicatessen counter. [[Bert & May Dell]] now enjoying their retirement were invited back for this great day and were pleased with what they saw.

	'''In 1984 changed hands''' once more to Derek and Maureen Woodbridge, who added newspapers and wines.		'''In 1984 changed hands''' once more to Derek and Maureen Woodbridge, who added newspapers and wines.

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	'''Schedule.''' All that shop and dwelling premises, known as ‘Hickmans Stores’, with no land, for £95,000		'''Schedule.''' All that shop and dwelling premises, known as ‘Hickmans Stores’, with no land, for £95,000
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		+	'''Hallmark April 1986.''' '''Hickman's Stores'''
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		+	‘It is no longer news that 'Bert's! as we have always known our Village Stores, is under new management but we cannot allow such an event to pass unnoticed in these columns.
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		+	By now, most of the regular customers will have met the new proprietor, Mrs. Barbara Norris, who with her elder son Geoffrey, is already picking up that tradition of service that made Bert and May Dell's emporium such an institution in the village.
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		+	The change over was exceptionally well covered in the Bucks Herald of March 6th, not surprisingly perhaps as it was written by the accomplished pen of our own Joanne Barton.
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		+	We also extend to Mrs. Norris and her family, she has a husband two sons and two daughters, a very warm welcome to Lacey Green and express our hope that they will come to love our village and will prosper here.

	'''In 1984 changed hands''' once more to Derek and Maureen Woodbridge, who added newspapers and wines.		'''In 1984 changed hands''' once more to Derek and Maureen Woodbridge, who added newspapers and wines.

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 '''17<sup>th</sup> March 1965'''. ''' Conveyance'''.   The executors of Emily Hickman conveyed to Bert Ralph George Dell, at the bequest of her late husband ---All the shop and dwelling premises known as ‘The Stores’, now in the occupation of Bert Ralph George Dell.
-[[File:Honeysuckle Cottage Ordnance Survey.jpg|thumb]]
+[[File:Honeysuckle Cottage Ordnance Survey.jpg|thumb|Conveyance 1963]]
 '''1963  Conveyance'''.   Harry George Floyd sold to Bert Ralph George Dell for £100

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 In 1924 Harold Hickman built a house in the garden of [https://laceygreenhistory.com/w/index.php/Kia_Cottage Kia Cottage].   He called it "Wembley".   It was the year of the British Empire Exhibition at Wembley Park, which maybe inspired the name.   Downstairs, facing the Main Road was a large room, designed to be a shop.   Harold and Emily moved into the rest of the house.   This was to be "'''HICKMAN STORES'''", a much loved establishment for the rest of the century.
-Click [https://laceygreenhistory.com/w/index.php/1924_Hickman_Stores_Opens 1924 Hickman Stores Opens].   For the life of H.G. Hickman click [https://laceygreenhistory.com/w/index.php/Harold_George_Hickman Harold George Hickman].   For other news in 1924 go to main heading "Social Snapshots", then click articles beginning "1924".
+Click [https://laceygreenhistory.com/w/index.php/1924_Hickman_Stores_Opens 1924 Hickman Stores Opens].   For the life of H.G. Hickman click [[Harold & Emily Hickman]].   For other news in 1924 go to main heading "Social Snapshots", then click articles beginning "1924".
 '''Previous History'''[[File:Village Shop.jpg|thumb|Hickman Stores|link=https://laceygreenhistory.com/w/index.php/File:Village_Shop.jpg]]In [https://laceygreenhistory.com/w/index.php/1823._The_Enclosures_of_Princes_Risborough 1823. The Enclosures of Princes Risborough] allocated this land to Joshua  Dell, freehold.   Click [https://laceygreenhistory.com/w/index.php/Joshua_Dell,_born_1757 Joshua Dell, born 1757] to see how to was inherited by Thomas Dell

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−	H	+	click [https://laceygreenhistory.com/w/index.php/The_Grocers_of_Lacey_Green_&_Loosley_Row The Grocers of Lacey Green & Loosley Row] for other grocery shops
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		+	'''BUILT IN THE GARDEN'''
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		+	In 1924 Harold Hickman built a house in the garden of [https://laceygreenhistory.com/w/index.php/Kia_Cottage Kia Cottage]. He called it "Wembley". It was the year of the British Empire Exhibition at Wembley Park, which maybe inspired the name. Downstairs, facing the Main Road was a large room, designed to be a shop. Harold and Emily moved into the rest of the house. This was to be "'''HICKMAN STORES'''", a much loved establishment for the rest of the century.
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		+	Click [https://laceygreenhistory.com/w/index.php/1924_Hickman_Stores_Opens 1924 Hickman Stores Opens]. For the life of H.G. Hickman click [https://laceygreenhistory.com/w/index.php/Harold_George_Hickman Harold George Hickman]. For other news in 1924 go to main heading "Social Snapshots", then click articles beginning "1924".
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		+	'''Previous History'''[[File:Village Shop.jpg\|thumb\|Hickman Stores\|link=https://laceygreenhistory.com/w/index.php/File:Village_Shop.jpg]]In [https://laceygreenhistory.com/w/index.php/1823._The_Enclosures_of_Princes_Risborough 1823. The Enclosures of Princes Risborough] allocated this land to Joshua Dell, freehold. Click [https://laceygreenhistory.com/w/index.php/Joshua_Dell,_born_1757 Joshua Dell, born 1757] to see how to was inherited by Thomas Dell
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		+	'''24th June 915. Auction Sale''' Click [https://laceygreenhistory.com/w/index.php/1915_Sale_of_Estate_of_Thomas_Dell 1915 Sale of Estate of Thomas Dell] for details
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		+	'''24<sup>th</sup> June 1915. Conveyance''' between the executor of Thomas Dell and Mr H G Hickman.
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		+	'''Schedule'''
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		+	All that piece of land, together with the freehold cottage and outbuildings erected thereon at Lacey Green, for some years past in the occupation of Amos Janes. Known as [https://laceygreenhistory.com/w/index.php/Kia_Cottage Kia Cottage]. Sold for £185.
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		+	In 1924 Harold Hickman built a house on the land he had purchased in 1915, calling it Wembley Cottage. He and his wife Emily moved into the house. It stood on the south side of Kia Cottage. The front faced the Main Road and the ground floor at the front was made into a general stores called Hickmans Stores.
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		+	Harold and Emily Hickman were to have no children, but their nephew Bert Dell lived with them for much of the time.
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		+	'''In the 1939 Register''' (Census) Harold and Emily are living there also ‘Bert’ Dell.
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		+	'''Death'''. Harold Hickman died 10<sup>th</sup> July 1946. He left everything to Emily with the shop to go to Bert Dell.
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		+	'''1954 Conveyance'''. Horace and Ivy Mary ‘May’ Rixon sold to Emily Hickman of the stores, Lacey Green for £450
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		+	'''Schedule -''' Parcel of land at Lacey Green, having a frontage of 68 feet to the road and a depth therefrom to the southeast of 36 feet.
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		+	'''Marriage'''. In July 1956, Bert R G Dell married Kathleen May Mercer, aged 35. They ran Hickmans Stores together for many years. It became better known as “Bert and May’s”. Bert’s nephews and nieces were often there out of school hours helping fill shelves. Click [https://laceygreenhistory.com/w/index.php/Bert_&_May_Dell Bert & May Dell] for their life stories.
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		+	'''The following extract is a short description''' ----- (For the full article click [https://laceygreenhistory.com/w/index.php/1961_Social_Snapshot_by_Joan_West_(Autobiography) 1961 Social Snapshot by Joan West (Autobiography)]
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		+	'''Extract''' ----- "They stocked all I needed and I collected my bread from them four times a week. They also sold petrol and paraffin which we needed for a convector heater that we stood in our hall in the winter. “ Bert’s” was a wonderful place to get to know people. At first it seemed that everyone in there knew everybody else. And they probably did. But Bert and May always had a word for everyone and all were included. They were first class village shopkeepers to my mind and a great help to me in feeling at home here."
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		+	'''Death.'''
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		+	Emily Hickman died 5<sup>th</sup> May 1964, aged 84.
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		+	'''17<sup>th</sup> March 1965'''. ''' Conveyance'''. The executors of Emily Hickman conveyed to Bert Ralph George Dell, at the bequest of her late husband ---All the shop and dwelling premises known as ‘The Stores’, now in the occupation of Bert Ralph George Dell.
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		+	'''1963 Conveyance'''. Harry George Floyd sold to Bert Ralph George Dell for £100
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		+	'''Schedule.''' All that piece of land, part of Floyd Farm, running in a narrow triangle to a point behind ‘The Stores’ and ‘Kia Cottage’
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		+	'''1964''' Now called Hickman Stores. The property was altered, extended and modernised.
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		+	'''24<sup>th</sup> February 1986 Conveyance'''. Bert Ralph George Dell of Lacey Green sold to Brian Thomas and Barbara June Norris of 25 Goviots Green, Gerrards Cross
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		+	'''Schedule.''' All that shop and dwelling premises, known as ‘Hickmans Stores’, with no land, for £95,000
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		+	'''In 1984 changed hands''' once more to Derek and Maureen Woodbridge, who added newspapers and wines.
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		+	In 1988 Peter Trotter wrote about the Stores. click [https://laceygreenhistory.com/w/index.php/1984_Derek_&_Maureen_Woodbridge_at_Hickmans_Stores 1984 Derek & Maureen Woodbridge at Hickmans Stores].
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		+	They closed the stores in 1996 - the decline made worst by supermarkets being opened locally.
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		+	'''Empty''' The premises lay empty for three years.
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		+	'''1999. Conveyance''' The Stores was sold to Mr and Mrs Clive Houdghton as a technical music shop. It was called [https://laceygreenhistory.com/w/index.php/Entertainment_House Entertainment House].
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		+	'''''Note ('''Bert and May moved into a new house in Kiln Lane, which they called Kiln Lodge. Bert Dell'' ''died in September 1986. He left everything to May, his widow''. ''May had built and'' ''moved into a new house next to the old stores which she called [https://laceygreenhistory.com/w/index.php/Honeysuckle_Cottage Honeysuckle Cottage]''. ''May died in 2011. In May 2013 Marion Dell, executor of May Dell, sold the land adjoining Honeysuckle cottage to Mr and Mrs Houdghton of Hickmans Stores''