James Galloway & Son

'Druggists Corner'

Galloways corner shop

James Galloway & Son

The First James Galloway started his business in a hut on Waver Green Market Place. At this time a chemist called Joseph Walker owned the shop on the corner of Church Lane and Lidget Hill, which became known as Druggists Corner. When James Galloway's son also called James took over the business he moved into the ex-chemist's shop. A notice above the door read ‘Provision Merchant, Grocer and Corn Merchant’. Many people kept pigs and poultry so the supply of animal feed was an important part of the business. Purchases were delivered with the help of Punch and Paddy, two horses kept in a field in Boggard Lane which is now Mount Pleasant. Periodically they managed to knock down the wall and trot up to the shop, frequently in the middle of the night. James Galloway was quite used to being knocked up by the police in the early hours. In the bottom right photograph James Galloway can be seen proudly standing in the doorway of his shop with his young son Frank Galloway, dressed in a sailors suit which were very fashionable for boys of the time. Frank died of scarlet fever in Calverley Joint Fever Hospital shortly after the photograph was taken. The shop was one of the first buildings in Pudsey to have a telephone installed. James Galloway’s business thrived here for 50 years and people began to refer to 'Druggists Corner' as 'Galloways Corner'.

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