Receipt issued to W. Grigg for items purchased from W.E. Ching, Linton Produce Store, 01/12/1940.Text: " LINTON PRODUCE STORE / Bought of W.E. CHING / General Storekeeper, &c. / Agent for Mt. Lyell Manure / Colonial Fire Insurance Co. Provision Merchant and Produce Dealer. "w.e. ching, linton produce store, w. grigg

Receipt issued to W. Grigg for items purchased from W.E. Ching, Linton Produce Store, 01/04/1940.Text: " LINTON PRODUCE STORE / Bought of W.E. CHING / General Storekeeper, &c. / Agent for Mt. Lyell Manure / Colonial Fire Insurance Co. Provision Merchant and Produce Dealer. "w.e. ching, linton produce store, w. grigg

R. Ching's grocery shop, Sussex Street, Linton, established in 1861, was sold by Alan Ching to Alf Nunn (father of Dulcie Morgan) in 1960 and was subsequently demolished. This photograph was originally believed to have been taken in the early 1900s. However in 2017, Betty Grigg identified the men in it as Alan Ching (lhs) and Eugene Grigg (rhs), and said the photograph was most likely taken around 1941.Black and white photograph of brick shop with two men in aprons standing in doorway.ching's store, richard ching, buildings, shops

Photograph taken in 1988 of building in Sussex Street, Linton: house dates from 1860s, and was owned from 1883 by Joseph Shepherd, and then from c.1930 by the Bennett family who used it briefly as their butcher's shop; later was it a cake shop run by Stella Ralf (Stella Ralf also taught piano). Later (1978-1981) run as op-shop by Mrs. Stella Surman to raise money for Maxwell Park C.E.B.S. camp. House had a later incarnation as a laundromat in 1980s - at this time many women were still without electricity on outlying farms and house blocks. Next to it can be seen the former Bennett garage building, built on the site of a produce store which also dated from c.1860.Colour photograph showing green painted timber house with pitched roof and small verandah, white trim, next to brick building with pitched roof and verandah over footpath, brick pillars. "Stella Ralph's old shop (cake) later Bennett garage"stella ralf, bennett's garage, stella surman, bill hall, georgina hall, joseph shepherd, 79 sussex street linton

Black and white photograph showing the store in Sussex Street, Linton which was owned and operated by members of the Ching family from 1861. The sign over the shop reads "R. Ching, Grocer and Produce Merchant". To the right in the photograph part of the Ching dwelling, attached to the store, can be seen. Two cars parked outside the building suggest that the photograph was taken in the late 1950s or around 1960 ( as the store closed in 1961.)r. ching grocer and produce merchant, ching's store

The photograph is undated but was probably taken before 1912, as the Surface Hill Hotel was closed and demolished around this time.Sepia postcard photograph which shows the Surface Hill Hotel and Ching's Produce Store on the right, and O'Sullivan's saddlery and G G Bennett's butcher's shop on the left.sussex street linton, buildings, shops, surface hill hotel, r. ching grocer and produce merchant, o'sullivan's saddlery, g g bennett butcher's shop

Shops on the left of the picture are: Patrick O'Sullivan saddler, G. G. Bennett butcher , Nicol's bakery, Wises drapery 'Ellington House' (shop with verandah just past bakery, Preston's shop (with verandah, on corner of Sussex & Gillespie Streets), and Wishart's blacksmiths (on the far side of Gillespie Street). On the right, the buildings are E H Nicholls ("cheap grocer and seedsman"), the Surface Hill Hotel, Richard Ching's store and dwelling (grocer & produce merchant), and another shop without verandah (probably shop and dwelling owned by Annie Brown, née Nicholls).Original black and white photograph affixed to white backing paper which has then been mounted on grey card. The photograph shows the view along Sussex Street to the south-west. Two men are standing outside a shop on the rhs, and there appears to be a woman with a perambulator outside a building further along the street on the rhs.On back of original photograph: "g (or e) Bennett" (in blue pencil or chalk) / "LINTON STREET "(in ink) / "Elizabeth long ago" (in ink, with arrow pointing to blue writing).sussex street linton, o'sullivan's saddlery, g g bennett's butcher shop, nicol's bakery, ellington house [t m wise draper], preston's shop, wishart's blacksmiths, e h nicholls' store, surface hill hotel, richard ching's store, annie brown's shop, annie brown (née nicholls)

Photograph probably taken around 1960. Donated to Daylesford Historical society in "Collection of Mr E. Semmens" July 1970: Given to LDHS 2002.Black & white photograph of Ching's grocery shop Linton."Linton/B. Ching's/Old store".ching's grocery shop linton, r. ching grocer & produce merchant

The photograph can be dated to after 1911, as the Surface Hill hotel (between Morgan and Ching stores) appears to have already been demolished (this happened in 1911).Black and white copy of original photograph, which shows east and west sides of Sussex Street, from Morgan's store to Gillespie Street. On the left of the photo (east side of street), there is a glimpse of Patrick O'Sullivan's saddlery shop, then G. G. Bennett's butcher's shop, Nicol's bakery, Wise's drapery, and further along the street the verandah of Preston's store can be seen. On the west side, there is a glimpse of J. H. Morgan's grocery store, Ching's produce store, and Annie Brown's newsagency (Annie Brown nee Annie Nicholls). Two horse-drawn vehicles are in the street. There is a telegraph pole near Morgan's shop.sussex street linton, g.g. bennett bucher's shop, nicol's bakery, wise's drapery, j h morgan grocery store, ching's produce store, annie brown's newsagency

Around 1930, the Bennett Brothers' garage replaced a produce store that had operated since the 1860s. The house has had numerous owners and functions since it was owned by Joseph Shepherd in the 1880s - among other things it has been used as an opportunity shop, and as a laundromat.Black and white photograph of two buildings on the east side of Sussex Street, Linton. Photograph taken in 1982, showing a house which was owned by Joseph Shepherd from the 1880s and lived in by his niece Mary Ann Shepherd until 1921. Next to it is a brick building, the former motor garage built in the 1930s by Bennett Bros. houses, bennett bros. garage, 79 sussex street linton, joseph shepherd