In earlier years (c1923-1943), the shop was known as Mrs Sim's shop. Note that prior to c1928 the property was numbered 292 Mont Albert Road. Electoral rolls describe Victoria May Sims (nee Munday) as a confectioner but she also sold school requisites and other general household items. Her husband Harry Pascoe Sims died in 1926. The shop was taken over by Leonard William James Etheridge, whom electoral rolls and probate records variously describe as a grocer, stationer or builder. His sons Austin, Douglas and Leonard attended nearby Chatham Primary School. Leonard senior and his wife Marie Wanda (nee Chambers) lived in various locations around Surrey Hills after leaving the shop. Austin went on to establish Etheridge Ford in Ringwood.A black and white photograph of a man dressed in a suit wearing a hat. He is standing beside a car parked beside a shop.mrs sims shop, mont albert road, surrey hills, chatham school, austin etheridge, frank etheridge, victoria may sims, leonard william etheridge, douglas etheridge, leonard etheridege, marie wanda etheridge, marie wanda chambers

Mabel Beatrice Tully (16.07.1896 - 7.01.1987). Mabel lived in the family home at 61 Charleston Rd. Bendigo. Margaret Tully Collection: Four postcards various 11123.2 A - Field Postcard addressed in pencil to Miss H Tully, C/- Sims Bros, Mitchell Street, Bendigo, Victoria, Australia; postmarked 1 May 1881. 11123.2 B - "In Memoriam", black edged postcard, unused 11123.2 C - Coloured postcard "Greetings from Kerang". Sent from "Sissie" to Mabel on 15/07/1908; with a handwritten message in pen/pencil (difficult to read) 11123.2 D - Coloured postcard showing Walt Disney's Goofy in a cartoon car, supplied by Walt Disney Mickie Mouse, Ltd.mabel tully, diverse postcards