Where was J. B. Edward’s Jewellers Shop
If you walk from Alexandra Fountain in Bendigo today, and head down Pall Mall towards the Law Courts, its a little hard to see where J. B. Edwards Jewellery shop at 3 Pall Mall was.
The picture below shows the scene in possibly the 1920s. J. B. Edward’s shop is the third down from the corner.
Here’s another photo showing staff outside the shop in 1911.
ALEXANDRA FOUNTAIN, BENDIGO, VIC. [picture]
Rose Stereograph Co [c1920-1954]
http://search.slv.vic.gov.au/permalink/f/1cl35st/SLV_VOYAGER1644169
Creator: W H Robinson Studio Museums Victoria https://collections.museumvictoria.com.au/items/770814
And finally, courtesy of Google streetview, is the scene today:
So it looks like the shop is about the third window from the right, with possibly some original features behind the modern facade, just behind the Aussie Cash logo.
I have found some cufflinks in a box marked J B Edwards and was interested in their heritage.
they belonged to my late Grandfather.
they are gold with a heart connected by a chain to what looks like two hands clasped
Hi Lyndall,
J.B. Edwards was a Bendigo jeweller in the late 1890s to at least the 1920s. He was a manufacturer as well as an importer/retailer. I’d love a photo of the box and cufflinks. Are there any markings on the cufflinks that indicate maker or origin?