R.H. FAULKES STATIONERS

Faulkes stationers finally closed its doors forever in September 2009. Its dusty window displays which have been there since the late 1980s have been removed and the shop cleared out of its meagre contents. A little piece of Tottenham history gone forever.

Some TGS and Somerset school pupils may have gone or been sent by the school to R H Faulkes stationery shop. this double fronted shop was awash with different items and was situated in St Loys Road, near Bruce Grove N17.

 On Saturday April 24th, I went along and met Mr Ronald Henry Faulkes, who at 82, still travels three times a week from his home in Southgate to open the shop for several hours a day. 

Although now selling but a mere fraction of what it used to house, Mr. Faulkes still enjoys the daily hustle and bustle of meeting the public, although he admits Tottenham has changed a lot since he opened the store in 1946.

Here are a few comments taken from the forum about the store......

• "I do remember this shop. It was I believe on the corner of St Loys Rd and Tottenham High Road .opposite what was then Burtons the Tailors.
  I don't recall being sent there to get stationary but it was the one place you could guarantee to get whatever it was you needed, whether it was stationary or Arts & Crafts".........JOHN FOWL

I still live in Tottenham and travel down the High Road regularly. I can confirm that Faulkes was indeed on the corner of St Loys Road, and what's more it is *still in business*. I was speaking to a colleague yesterday about the shop and he confirmed he had visited it only a week ago. It is still run by the old gentleman who probably served us all, and the last correspondent is perfectly correct, you could always be sure of getting whatever you needed..........ALLAN BENNETT

Paul Wood wrote recently......I was interested in this shop because I was sent there in 1971 to get my school stationary. I was also sent to Gordon Smith, Gents Outfitters in Tottenham High Road for my uniform.
I went into Faulkes recently to buy some padded envelopes and was shocked to see the state of the old place.
I do remember it as being a double shop. Nowadays it is a single store, which resembles a jumble sale. The old man indeed is the same one, and I asked him about TGS/Somerset. He fondly remembers many schoolboys in the late 60`s and early 70`s, but cannot remember much more. The shops signs were smashed by vadals many years ago, and he cant afford to replace them.
MY PURCHASE - He no longer sells much stationary, although he did offer me a `second-hand` Jiffy bag. It had his address on it, and had obviously been used to deliver something to him. I felt I was unable to offend him, and paid the 2p he was asking.