Audlem heritage | Drawing the Street

There’s always been a warm glow from this much loved shop on Shropshire Street in Audlem, a village which can trace its ancestry back to the Domesday book when it was known as Aldelime. It’s located next to the Shropshire Union Canal where you can find a run of 15 locks designed by Thomas Telford to lift the canal by 28m from the Cheshire Plain to the Shropshire Plain.

Williams of Audlem was established 159 years ago – a record to be proud of! Whilst I was living in nearby Newcastle-under-Lyme, I drew most of the street frontages of this fascinating place and recorded them on my website Drawing the Street.

Williams of Audlem stock some of my signed limited edition giclee prints and there are currently two unframed prints of ‘The Square’ in stock, featuring the family run pub and restaurant ‘The Lord Combomere’.

*The Lord Combomere, The Square, Audlem*

*1 and 2 The Square, Audlem, formerly ‘The Crown’*

You can see the rest of this drawing here.

Head north west from The Square and you reach Cheshire Street where you’ll see this lovely red brick Georgian town house set against the backdrop of the 13thC church of St James, listed grade one.

*Boots the Chemist, Cheshire Street, Audlem*

There is one framed giclee print available in Williams as I write (8th Dec 2021). Here’s a close up of the some of the buildings that make up this side of the street.

A few more cropped images from the street drawing below:

You can see this side of the street in full on my website here.

I’d like to close with a wee thank you to Judy Evans of Williams of Audlem who has been a loyal supporter of my work for many years and to pay a tribute to her beloved Dad Derek, seen here putting out the morning papers for the good readers of Audlem.

Thanks for reading,

Ronnie 🙂

Williams of Audlem have been present in Audlem town centre for 155 years. Recently, they have brought a wonderful treasure back into pride of place on their recently fitted antique counter. It’s such a great piece of crafted woodwork that I sketched some of the details below.

pen and ink sketch of cash register from Dayton Ohio now in Audlem Cheshire — *National Cash Register in William’s of Audlem*

There is a guarantee tucked away in the drawer with Judy’s grandfather’s name handwritten up at the top. It appears he got it from 225 Tottenham Court Road London, in 1913, which is now home to the Nationwide Building Society. There is a possibility that this was a reconditioned cash register imported from Daton, USA.

Guarantee of old cash register from 1913 — *Mr George Williams of Audlem – Judy’s great grandfather’s name pencilled on the guarantee*

Keyboard on old cash register — *Well worn keys*

old cash register — *Can’t see any pounds or shillings but plenty of pence!*

Wooden cash register dated 1913 from Dayton Ohio — *Antique wooden cash register now on display in Williams of Audlem*

section of limited edition print audlem drawing the street — *Williams of Audlem at the heart of the Square, Audlem*

You can see the rest of the Audlem street scenes here on my website Drawing the Street and Judy stocks signed limited edition prints of all the Audlem street scenes which I have drawn so far.

Pop in and say hello – there is always a warm welcome from Judy or Olive!

Judy Evans amd ronnie Cruwys at Williams of Audlem — *Happy 155th anniversary Williams of Audlem! Thanks for the photo Olive 🙂*

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