Advertisement for Kelseys Confectioners in the Square, 1920s, 1930s

Laurie Kelsey was in charge. Laurie, we didn’t know her by that. We used to call her Aunt Annie.  She was nice, she was deaf, wasn’t she.  She used to have long tray of sweets uncovered, with a glass top on and she always had a chair in the corner for us little’uns to get up on to so we could have a good look to see what sweets she’d got.  She sold toys and all.  Next to that was Saxbury’s souvenirs, postcards, mostly things about the Island, Yarmouth and all that.  Phil Kelsey b 1920

We used to run into Kelsey’s, stand on the chair they had and choose our sweets from the big glass jars.   We couldn’t see over the counter.  Pat Burt nee Adams b 1929 and Annette Haynes nee Holloway b 1929
b 1929