Cawley's Grocery

Cawley's Cash Groceries was located where the trees are in the top picture, which I took today.


Cawley's Grocery was only a half block from our house in 1945.....I went in there often to buy treats or run erands for mum or the next door neighbours.....this picture does not indicate any activity ....Cawley's was probably empty at the time it was taken....that looks like a for sale sign in the window....anyway, when I was a kid it was a
rural store that was coming to the end of it's time....Mr. Cauley stocked all the essentials in there.....like a general store I reckon....it was kind of dark in there with the black oil floors and goods stacked up all over the place....there was a old pleasant food, feed odor that was part of the atmosphere of the place ....... Spenser's and Overwaitea were the main suppliers in 1945 .... soon to be followed by Safeway and Super Valu...... At one time I suppose Cauley's store was the main attraction for groceries and feed supplies in this area...... It was on the eastern side of the cattle auction barn property.