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Leo Monk, Leo Monk Handbags, 417 King Street, 10 November 2009

Leo Monk, Leo Monk Handbags, 417 King Street, 10 November 2009

a8817 Online No. 35

"Our business fits into the community because we make exclusive, value-for-money leather goods that are made locally in Newtown."

In 1910, this business was a stationers, and in 1929 a grocer's shop.

Leo Monk Handbags began as a Paddington market stall.

Josiah Gentle, a brickworks owner, built this set of five, two-storey shops and dwellings in 1906.