In 1914, a Newtown baker lobbied for a midnight shift, which would allow him to be home in the evenings. He argued 'This was the time a married man should exercise control over his children'.

Polka-Dot Cookies prepares party cookies for birthdays from two-year-olds to eighty-year-olds.

This shop was once a milk bar that sold 'fruit and veg', Streets ice cream and pot plants.