Pyramid Views FEBRUARY 2018

MARK & ELLEN’S CASH STORE
Depending on the era of your residency,
you may know 42 Riverstone Road
only as it is now, the premises of North
Queensland Equine Clinic or if you have
been around Gordonvale for a while you
will remember a number of businesses
located at this corner of Riverstone
Road and Moller Street.
42 Riverstone Road. ‘Mrs Van’ had the
shop until 1980 when it was purchased
by Mark and Ellen Trevor. It became
‘Mark & Ellen’s Cash Store’ and
continued to offer the same popular
lollies everyone reminisced about years
before. It was a place to catch up with
local news. Shopkeepers had the time
to have conversations and get to know
their customers.
Wayne and Marjorie Maitland continued
to use the premises as a corner store
until they relocated the business next
door in 1986. Mark and Ellen still owning
the premises leased it out, modernising
and adapting to cater for different types
of businesses.
Mark, Ellen and Christine Trevor
Records could be found back as far as
1931 when Michael McCabe owned/
leased this corner. Searches with the
Department of Natural Resources and
Mines revealed future owners/lessees
Thomas & Anna Bowen (1939); Albert
and Annie Thomsen (1946); Edward &
Mary Hunter (1948); Alfred Way (1949);
Francis & Edna Dwyer (1951); Archibald
& Lorraine Daddow (1952). Despite
research, not much information could
be found about what happened at this
location prior to Daddows owning and
managing their shop.
Perhaps locals upon reading this will be
able to provide some further history.
Archie’s Shop (Archibald) was probably
quite typical of corner stores from that
time. It was a general store stocking
the basic essentials including bread,
milk, cigarettes ….and of course lollies.
Recollections about Archie’s Shop
from residents during this time always
mention the lollies. This was a common
thread right up until when Maitland’s
had the store. Mark Trevor also recalls
eating by- jingos with his mates sitting
on the wooden stool at the front of the
shop.
McCallum Family
From that time on these premises were
used for purposes other than a general
store. The outside physical features of
the building have not changed much
over the years but the inside structure
has been modified to suit the particular
businesses leasing them including Qld
Health; Fast Eddy’s (Pizza), Punky’s
Pizza & Pasta (Colin and Carollyn
McCallum), Phil Harvey Real Estate and
today, North Queensland Equine Clinic.
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In 1972, this corner of land was
subdivided and Susie Aileen Van
Lynette Morrison and Mark Trevor
Leeuwen purchased the premises at
Words by Sandra Charlton
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