Bentley's Store - Windback Wednesday

Pictured is the interior of Bentley’s Store on Greenhill Road in the 1940s when a large box of Rinso (washing powder) cost 11 ½ pennies.

James Bentley (1870 - 1955) was born in Kadina and spent his early working life managing a grocery store in Burra. In 1935, he moved to Linden Park and set up his grocery store on Greenhill Road in Knoxville (now Glenside). It was part of the group of shops located on the southern corner of Greenhill and Portrush Roads, which have since been demolished.

In 1952, John Rogers, his son-in-law, took over the business with a Mr Macklin, renaming the business Macklin and Rogers.

Photo: Courtesy of SLSA B 77825