Description: Dilks Hairdressing salon stands on the far left of the picture. There has been a Dilks hairdresser in Ripley for over 156 years. According to the trade directories they had premises on High Street, Market Place and Grosvenor Road
The pub is called the ' Olde Wreck' now (2002) and the Co-op in the picture is a pub called 'Victors' (2002.
The Ripley Co-operative Society has over 100 years of history. It started in 1869. There are two booklets published about the company: 1) 'Ripley Co-operative Society Ltd. Centenary (1860-1960)', and 2) 'Jubilee History of the Ripley Provident, Industrial and Co-operative Society Ltd' by William R A Pilcher and Harry N Bridge.