https://mallala.nowandthen.org.au/w/api.php?action=feedcontributions&feedformat=atom&user=JoanMallala - User contributions [en]2026-04-19T05:00:25ZUser contributionsMediaWiki 1.24.2https://mallala.nowandthen.org.au/w/index.php?title=Algar%27s_Bakery_Shop&diff=1850Algar's Bakery Shop2010-02-25T06:22:48Z<p>Joan: </p>
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|SubCategory=Business<br />
|StreetNumber=5<br />
|StreetName=Wasleys<br />
|StreetSuffix=Road<br />
|Locality=Mallala<br />
|Geocoordinates=34.437667831732° S, 138.51053148508° E<br />
|DateEstablished=1933<br />
|CeasedOperation=1979<br />
|EstablishedBy=Arthur Weatherill<br />
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In 1933 Mr Arthur Weatherill built the Bakery shop at 5 Wasleys Road. <br />
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The shop was managed by Arthur's daughter Doreen, and her husband Ted Algar. <br />
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Mr &amp; Mrs Algar later purchased the business and house. <br />
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In 1941 the RAAF Training Base had been established at Mallala and the Algars could see the need for bigger premises, and so the Bakery Shop was renovated. <br />
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The adjoining [[Weatherills Billiard Saloon|Billiard Saloon]] of Mr Weatherill was demolished, and a new shop was built on the site accessible to the Bakery Shop. <br />
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It opened as a 'Tea Room' serving morning and afternoon teas and light luncheons. <br />
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It provided a place for servicemen and their wives and friends to relax and socialise away from the base. <br />
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They were busy years for the Algar family and staff as the bakery provided bread, pies and pasties etc. to the RAAF station to cater for the 2,000 personnel. <br />
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The bakery supplied 72 dozen pies and pasties daily, plus 100 dozen pastries were sold by a vendor at the main entrance gate each evening. <br />
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The Tea Rooms closed&nbsp;c. 1946, and the Algar family relinquished the Bakery Shop in 1979 when it was offered for lease and eventually sold in 1989. <br />
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Various leasees operated a Takeaway / Deli on these premises. with the business premises and adjoining house owned by Mr &amp; Mrs Ray Coleman. Today the business continues to thrive as Bellies takeaway. <br />
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== Related Articles ==<br />
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*Colemans Bakery<br />
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*[[Weatherills Billiard Saloon]]<br />
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== External Links ==<br />
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== References ==<br />
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*Mallala Museum Research Notes - business files<br />
{{Memories|Does anyone remember the Billiard saloon? I believe there were several in the town at different periods}}<br />
{{Memories|I remember Mrs Algar as a fastidious shop keeper who would be out every morning sweeping the footpath and cleaning the shop window always with her full length apron on. As a school child during the years of World War 2, I remember the RAAF personnel, wives and visitors who enjoyed refreshments in Mrs Algar's tea room.<br />
I also remember the yummy bread baked daily at Algars bakery.<br />
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{{Memories|I remember Mr Tom Whitbread collecting the milk and bread and delivering them to the Aerodrome. }}<br />
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