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| INGLES GROCERY STORE, , THE QUADRANT MALL |
The Ingles family began their grocery
business in Paterson Street Launceston in 1882, after David Ingles
and his family emigrated from Scotland to Launceston in 1881. A year
later they moved to the Quadrant. A new shop was built next door to
the existing one in 1896. Among other innovative features was
electric lighting! The three storey building that still stands in
The Quadrant was built in 1910, by the firm of Hinman, Wright and
Manser and gives its name to nearby Ingles Lane.
There were branches of the Ingles
business in both Launceston and Hobart (Elizbeth Street), and their
early success was no doubt a relief as David Ingles was twice
widowed, three times wed, and, according to one source, had a total
of twenty one children! (His obituary in The Examiner
suggests two wives and less children but it seems probably that they
were not aware of family in Scotland.). There is a picture of one of
the adult children, David Ingles jnr in the Launceston FamilyAlbum -
a collection of photographs and stories of those that attended the
1890 Exhibition, which can be viewed on line
(http://www.launcestonfamilyalbum.org.au).
A photograph of the interior of the
shop taken in 1913 can be viewed on the LINC website.
David Ingles died in 1921, at which
time he was living at 100 York Street. At least three of his sons
who were directly involved in the business died in the 1940s. I have
spoken to someone who remembers the shop still operating in the
1950s, and although I don't know when it closes, suspect it was some
time during this decade. The latest TROVE reference I can find is an advertisement for an experienced grocer, from 1954.
