Two advertisements appear for William Edwin Brown in Coates Directory For Warminster And District 1922. The first refers to him as the proprietor of the Central Café at 34 Market Place, Warminster. The second shows him trading as a confectioner, tobacconist and seller of ices at the same address. A year later 34 Market Place was in the hands of Charles Edward Hill. This property, opposite the Town Hall, was later used by Parker’s Bakeries as a bread and cake shop until they moved to the Three Horseshoes Mall, Warminster. The shop was then used for selling long-playing records by Music Man in the 1980s but is now [1998] the offices of Independent Financial Services, with the re-numbered address of 15 Market Place.
On leaving the Market Place, Brown moved to 1 Boreham Terrace, Warminster, where he continued to trade as a watch and clock repairer. This three-storey house at the eastern end of the terrace now has the address 34 Boreham Road and was in recent years the home of the well-known Warminster dancing teacher Miss Gloria Sloper (died December 1995). It is now [1998] the home of Mark Gibbs.
An advertisement for William Brown at Boreham Terrace in the West Wilts Directory 1923 says he then had 32 years practical experience of watch and clock repairs. Brown is listed among the Warminster residents in the West Wilts Directory of 1926 but there is no mention of him as either a resident or a trader in Kelly’s Directory 1927. He does not appear in any further Warminster directories.