The shop, built after the Gold Rush of 1885/6, was called “Ellis Mitchell Tailor’s,” with the “Grand Toilet Shop” next door. 

This shop must have been built just after the Gold Rush of 1885/6. From pictures of the shop we can see that the name of the shop was the “Ellis Mitchell Tailor’s”. Next door was the “Grand Toilet Shop”. One would need to have your clothes made by a tailor or your mother or grandmother would make them for you. By looking at the picture of the last mail coach in Heidelberg, one can get an idea of the fashion at the time. 

This shop was on Market Street, opposite the then Market Square. The Town Hall was built on this square in 1939. Market Street also changed its name to Voortrekker Street in 1938/39, the 100th year after the Voortrekker.

This shop became the “Central Cafe” in around the 1930’s. Possibly taking its name from the “Central News Agency” that had a shop under the “Grand Hotel” and the “Central Hotel”, that was on the one side of “Market Square” in Jacob Street.