I found this advert in the 'Croydon Times' dated 31st December 1930: “PARLOPHONE RECORDS SERIES FOR REAL MUSIC ••• Ask to Hear these Big Sellers: R. 789 Wedding Bells - Elsie and Doris Waters; R. 771 2 Moonlight Sonata (Beethoven) - Karol Szreter; E. 1 The Gladiator's Farewell - Massed Military Bands. Also NEW RECORDS by RICHARD TAUBER & LOTTE LEHMANN. Music Lovers are cordially invited to call at our recently opened Gramophone Salon and hear these Popular Records. GLAISHER & DIVES, Croydon's Radio-Gramophone Centre, 14 GEORGE STREET, CROYDON. VERY COMPLETE, UP-TO-DATE PARLOPHONE STOCK CARRIED.” ... and this in the 26th March 1938 edition: “FIRE!! - GLAISHER & DIVES, Radio and Gramophone Engineers, 14, George Street, Croydon WISH TO ANNOUNCE THAT BUSINESS IS BEING CARRIED ON FROM THE SAME ADDRESS. OUR SERVICE DEPARTMENT HAS NOT BEEN AFFECTED BY THE FIRE & WE ARE PREPARED TO GIVE OUR USUAL PROMPT AND EFFICIENT ATTENTION TO ALL REPAIRS, ETC.”
... and this in the 26th March 1938 edition:
“FIRE!! - GLAISHER & DIVES, Radio and Gramophone Engineers, 14, George Street, Croydon WISH TO ANNOUNCE THAT BUSINESS IS BEING CARRIED ON FROM THE SAME ADDRESS. OUR SERVICE DEPARTMENT HAS NOT BEEN AFFECTED BY THE FIRE & WE ARE PREPARED TO GIVE OUR USUAL PROMPT AND EFFICIENT ATTENTION TO ALL REPAIRS, ETC.”