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|Occupied by = [[Sharon Mitchell]]}} '''10 Turpin Road '''has housed various businesses throughout the years, including a furniture store, a catering business, a bric a brac store, and a hair salon. The building currently houses '''The Albert''', a wine and cocktail bar that is currently owned by [[Phil Mitchell]] and currently ran by his wife [[Sharon Mitchell]].
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|Occupied by = Unknown}} '''10 Turpin Road '''has housed various businesses throughout the years, including a furniture store, a catering business, a bric a brac store, and a hair salon. The building currently houses '''The Albert''', which is owned by [[Vincent Hubbard]] but following his disappearance, it is unknown who owns the location.
   
 
==The Dagmar (1987-1988)==
  
==The Dagmar (1987-1988)==

Revision as of 19:37, 7 May 2019

10 Turpin Road has housed various businesses throughout the years, including a furniture store, a catering business, a bric a brac store, and a hair salon. The building currently houses The Albert, which is owned by Vincent Hubbard but following his disappearance, it is unknown who owns the location.

The Dagmar (1987-1988)

The Dagmar was owned by Gladstones Brewery. James Willmott-Brown took on the tenancy in 1987 and in May of that year he had the place renovated into a modern wine bar (with a disco in the side-room) as a rival to the Queen Vic. His intention was to repeat this formula with other local boozers once The Dagmar was up and running. Angie Watts moved in and became chief barmaid in an attempt to spite Den, and soon recruited Simon Wicks after he was sacked from The Vic. The bar was initially popular, but suffered two graffiti attacks in October 1987 with 'Yuppies Out' being sprayed across the frontage. Angie quit at the end of the year, claiming a dislike of the yuppie clientele and missing The Vic. The Dagmar began to lose business due to competition from the Vic and the Strokes Wine Bar, as well as Walford's residents not catching on to the upper class establishment. Other bar-staff included Barry Clarke, Lofty Holloway, Kathy Beale and on Near Year's Eve 1987 the never-before-seen Wendy from The Chip Shop stepped in as emergency cover after Angie quit. Mary Smith was also employed as a cleaner, with Rod filling in if ever she was away. In July 1988, following the rape of Kathy Beale by James, The Dagmar was burned down by Brad Williams on the orders of Den Watts.

Exterior

Interior Downstairs

Interior Upstairs See 10A Turpin Road



Furniture Bargains (1988-1989)

Furniture Bargains opened in 1988 shortly after the fire of The Dagmar. However, the business failed after one year.












The Meal Machine (first era) (1991-1993)

In 1991 Ian Beale leased the site and went into partnership with Hattie Tavernier converting it into a catering business. Chefs included Steve Elliot and Joe Wallace (who Ian later sacked when he found out he had HIV). It later closed down when Richard Cole reported Ian to the Environmental Health. Following the closure of Beale's Market it was once again re-opened as The Meal Machine, this time owned by Mel Owen.









Beale's Market (1988-2000)

In 1998 Ian reopened the site as Beale's Market, a bric-a-brac store. Employees included Mel Healey, Louise Raymond, Jamie Mitchell and Jeff Healey. Following Ian's bankruptcy in 2000 it closed and was reopened as (unknown's) Bargains.










Bella's Bargains (200?-200?)

Bella's Bargains was a bargains store that opened af the failure of Beale's Market.












The Meal Machine (second era) (2001-2003)

In 2001 Mel Owen returned to the Square, she bought the business and resurrected the Meal Machine with Ian as a partner. Following her arrest in 2002 for drug trafficking Mel signed the Meal Machine over to Laura Beale as protection.












Sophisti-Kate's (2003-2005)

Sophisti-Kate's was a nail bar run by Kate Mitchell, bought for her by her husband Phil. Kate worked beside Chrissie Watts, who ran a hair salon upstairs. The salon had sustained fire damage and was later closed when Kate re-joined the police and left the Square in 2005.    

Exterior Downstairs


Interior Downstairs



Booty (first era) (2006-2009)

Booty was a beauticians run by Tanya Branning. It was bought for by husband Max. Tanya ran the salon until December 2009 when the salon was repossessed and sold on.












Roxy's (2010-2011)

Roxy's was a beauticians owned by Roxy Mitchell, which she had brought in a bidding war with her sister Ronnie. Roxy hired Chelsea Fox, Jodie Gold & Kim Fox. However in 2011 Roxy was unable to run the salon and the R&R, so she sold the business back to Tanya.


Exterior


Interior Downstairs Roxy's Inside.jpg|Roxy's Interior (2010) Roxy's Inside 2.jpg|Roxy's Interior (2010)

Booty (second era) (2011-2013)

Tanya bought the salon back again in 2011 and named it Booty once more. She continued to run the business until her departure in 2013.

Beauty (2013-2014)

The salon was renamed Beauty after Sadie Young purchased it from Tanya and renovated the premises. She hired Lola Pearce & Poppy Meadow. In 2014 she sold the 99 year lease of the salon to Sharon Rickman & Phil Mitchell who then converted it to The Albert.

Interior Downstairs

The Albert (2014-present)

The Albert is a wine and cocktail bar and is currently owned by Vincent Hubbard but he is currently selling it through Tenuta Estate Agents.

The night before the opening of The Albert Johnny took a group of people for Lauren's 20th birthday party as Johnny had the keys to the Albert, Then later on Johnny gets fired by Sharon but then he gets the job back as Sharon felt dorry because he said that nobody ever cares about him and he always does everything wrong. On the night of the opening Sharon gives him another chance as the night before Whitney kissed him, Sharon said that Johnny could take a 4 minute break after he said can he have a 5 minute break as he saw Whitney go out of The Albert upset, he followed Whitney and then saw The Queen Victoria Publichouse was on fire. Johnny went back to The Albert and told Mick and Linda that there Vic is on fire and never went back.

On the 16th June 2014, Sharon was attacked by two masked intruders just as she was closing up and having a drink with Johnny to celebrate his promotion to bar manager. Suddenly, in a dramatic turn of events, on 17th June 2014, Sharon was attacked. Johnny hid upstairs, in a state of panic.

Exterior


Interior


Interior Upstairs


Miscellaneous


Pearl's Bar (2015)

In order to spite Phil, Vincent - who had become the bar's biggest shareholder - renamed The Albert Pearl's Bar after his newborn daughter, Pearl Fox-Hubbard.


Gallery

Return to the Albert (2015)

When Phil realised what Vincent had done, he responded with physical violence, causing Vincent to change the name back to the Albert. Ronnie Mitchell begins working there in October 2015 as she wants excitement. Sharon sells her share in March 2016 in order to pay off her Dad, Gavin Sullivan.

Exterior


Miscellaneous

Names

Business Name Years Type of Business
The Dagmar  1987-1988 Pub
The Meal Machine 1991-1993
2001-2003 		Catering
Beale's Market 1998-2000 Bric-a-brac
Bella's Bargains 200?-200? Bargain Store
Sophisti-Kate's 2003-2005 Beauty Salon
Booty 2006-2009
2011-2013 		Beauty Salon
Roxy's 2010 Beauty Salon
Beauty 2013-2014 Beauty Salon
The Albert 2014-2015
2015- 		Cocktail Bar
Pearl's Bar 2015 Cocktail Bar

Staff

Owners

Name Business Years
James Willmott-Brown The Dagmar 1987-1988
Ian Beale and Hattie Tavernier The Meal Machine 1991-1993
Ian Beale Beale's Market 1998-2000
Unknown Bella's Bargains 200?-200?
Ian Beale and Melanie Owen The Meal Machine 2001-2003
Kate Mitchell Sophisti-Kate's 2003-2005
Tanya Cross Booty 2006-2009
2011-2013
Sadie Young Beauty

2013-2014

Sharon Mitchell The Albert 2014-16
Phil Mitchell The Albert 2014-2015
Vincent Hubbard The Albert 2015-

 Owner/Licensees for The Albert

Owner Licensee Year Bar Manager Bartenders
Sharon Mitchell and Phil Mitchell Sharon Mitchell 2014-2015 Johnny Carter (2014) Ronnie Mitchell

Roxy Mitchell

Sharon Mitchell and'Vincent Hubbard Sharon Mitchell and'Vincent Hubbard 2015-2016 Kim Fox-Hubbard (2015-2016) Ronnie Mitchell
Vincent Hubbard Vincent Hubbard 2016 - Present Kim Fox-Hubbard (2016-) Tracey (2017)

Employees

Current Employees

Name Year
Kim Fox-Hubbard 2015-present

Former Employees

Name Year
Angie Watts 1987
Simon Wicks 1987-1988
Lofty Holloway 1988
Kathy Beale 1988
Lola Pearce 2013
Poppy Meadow 2013
Lauren Branning 2013
Johnny Carter 2014
Roxy Mitchell 2014-15
Ronnie Mitchell 2014-16

Residents

Former Residents

See 10A Turpin Road

Name Year
Angie Watts 1987
Sharon Watts 1987
James Willmott-Brown 1988
Stevie Dickinson 2010-?
Asher Levi 2010-?
Sol Levi 2010-?
Naz Mehmet 2010-?
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