3-5/5-7 Central Hill Dairy and Cycle Shop

Norwood Central Dairy and Blue Door Bicycle Shop

The site of 3-5 Central Hill was a cottage built in the 1820s or 1830s converted into the Central Dairy with cowsheds at the rear and a retail unit. In 1920s it was opened as a cycle shop by Mr Mungham. In 1940s Mr Talbot took over the lease and it became a cycle and machine-shop, offering sales, repairs and the manufacture of various bicycle parts, early moped and car parts. The shop was named Central Cycle and Auto Stores. In 1950s the bike shop was split from the radio/TV repair shop Tele-Tech which closed in 2006. In 2010 the business was taken over by Mr David Hibbs. In 2019 it reopened under the ownership of Andrew MacLugash specializing in bicycle servicing and repairs and IT and computing repairs