Village Centre towards North, 1855/56.br/ br/ W.S.Shove was a commercially successful coal. seed and corn merchant. Demand for horse feed was high in the mid C19th, with Blackheath expanding rapidly, and when Blackheath Station opened in 1849, Shove was one of the first to establish a coal depot just a few minutes walk from his shop. In 1913 his business moved to No 34 Tranquil Vale then to No 38b Tranquil Vale. Shove's shop at No 22 remained empty until 1916 when it opened as a confectioners.br/ br/ In 1940 it was taken over by Dyer, Son amp; Creasey. It is now Clutton's.br/ br/ Multon Lambert traded as a cheesemonger and grocer from No 3 Tranquil Vale from 1849 to 1883.br/ br/ The Blackheath Subscription Library on the right was run by Henry Burnside (senior and junior) who ran a bookshop from No 20 (now McColl's) from 1842 to 1903.