STAFF at Starbucks in Taunton have given a drawing of their building at 8-9 Fore Street to an elderly Wiveliscombe woman who was born over the shop in 1925.

The picture of Fisher’s ironmongers had been on display for several years but was taken down during a refurbishment.

Fisher’s was notable for the large copper kettle hanging outside as a sign.

It was a successful part of the town’s business community for two generations and organised the plumbing for Norton Manor camp when it was built in 1940.

June Lithgow (nee Fisher), now 92 and living at Pulsford Lodge Residential Home in Wiveliscombe, was delighted with the picture which immediately brought back memories of her early life growing up in Taunton.

Her father worked in the family business and met her mother, who worked in Hatchers, at the back of the shop where the two premises adjoined.

Later, living in Aylands Road, June could remember cycling into town and leaving her bicycle in the corridor at the side of the shop while she did her shopping.

She also remembered watching the carnival from the large upstairs window with family members and other workers.

Wellington councillor Mark Lithgow,who organised the gift, said: “I am so grateful to the staff at Starbucks who have brought such a wealth for memories to my mother. She was so surprised and overjoyed to see it just as she remembered from her youth.”