Peoples Department Store, Main Street, Liverpool, Nova Scotia

The Wigglesworth Building

Peoples Department Store

 In May 1969 a new building was being constructed on the corner of Main and Gorham Street, on the site previously occupied by the Wigglesworth building, owned by Charles and Mabel Wigglesworth. The Wigglesworth building housed such businesses as Garneau's Fine Foods (owned by the late Garneau Seaman) and New Systems Laundry and Dry Cleaning. The newly built store was called the Peoples Department Store and it remained in business for over 25 years closing for business in 1995. I always enjoyed going to the People's store because they had the best "Pet" section of any store in Liverpool and I enjoyed going to see what was there.  Cindy White, Carol Whynott, Elaine Whynott, and Colleen Conrad are some of the workers I can remember from there. The managers over the years included Jeff Strang, David Booth and the last manager there Ken Klassen. The owners of Liverpool Home Hardware purchased the building and in 1995 Home Hardware moved in occupying all of the downstairs and half of the upstairs. Liverpool Value Plus eventually moved into the other half of the upstairs until moving next door to the old Nova Scotia Liquor Store building. Don and Vi MacKenzie, owners of Liverpool Home Hardware opened up a Home Hardware Furniture Store where Value Plus was located. The building was never a really attractive building but more the style of a big cement box. To help beautify the building a large mural was painted on the rear of the building and has always been something of interest for tourists to the area.

Rear view of Home Hardware with the beautiful mural