Library). Padbury titled his business The Colonial Stores. By 1912 the Western Australian Post Office Directory listed WM. Padbury as "merchant, flour miller, importer, ironmonger, draper & grocer, machinery & implement importer" with other stores at Guildford and Moora. In September of that year the company came to be known as Padbury Stores Limited. Padbury Stores Ltd., 1912-1917 In 1916, during the First World War, a huge pumpkin, christened "Big Ben", was displayed in the window of the Toodyay store to raise money for the Sandbag League. Threepence was charged per entry, and a prize was given to the person who guessed its correct weight. In June 1917 Padbury Stores Limited sold its Toodyay branch business to Alfred John James. James' Store, 1917-1939 In February 1922 Alfred James organised a display of Western Australian made items in his shop window, promoting the purchase of "Westralian" products. These included groceries, crockery and housewares. By March 1936 Otto Herman Jager was managing James' store. On 10 March 1939 a "closing down" sale on the site was promoted, and two weeks later a bankrupt James' assets were advertised for tender in The West Australian newspaper. Jager's Store, 1939-1969 Jager assumed ownership of the property in 1939, the premises becoming known as Jager's Store. In 1940 Jager had taken over the agency of the Shell Oil Company. In May 1946, during the Second World War, he made available a room adjoining his store for use by the Toodyay Voluntary Aid Detachment unit. In 1950 the Toodyay Newsagency was advertised as operating from this site. In the 1952 Toodyay Agricultural Show schedule of prizes two separate businesses were advertised, a newsagency and a general store. By 1956 each had separate telephone numbers. 1953 newspaper advertisements notified the public that Jager was the agent for Yeates and Yeates, Optometrists and Opticians of 44 St George's Terrace Perth, as well as being the sole district distributor of Electrolux appliances. In 1956 Jager was notified by the Toodyay Road Board that his shop verandah was required to be modified due to road widening. The Road Board contributed to a quarter of the cost. McKittrick's Toodyay General Store, 1969-1984 On 1 December 1969 Maureen and Fred McKittrick took over the Toodyay General Store in the Jager building, running a supermarket, newsagency and Golden Fleece fuel agency from the site. Throughout the 1970s the business expanded, and in 1973 was