Grinsted published his own postcards during the 1920s. They were printed rather than real photographs and of poorer quality than the earlier White series. Three examples can be seen here, probably published in the 1920s.

This postcard shows the Bury stores around 1900, unposted and probably published by Hamiltons. The village shop, surely one of the centres of local life, was located in ‘The Street’ and underwent several name changes. Originally the Lavender Stores, it was managed by Philip Grinsted from 1897 soon after his marriage to Clara Peskett, and they remained there for some forty years. He eventually took over the business and it was renamed Grinsted. During this period it also became the Post Office. His son Philip, also known by his second name, Edward, took over when his father died in 1939, remaining until 1965. The shop then became know as Bury Stores. The frontage of the building includes some impressive gargoyles (seen in our Bury video) which apparently were once stone work of the original Arundel Castle, sold off when the castle was rebuilt in the late 1890s.

Philip Grinsted (1871-1939), dressed in a straw hat and bulky jacket, can be seen in three cards of Bury, taken from John White’s early series. Presumably they were taken around the same time, and intended to be sold in the local shop. Perhaps Philip's inclusion added a degree of personalisation as he was no doubt a familiar figure around the area, certainly once the postcards were published!

This White card, posted from Pulborough to Miss H. Sully in Essex on February 5th 1909, shows Philip Grinsted leaning on a fence admiring the view of the Downs from the village. The sender writes that the recipient will know the "Gentleman on this". The sender may have worked in Grinsted's Bury Stores, as she mentions "very quiet trade" and that "you would not like to be a shopgirl". Posted in Pulborough on Feb 5th 1909 to Miss H. Sully in Essex.

‘To Bury from Pulborough’ shows the main road to Arundel, now the A29, but here in the first decade of the 1900s it was so lightly used that the only visible traffic is a couple of cyclists in the distance about to tackle the hill. In the middle distance, the figure standing by the roadside on the left can be identified as Philip Grinsted. This card was posted on Aug 30th 1908, in Sutton to Miss H. Sully, Manor Park, Essex.