The story of Caddles buildings, where Dimmeys now stands at 1-7 Langhorne Street, Dandenong, begind with J. D. Cadle Flour and Corn Store. Joseph Cadle and his family had operated wind and steam mills in Little Brighton prior to moving to Dandenong in the 1860s. They purchased a flour mill in Langhorne Street from William Monger, a builder who had constructed the mill in the early 1850s. The business was managed by the Cadle family until 1918, when William Peter Cadle retired. Cadle Bros. remained the registered name for the business until 1958.
Alongside the Flour mill (to the left side) used to stand the family home of Joseph and his family, later on this site the built a second building, used as a produce store, and what became known as Cadles Buildings, an imposing two-storey building, that remained on this site until about 1966/1967, when Waltons replaced it with the first stage of their building, which when completed in 1974, covered the whole length back to McCrae Street. The former site of the Flour mill and produve store, no managed by other parties, including Oldmeadow, who took over the Flour and Corn business upong Cadles retirement, would be developed also as time went, Oldmeadown built a new building which aptly became known as Oldmeadows Building..
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