Tommy Foyle was the second owner of the Corner Shop, taking over from Cedric Thwaite in 1915. Tommy was from Leeds. His father Fred Foyle strangled his mother Jean to death and pleaded guilty to murder. After placing his sisters in the care of his aunts, Tommy joined the army and was left with a permanently ulcerated leg after being shot accidentally. In 1915 he took on the shop with his sister Amelia, prevented from signing up because of his leg injury.