Browse Items (108 total)

  • Collection: Businesses

Biggs and Sowter

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Biggs and Sowter

Bank House - Queen Street 1950

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Bank House, Queen Street 1950

Clocky Roses

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Clocky Roses - Church Street

Browns Garage

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Browns Garage, Stradbroke

The Hempsheaf regulars

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Regulars outside The Hempsheaf Public House which is now a private house.

Fish and Chips outside The Hempsheaf

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Fish and Chips outside The Hempsheaf

Thirkettles, Queen Street

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Thirkettles in Queen Street during 19th Century.

Rutter Bakers

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Rutter Bakers. Maggie Rutter (nee. Thirkettle) with Lily Blinker (right). Lily served in the shop.
Please see below for correction.

Auction Catalogue dated 18th June 1903 - Series

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Auction Catalogue dated 18th June 1903 on Estates.

Auction Notice Michalmas Sales 1845

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Auction Notice for Michalmas Sales 6th October 1845 for the complete sale of the Estate of Mr Philip Pipe.

The Ward Shop

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George and Daisy Ward opened up the Grocer and Drapers Ward Shop in 1907 The 1911 census return shows that they had a one year old daughter, Kathleen and George's sister Lucy with them. The census return also shows that Lucy helped out in the shop,

The Girling Shop - Draper, Grocer and Photographer.

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William Girling is first seen at the shop in Church street in the 1871 census return and the last time he is recorded in the census returns is in 1901. His contribution to Stradbroke has been a wonderful archive of photographs recording life as it…

Town House, circa 1920

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Shop front of Town House circa 1920

M Ellis Shop

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M Ellis - hardware shop.

JC Foulsham, Town House 1966

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A notice to customers to advise them that they will no longer be selling meat but will instead be selling fish. The notice ends with a poem:

There's no more for Foulshams for pork
Now that's the sad topic for talk
For their sausages prime you…

Hitchcock shop

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Hitchcock - the shop that is later to become the Spar or 'Top Shop'. Hitchcock is a grocer, tea dealer, draper and outfitter.

Post Card sent by GV Rutter

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Postcard dated 3rd December 1904 sent by GC Rutter to Miss Ruth Mills to show where his shop was situated.

Girling and Ellis Shops

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Church street with William Girling, Draper, Grocer and Photographer, and Ellis's The Butcher.
Girling's shop was in Stradbroke between 1860's and 1907.

The Forge, Queen St

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The Forge, Queen St. Girling photograph

Skinners Mill

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Skinners Mill off Queens Street.

Sainsbury Egg Collection

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The van collecing eggs for Sainsbury's Supermarket.

The village Blacksmith - Mr Arthur Amies

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Mr Arthur Amies working at the anvil as the village Blacksmith.

William Rutter and his Bakers Dozen - Series

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Article written by Enid Driver, the grandaughter of William Rutter, about her grandfather, his large family.and the Bakery in Stradbroke.

Faye Fashions

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Faye Fashions

Marvon Fish Bar

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The Marvon Fish and Chip bar in Queen Street.

Upton Garage

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Garage, Cycle Shop, Tobacconist and Drapery. Barney Cook is holding the bicycle. Also Harry Scales and Jack Warne.. Tom Upson and his daughter Doris.

The General Courts Baron of the Right Hon Charles Earl Cornwallis

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The General Courts Baron of the Right Hon Charles Earl Cornwallis - held at the Queens Head Pub on 12th October 1786.

The Hempsheaf

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The Hempseaf Public House. The reverse of the card states 'Left - Ivy Tilbrook, Middle, Mr Tilbrook - Right, Cousin Violet'