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133a High Street

    Current
    Mark Gee at Old Blue Anchor

    BlueAnchor
    133a
    High Street
    Lowestoft
    NR32 1HP
    United Kingdom

    Inspired by British and European influences & specialising in fish & seafood; MarkG uses local, rustic, seasonal and sustainable British ingredients, with menus created on a daily basis offering the freshest market dishes.
    Markg welcomes you to lunch and dinner with Italian coffee, fine wine and local beer’s all served in a modern, relaxed atmosphere.

    History
     CREDIT:Crispin Hook
    CREDIT:Crispin Hook

    Before it was The Old Blue Anchor Public House you can see from the 2nd picture from the 1880's it was just called the Blue Anchor. You can see from this picture No124-125-126 which were knocked down to make way for the new town hall which never got built because of the cost but the council decided this after they knocked them down. Sadly the Blue Anchor as it is in this picture was knocked down in 1885 to allow for road widening, you will also note the frontage of the buildings on the left of the picture have also changed. But it is still a fabulous picture which captures a moment in time which will never be repeated.

    CREDIT: Lowestoft High Street, The Butcher, The Baker and The Candlestick Maker by Crispin Hook 2016 Get the book

    Architecture
    133a High Street
    Credit: Joe Thompson

    This 1870 Photo shows original Blue Anchor. No 134 to 140 you can see a mixture of different  types of architecture. One of the properties...   in amongst the shops, is still a private house.  It's not a shop, it hasn't been adapted.  And the other fascinating thing   about it, and one of the reasons I picked  this picture, is the shopfronts  are being protected from the strong sunlight by  awnings, now these awnings were actually large   large roller blinds that were rolled up  and stored in the fascia above the shop window    

    Then they could be pulled forward when the sun was strong. You can   see here, this is... this picture I would  imagine is taken quite early in the morning   on a very sunny day, east is to our left so the  sun is still basically in the east and quite low.  

    And they've got to look in your shop window, so at the end of each day they would wind the awning in and out, wouldn't they?    So we've  got one, two, three, here you can see these are all   protecting their goods from the strong sunlight.  I'm not sure if this gentleman in this shop   is trying to... put his up, or if he's got a problem.      CREDIT: Ivan Bunn from transcript - Poetry People - High Street Histories 

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