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136 High Street

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    136
    High Street
    United Kingdom

    History

    In 1865 Edmund Fisher Crake operated his business from both No136 and No137 and was as follows: -Gold and Silver smith and Watch makers, Working Jeweller, Opticians and fancy Repository (Branch at 22 London Rd). In 1932 the Kelly's Directory has George Butcher and Son operating their Picture Framing business from the address. In 1952 the shop along with No137 the shop had become the home of Mr F. Leech and Son who operated a Fruiterers, Greengrocers and Florists from the address. In 1967 Sanya's Gift Shop had moved in, but by 1998 the shop was Premier Pets and in 2016 it has become Elaine's Den, a second-hand shop.

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

    Architecture
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    CREDIT Joe Thompson 2023

    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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