139 High Street
Current
139
High Street
Lowestoft
NR32 1HR
United Kingdom
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History
In 1865 the shop is recorded as the High Street Post Office with Thomas Pratt as postmaster, but by 1932 Kelly's Directory the shop has changed its use to Wrens Limited whose main business was as a saddlers but by the 1940's the shop had changed its business to a Sports Shop. In the 1950's the shop had become Farrows, who specialised in house furnishings but by the 1960's it had become Kirby and Knights, Soft Furnishings, Upholsterers and Carpet Specialists. The 3rd picture was taken in 1998 and there is very little difference between them as the 2nd picture in 2016.
CREDIT: Lowestoft High Street, The Butcher, The Baker and The Candlestick Maker by Crispin Hook 2016 Get the book
Electrical charging 1950s style
Architecture
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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