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140 High Street

    Current
    M G Osborne Antiques

    M G Osborne Antiques
    140
    High Street
    Lowestoft
    NR32 1HR
    United Kingdom

    History

    In 1900 Mr Ernest John Blake ran his solicitor business from this address, but by 1932 the Kelly Directory has Mrs Wren running her Post Office from this address until she moved to No53. By the 1950's, Mr Gooch had moved in and was running his driving tuition business from the shop. As you can see  the shop today is Mr M. G. Osborne Antiques Shop is the best place in town if you collect old Lowestoft postcards as he has a large selection.

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

    Electrical charging 1950s style

    Architecture
    building
    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 

    Surviving internal timber framing

    Not seen, but possible roof-truss survivals. CREDIT:David Butcher

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