54 High Street

During one morning in 1852, the serenity and peace of the High Street was upset when the newly fitted glass front window was nearly smashed when a runaway horse and cart narrowly missed the front of Devereux Brothers when it turned out of Crown Street and turned south down the High Street. It was ultimately stopped by the harbour bridge after running for a distance of four miles, without doing any other damage. In 1900 Thomas Devereux, grocer and agent for W & A Gilbeys Ltd, wine and spirit merchants. In 1932 the shop was spilt into two with No54 becoming Arthur Hollis, Corn Merchant and No53 becoming Miss E. M. Snell, Drapers. In 1967 Miss Snell has gone and Arthur Hollis had turned her shop into a Grocers. By 1990 the shop had returned back into one shop and has become Anglia factors (kitchen and bathroom shop) in 1998 the shop has become Custom Kitchens and by 2016 it was Aid and Assist.CREDIT: Lowestoft High Street, The Butcher, The Baker and The Candlestick Maker by Crispin Hook 2016 Get the book