REDO 05 6 7 8 9 10 11 to 25 High Street

REDO NO5,6,7,8,9,10 THE HIGH STREET

The 2nd picture shows the view looking towards the lighthouse while the 3rd picture shows the view of No10 looking down Osborne Street. One thing to be said about the Victorians is that the street furniture was quite fancy and if you ever visit the transport museum at Carlton Colville you can see an example of these lights. Back in 1865 Edward Woodger who was a fish merchant was listed as living at number ten and in 1932 Mrs A Bell was running the building as apartments, but during the 1960's the house and remaining terrace was struck by lighting and the council saw fit to pull these remaining houses down right up to Arnold House. At the time as we do in the present a movement was started to save these buildings from the bulldozer but the council was determined to wipe these off the map just like they did with most of the town historic buildings back then.

No11-21

The 3rd picture is 11-25 and the aftermath of the raid on Lowestoft in May 1943, the soldiers on the right of the picture are standing on the  corner of Camden Street. Now,  the shops and houses have now gone. No11 was always a private house. No12 in 1865 was Mrs Mary Hunt, Lodging House. No13 as of 1940 was the Transport Ministry offices. No14 in 1865 was Mrs Hannah Hubert, Ladies Boarding House. No15 in 1865 was Mrs Elizabeth Curtis, lodging house. No16 in 1865 was a shop run by Jermial James who was a Glover and the Parish Clerk. No 17 was Sarah Grimes Dressmakers shop in 1900. No18 was a private house. No19 in 1932 was a Tobacconist run by Herbert Roll. No20 in 1900 was listed as a French Polisher's run by Stephen Clarke and lastly No21 in 1865 was a Seminary run by Hannah and Harriet Salter, in 1900 Deek and Brown had it as a Confectioners and in 1932 the business had passed to Miss N Robinson.

No22

You can see in the 4th picture the landlord of the Evening Star (Mr D. Cunningham) in the doorway of his pub, you can also see the left side of the street being torn down to allow the road to be widened. You can just make out No22 which was in 1865 A. M. Crisp and Sons, Booksellers and Stationers, by 1900 it was A. Crisp and Sons and finally G. L. Crisp, Bookseller, Stationers, Newsagent and Printer. The Shop carried on trading here until 1943.

No23

No 23 would have been where the Lamp post and bin is to the left of the picture, in 1900 the landlord was listed as Nathaniel Downing Cunningham and by 1932 the pub had gone and was replaced with a Butchers run by George Farman but in May 1943 the building was gone! Reported in the Journal from April 1881 Richard Barber, landlord of the Joiners Arms was fined 2s. 6d. plus costs 7s. 6d. for keeping his pub open at an improper hour on Sunday, the 4th inst. Being his 1st offence during the 12 years he had kept the Joiners Arms it was dealt with as above.

No24

The Evening Star in this picture would have been where the flower tub is located just past the pub on the right. In 1865 the landlord was George Waters, the pub when on up to early 1900 but by 1932 it became a confectioner run by Percy.

A. Rowe he had the shop right up to the time it was bombed in May 1943. You can see on page 13 the old picture showing the pub in the 1880's, long before it was the Evening Star it was once known as the Star Hotel. On page 13 the man in the doorway is Mr D Cunningham. The picture is taken outside number 26 which is now part of the Royal Falcon.

No25

In 1865 No25 was the headquarters of the Christian Knowledge Society, by 1900 Arthur Mills had taken over and turned the shop into a grocer's. By 1932 Mr Frank Leech had taken over and turned the shop into a Fruiterer and when the end came in May 1943 the shop was known as The Candy Shop and was kept as the above picture till the mid-sixty's when the site was cleaned up. If you study the picture you can make out the tramway power poles being repurposed as lamp posts a good forty years after its removal. The Candy Shop was built on an earlier building under its Georgian and Victorian frontage as you can see once we get to No36.

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

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