Hoveton, The Village 1921
Photo ref: 70890
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Both the buildings in the foreground are now part of the Roy empire; the battlemented one, oddly named 'Miss Roy', sells clothes. The original store is now a food hall and restaurant..

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A Selection of Memories from Hoveton

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I left school at 15 in 1953, and like many others of my age went to work at A R Taylors timber merchants.  I first worked at the Tunstead road site.  It was hard work and unlike today there was no such thing as a contract of employment so you did whatever anyone who was older than you told you to do.  I remember one of my jobs was to go around every morning to take orders from the workers for cigarettes, tobacco and sweets ...see more