Thaxted, Newbiggen Street c.1950
Photo ref:
T28017
Photo ref:
T28017
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Sherman Ferris`s bakery (left) used to stock ice cream, and was therefore much-frequented by children. It also evidently stocked Daren bread - a popular Hovis-like brand in its day. The thatched roofs in the distance are still there, appropriately enough: the town`s name means `place where thatch comes from`.
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Memories of Thaxted, Newbiggen Street c1950
For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. These memories are of Thaxted, Newbiggen Street c.1950
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My great grandmother lived at 14 Newbiggen Street, just on the righthand side of this photo. A couple of the stories I know about the place are: The doctor would come from Saffron Walden to see the Thaxted people and then send the prescriptions over on the bus. My great grandmother would then have people sit in her front parlour and wait and she would take the precription delivery and administer itmto the ...see more
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