Beccles, Market Place And St Michael's Church 1894
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Photo ref: 33335
Photo of Beccles, Market Place And St Michael's Church 1894

More about this scene

The White Horse (far left), a pub since 1764, was run by William Beckett. The Peoples' Clothier (left) was Morris Sparling, then North's, and is now Coe's. On the right, both of the nearer buildings, one of which was Edward Masters, ironmongers, have been rebuilt. The last building is the Swan, a pub since 1538, run by John Fuller, who sold Morse's ales and stouts.

A Selection of Memories from Beccles

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. Here are some from Beccles

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Yes, I remember this view very well. My father worked for the Eastern Electricity Board, which is pictured on the right of the picture. I was 15 at the time. I would like to know if the EEB is still there and does anyone else remember this picture around this time?
how many ingates are there in Suffolk. when I visited beccles in 2010 the pub had changed to a hotel my surname is Ingate
Location: Burgh St Peter, Beccles: My sister and brother-in-law (Ronald and Shirley Miller), owned a small timber cottage above the dyke on Dicks Mount during 1960-1970's. It was a charming one or two bedroom cottage and they had a dinghy moored on the dyke. My brother-in-law lived there more than my sister as he was writing radio plays at the time but apparently and mysteriously, ...see more
I attended music lessons here in the late fifties on a Saturday morning. Did anyone else do the same? Beautiful building inside.