Deal, High Street c.1950
Photo ref:
D15020
Photo ref:
D15020
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This main street runs parallel to the shore, and displays many of the late 19th-century shops that accompanied its development as a resort during that period. Earlier, William Cobbett, passing through in the course of his 'Rural Rides', described it as 'a villainous place full of filthy looking people'.
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Memories of Deal, High 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 Deal, High Street c.1950
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I spent my youth with my family "above the shop" in Deal High Street. My father, Morris Orchard, first worked in, then inherited, the family shoe shop, which had been in business since my great grandfather's time. In those days it was F. H. Orchard and Son, Bespoke Bootmaker - we still had stationery lying around with his name on it, and out the back we had the workshop, still with old tools, bits of ...see more
The shop on left hand side is White Fuller (Kent) Ltd, 68 High Street, Deal. My father, Cecil Prime, was the owner. Our mother, Phyllis, my brother John Prime and myself lived there. John and I were both born there he in 1948 and myself in 1947. We spent all our formative years here. I have been looking for photos of this building to include in a memory book for my brother's ...see more
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