Market Place c1950, Long Sutton
Market Place c1950, Long Sutton Ref: L484011
Memories of Market Place c1950, Long Sutton
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Long Sutton & local memories
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The Changes in Lifestyles
I was in school in Long Sutton and worked part time for Phillip Stow the butcher. I had to go round customers' houses in the morning and take orders for their meat requirements. I then went to school. After school I had to deliver the orders on a trade bicycle with a basket on the front.
The local supermarket was I believe Fine Fare. I always remember a little three-wheeler coming and parking outside there and a similar model appeared on 'Hearbeat' in the first series.
My father John worked for Parson Bros and Snape coal merchants, and my mother was welfare officer for Lockwoods Foods.
The headmaster of the Peele school at this time was Mr Noone.
The one memory that I always remember is the bombing on The Wash which seemed to go on endlessly.
First Impresstion of Long Sutton
I first came to Long Sutton after my husband was given the job of being the local'bobby'We came to live in the local police station, which was an office room in the house. My first impresstion of Long Sutton was how slow the pace of life was after comming from a large city of Birmingham where the pace of life was fast and hectic. I soon got to know the local people and found them friendly and helpful along with the local charictors of the village. Live has now moved on and the village town has grown much bigger,since my husband and collegue retired the police station office has closed down and moved to a larger town.
I am still living in Long Sutton and the pace of life now moves a little faster but only a little. I feel also now that i am not the outsider i once was and with working with the local people have become one of them, only when my Brummy accsent comes... Read more
