Lyme Regis, Broad Street 1930
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Photo of Lyme Regis, Broad Street 1930

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We are looking downhill and seawards from the post office (left) and the Volunteer Arms (far right) at the Top of Town. There is a glimpse of the Great House - visited by the earl of Chatham with 15-year-old William Pitt the Younger - before Star Supply Stores and the Royal Lion Hotel (centre). Other shops include Walter Wilson, ironmonger (behind the car) and Dunster's Library (right), owned by Sydney Mould.

Memories of Lyme Regis, Broad Street 1930

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For many years Dunster's Library in Broad Street was owned and operated by my grandfather, Sydney Mould. The shop was over three storeys, and contained many sections. It was a bookshop and stationers, It sold seaside accessories, it sold shrimping nets, it sold postcards, it sold cameras, and if you wanted a professional set of photos of your children, my grandfather would oblige. He used a strange system called ...see more