East Bergholt, the Village c1955 (ref. E247030) | The 17th-century Red Lion (right) was a Cobbold pub, run by J E Smith. The single-storey extension hides the Old Manse, the post office and John Constable's first studio. At the end of the street, the petrol pumps have gone, and Thrower's the newsagent's has become an estate agent's. Opposite is Hatters, where straw hats were made. |  Add your own Memory
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Botesdale, the Village c1960 (ref. B619004) | On the right is St Catherine's, reputedly the oldest house in the village, then Last's butcher's shop, once noted for its fine sausages, but now demolished. The gable on the left is Southgate Farm, the home of Eric and Emma Burroughes, the village wheelwright, whose work was featured in the film 'Requiem for the Village'. | Add your own Memory
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Metfield, Post Office c1965 (ref. M269010) | The telephone box has gone, and the Post Office and shop, owned by R Boardman at this time, has closed, but the post box has become the letter box to the house. The shop was an extension to the 18th-century brick-fronted building. The house to the right has a panel with the Prince of Wales feathers. | Add your own Memory
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Rickinghall, The Street c1955 (ref. R327002) | The fence marks the edge of Rickinghall Inferior churchyard, where a bus shelter was built c1960. Opposite, Bell Cottage and Wall Cottage are virtually unchanged. The cyclist is passing Mrs Davy's grocery and draper's shop at the corner of Parsonage Hill. Beyond the railway-like gate is the blacksmith's house. | Add your own Memory
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Aldeburgh, High Street c1955 (ref. A28095) | This view was taken from the first floor of the present Regatta Restaurant. In the distance Crabbe Street, named after the local poet the Rev George Crabbe, who inspired the work of Benjamin Britten, leads down to the beach and the lifeboat station. The East Suffolk Hotel (the white building, centre right) is now the Aldeburgh Festival Office. | Add your own Memory
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Aldeburgh, Childrens Boating Pool c1955 (ref. A28062) | Model sailing boats ply back and forth across the pool. In the background is the Moot Hall of c1540; in front is the war memorial, now surrounded by a garden. This area was originally the market place, with streets now lost to the sea running parallel on the right. The mock-timber building on the left is the Mill Inn. Beyond it are Moot House, Market Cross Place and the White Lion. | Add your own Memory
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Aldeburgh, the Lifeboat and Crag Path c1965 (ref. A28143) | Until the 1990s, this was one of the few places where the lifeboat was kept on the open beach. Further along Crag Path is the former red and white brick watchtower (centre). On the right is a later extension to the Jubilee Hall of 1889. The white bow-fronted house is Mizpah of 1877, and beyond is High House of 1879. | Add your own Memory
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Aldeburgh, the Camping Ground c1955 (ref. A28027) | Church Farm Caravan Park, now Holiday Park, is situated between Thorpeness Road and the River Ald. The river is seen here on the right, with the RSPB marshland reserve beyond. The basic layout of the camp remains much the same today, with the reception building in the centre of the tree line. | Add your own Memory
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Alderton, the Street c1955 (ref. A342002) | The white-painted brick Tolly-owned, Crown Inn (right) closed in the 1960s. The 17th-century Cobbold Swan Inn opposite was saved from closure following a Save Our Swan campaign in 1995-1997. Beyond is the old post office, which still retains the original sign on the wall. | Add your own Memory
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Alderton, the Street c1955 (ref. A342007) | This row contained a general and sweet shop (note the Oxo advertisement in the window), with another general store and a teashop at the far end. The brick building between is still called London House, a sure clue to a former shop – there is another London House at Ixworth. Now all the shops have closed except for the one directly ahead. | Add your own Memory
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Barton Mills, the Bull Inn c1965 (ref. B30002) | There has been an inn here since at least 1680; it became a coaching inn in about 1750. This is the original front, which was built in two stages, the right half in 1680 and the left, with a carriage entrance, in about 1700. The entrance is now glazed to form a lounge. A white brick extension was built onto the left half in the 1920s. | Add your own Memory
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Beccles, High Street c1955 (ref. B45072) | On the left is the jettied Falcon Inn, now a butcher's shop; Geoffrey Nudd next door, a tobacconist's, and Woolworth's have been rebuilt. The three gables over Hepworths have been removed. Ahead are Rayston's, selling high-class provisions, and Thompson's New Market Restaurant. | Add your own Memory
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Beccles, Exchange Square c1955 (ref. B45055) | On the left is the corner of Lloyds Bank; then comes Siddal and Kirby's shoe shop, the Wool Shop, now Nationwide with a new shop front, and the Midland Bank. To the right, the two boys are beside Ye Olde Shop; beyond it is the King's Head Hotel. Dewhurst the butchers are on the corner of Sheepsgate. | Add your own Memory
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Beccles, New Market c1955 (ref. B45054) | Morling's The House of Music (left) remains virtually unchanged. Masters & Stevens, the ironmonger's, has been rebuilt, and The Buttery (the white building) has been refitted. The Midland Bank on the right is now the Halifax. Vicomte François Chateaubriand, the French writer and diplomat, lived in exile next door from 1793 to 1795. | Add your own Memory
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Beccles, the River c1960 (ref. B45066) | We are looking upstream, towards St Michael's Church, from the old quay; until the 1950s, Thames barges delivered grain here to Green's Mill. The iron bridge of c1880 replaced a medieval stone bridge. The Waveney forms the boundary between Suffolk and Norfolk, where the boys are fishing. | Add your own Memory
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Beyton, the White Horse Inn c1960 (ref. B877005) | The drainpipe (right) marks the division between the timber-framed building of 1694 to the left and a Victorian brick extension nearer to us. Beyond the corner is a shop advertisement for Lyons Cakes. To the left was Rouse's cycle shop, a section of which was demolished to widen the road. | Add your own Memory
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Beyton, the Village c1960 (ref. B877002) | The school was built on the Green in 1872 at a cost of £700, with accommodation for 70 children. The side windows have gone and have been replaced by six sky-lights in the roof. The village pump is hidden in the long grass in front of the school. Little Paddock of c1600 stands at right angles to the track. | Add your own Memory
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Bildeston, the Clock Tower c1960 (ref. B766012) | This was built in 1864. Its only clock dial faces Albert Hall's grocer's and draper's shop (left), now Bank House Stores. The house on the corner of Chapel Street (centre) now has a porch in the second bay. Still's stores (right) later became Simpson's antique shop, and since 1990 it has been a private house. | Add your own Memory
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Blaxhall, the Youth Hostel c1960 (ref. B614002) | This was the village school, built in 1881 by John Sheppard. George Ewart Evans came to live in Blaxhall in 1948, when his wife became headmistress. He did much of his early oral history recording in the village; this formed the basis of many books, including 'Ask the Fellows who Cut the Hay' in 1956. | Add your own Memory
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Blythburgh, Village c1955 (ref. B125005) | On the other side of the church lie the marshes of the Blyth estuary, which is why this magnificent church is known as the Queen of the Marshes. On Sunday 4 August 1577, the church was 'visited' by a thunderstorm and a black dog - during the visitation two members of the congregation died. The 17th-century Church Farm (centre), with its brick end wall and gables, was thatched at the time of the photograph. | Add your own Memory
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