Stilton, North Road c.1955
Photo ref:
S673001
Photo ref:
S673001
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The Talbot is open (left), and so is the newsagents A V Marshall. On the right is a sign for the Stilton Cheese. Stilton cheeses were first supplied for the landlord of the Bell by his sister-in-law from Leicestershire, and were infested with maggots. Daniel Defoe wrote in his journal that he was given a spoon to scoop out the maggots.
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Memories of Stilton, North Road c1955
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Looking at the photo of the row of houses from the top of Fen Street, the house nearest the camera was owned by my grandparents, Betty and Hans Claus and my mother Ann who at that time was about 8 years old (1959). The 3rd house along was also theirs which they had as the fish and chip shop. The house at the bottom of the road was the doctor's. They soon moved from here as the houses were to be demolished and ...see more
Previous memories talk about The Talbot Inn and on the left hand corner (Church Street Corner) Marshall's the newsagents . Before the village was bypassed around 1956 the Newsagents had previously been a Fish and Chip shop. This was one of two Fish and Chip shops in the village at that time, the second one being down the road to the right at the keep left sign in Fen ...see more
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