Melton, The Street c.1960
Photo ref:
M268015
Photo ref:
M268015
More about this scene
This shop was run by two generations of Ben Friars from around 1910 to 1982. It had its own abattoir, smoke house and mobile shop. Further on is another former shop with a chewing-gum machine; beyond it are the telephone box and the Parish Room of 1904. On the left, the low railings belong to the Engineering Works, now Thurlow, Nunn & Standen.
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My son's grandparents are proving to be a little elusive for the family tree! Cecillia Edith Lambert, married Grenville Redmond Weaver in Suffolk about 1949. Cecillia I remember talked about living with her Aunt Connie in Melton.
I have been told Grenville was born in India. I just wondered if any of the family were still there, and what happened to the past family, was ...see more
I loved this place for the sheer humanity of it. Being beaten and whipped with cables by the locals who had just discovered electricity was a joy. It made me in to the man that I am today. Yes, I do still kill small animals and put their heads on my wall to cover the damp patch that the council hasn't sorted out yet. x
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