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Braintree, Bocking End c.1955
Photo ref:
B178032
More about this scene
The Co-operative's elegant range of buildings with a clock tower was another victim of 1960s development in the town. The Society was formed by a group of silk workers in 1864. The first shop was in a house in South Street, and then new premises were found in Swan Street, to the left of the island site. As business grew, it moved in 1875 to this site in Bocking End. The photograph shows the rebuilt premises of 1907. The resplendent clock tower was a landmark feature of the townscape. The Society merged with the Chelmsford Star Co-op, and now occupies a prestigious site in the George Yard shopping centre.
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