Bridport, East Street 1904
Photo ref:
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Photo ref:
52756
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The wide main streets of Bridport were originally designed to be highways, market venues and workshops. Rope and net making were considerable industries in previous centuries and the width of the thoroughfares facilitated their manufacture.
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Memories of Bridport, East Street 1904
For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. These memories are of Bridport, East Street 1904
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The first half of the building with dormer windows (from the left of the picture) and where the Job Centre is situated today, was a Temperance Hotel. Bridport had over 60 public houses at the turn of the twentieth century and nine active Temperance societies. The Bridport 'Coffee Company', offering an alternative drink to beer for working people was situated where WH Smith is today. The Temperance Hotel (and ...see more
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