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Braintree, High Street c.1960
Photo ref: B178033A
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The Bank Street/Great Square corner was rebuilt in the 1930s with a building capped by a stylish cupola (centre, at the end of the street). Foster Brothers Ltd occupied the ground floor; although the official name of the property is London House, it became known as 'Foster's Corner'. The Pearl Assurance Co and Denis Keen, the optician, used the majority of the first floor. In 1959 Foster's moved to new premises in Great Square, and the building became the Braintree branch of the Midland Bank.

Memories of Braintree, High Street c1960

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 Braintree, High Street c.1960

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We moved to Braintree with our Dad, George Harkins, in 1966. He was an American, stationed at Wethersfield air force base, married to a young British girl, Eileen. We lived at 82 South Street for about 5 or 6 years, and me and my brother John attended Manor Street Primary school. After our time there we moved back to the US and left loads of great friends behind. We lived at the end of a lane, I recall ...see more