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Lyme Regis, Broad Street c.1955
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Lyme's most famous resident is the novelist John Fowles, author of 'The French Lieutenant's Woman'. The film version, which starred Meryl Streep and Jeremy Irons, was filmed here in the 1980s. One or two shops in Broad Street have retained the Victorian livery provided for them by the film's set designers.

Memories of Lyme Regis, Broad Street c1955

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 Lyme Regis, Broad Street c.1955

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What a nice surprise to see your post, Charles Greenham was my Grandfather and I spent many a good holiday there in the 60s Thanks
In 1954, as a 17 year old cashier bookkeeper, I started work for Mr Greenham, whose butcher's shop was near the top of Broad Street. Some years later (in 1958), I went to work at Brewer's, the grocers, further down Broad Street. My boss there was a Mr Vaughn, who I think later returned to Torquay. I enjoyed my job at the grocers; at first I worked behind the counter, and when the ...see more