Beccles, Market Square 1900

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The Market Square of Beccles is overlooked by the detached tower of St Michael's Church. The building on the left was home to the offices of the East Suffolk Gazette, with the ground floor taken up as a shop. In the days when trading wherries plied their way up and down the rivers, transporting goods from the East Coast sea ports, or from one town to another, Beccles, set alongside the marsh-lined River Waveney, was a thriving port.

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A Selection of Memories from Beccles

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. Here are some from Beccles

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The Walk, Beccles

Yes, I remember this view very well. My father worked for the Eastern Electricity Board, which is pictured on the right of the picture. I was 15 at the time. I would like to know if the EEB is still there and does anyone else remember this picture around this time?

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Added 20 November 2014

Ingate Pub

how many ingates are there in Suffolk. when I visited beccles in 2010 the pub had changed to a hotel my surname is Ingate

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Small Timber Cottage; Dicks Mount, Burgh St Peter

Location: Burgh St Peter, Beccles: My sister and brother-in-law (Ronald and Shirley Miller), owned a small timber cottage above the dyke on Dicks Mount during 1960-1970's. It was a charming one or two bedroom cottage and they had a dinghy moored on the dyke. My brother-in-law lived there more than my sister as he was writing radio plays at the time but apparently and ...see more