Bury St Edmunds, Buttermarket c.1950
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On the left is the covered entrance to the Playhouse. The buildings from the High Spot to the Suffolk were damaged by the Zeppelin raid in 1915, and the timbered Freeman, Hardy and Willis is a 1920s replacement. On the right is Lloyds Bank, built in 1795-97, with Adam-style doors and ground floor windows, as Spink and Carss' Bank. In 1829 it became Oakes and Bevan, in 1899 the Capital and Counties, and in 1918 Lloyds. The bank sign has a beehive for Bevan, and an Oak Tree on top for Oakes of Nowton Park. At the far end is Abbeygate Street, with the three-storey Barclays Bank of 1881, which incorporated the Post and Sorting Office until 1895, the Midland Bank of 1914, and Whipps the fishmonger.
An extract from Bury St Edmunds Town and City Memories.
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