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Hoveton, The Village c.1955
Photo ref: H399137
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Hoveton is one of the centres of Broadland, and is crowded in the summer months. Roy's family store has grown out of a grocer's shop started at the beginning of the 20th century to cater for the needs of 'Yachting and Boating Parties'. By the time of this photograph, it had expanded to take over almost all the buildings in the town centre.

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A Selection of Memories from Hoveton

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 Hoveton

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I left school at 15 in 1953, and like many others of my age went to work at A R Taylors timber merchants.  I first worked at the Tunstead road site.  It was hard work and unlike today there was no such thing as a contract of employment so you did whatever anyone who was older than you told you to do.  I remember one of my jobs was to go around every morning to take orders from the workers for cigarettes, tobacco and ...see more