Woburn, High Street 1952
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Now one of the busiest road junctions in the rural region, in 1952 the centre of Woburn was a study in tranquillity. The three-storied and broad-fronted architecture in this section of the village indicates a predominance of wealth and large families among the original owners, following the rebuilding after the fire of 1724.
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Memories of Woburn, High Street 1952
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The buildings from left to right are an antique shop, then a sweet shop that was full of the most delightful assortment of sweets all in glass jars and weighed out on brass scales into white paper bags. Then Dudeney and Johnston the grocers - they had a man who went around the villages on his bicycle one day a week taking grocery orders which were then delivered by van to your door. The door with a canopy and ...see more
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