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Stowmarket Street Scenes

1962 , Stowmarket (Suffolk)

Cat no. 1049

Scenes, mostly of shops, in and around the centre of Stowmarket.

A close-up of the Stowmarket road sign at Boulters Bridge, Stowmarket. The busy traffic heads through the town past the Regal cinema. An overhead shot of a car park where there are cars, coaches and a Co-operative van. A Salvation Army band marches down a street. A shot of Baxters Family Butchers and a large adjacent building, then Lloyds Bank and Stearn Bros Chemist on Market Place. The scene across the road shows Greens Stores and The Galleon Snack Bar. As a coach passes in front of camera, Combs Coaches Ltd can be seen on the side. More shops are featured: Dewhurst Butchers next to the International Stores; F.W. Woolworth & Co Ltd, beside a smaller shop named simply, Woolworth; Stead & Simpson Ltd; Cramphorn Ltd.; Tooks. William Turner Ltd. is just visible at the end of the sequence.

Featured Buildings

Regal Cinema; Baxters Family Butchers; Lloyds Bank; Stearn Bros Chemist; Greens Stores; The Galleon Snack Bar; Dewhurst Butchers; International Stores; F.W. Woolworth & Co Ltd.; Woolworth, Stead & Simpson Ltd; Cramphorn Ltd.; Tooks; William Turner Ltd.

Keywords

Shops; Street scenes; Traffic

Manifestations

Stowmarket Street Scenes

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