Featured Acquisition July 2018 | Sudbury Ephemera Archive

Donated Photographs

One of our team brought some photographs to our last meeting, these photographs included interesting views of a shop at 68 Church Street Sudbury, which was part of the buildings which were sited on the side of the road that is now part of St Gregory’s Primary School grounds. The date on the reverse of the photograph was 1910/11 but looking at the subject’s dress length it is more likely to have been the 1930’s and she is possibly Mrs Goody, according to the 1937 Kelly’s Directory.

Another photograph is of Goody and Carter, a radiator specialist in Christopher Lane. They may have been situated in one of the small workshops that were all along Christopher Lane before the houses were built in the late 20^th century

Amongst the collection was a photograph of a young woman who had participated in beauty contest during the 1960’s and she is also photographed outside premises in Station Road, which today we recognise as the Salvation Army hall and shop, but in the photograph it is the Bongo coffee bar. The wording on the brickwork is barely visible since it was sandblasted a few years ago.

Also in the collection were some photographs of people, and the interesting features of these are the details in the background. It would really be useful if anyone can identify where these photographs were taken and possibly the address of the property. Any information can be emailed to us via contact@sudburyephemera.org or a note left at Sudbury Town Hall or just come and visit one of the work sessions at Sudbury Town Hall (ask at Reception for the right room, entrance behind the Town Hall in Gaol Lane, every 2nd Monday of the month between 10:00 and 13:00 and the last Wednesday of the month between 13:00 and 16:00).

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