What a difference to today's Lynn. Your excellent photos show a thriving town centre with a great variety of shops, and plenty of customers. Since the "experts" modernised it with pedestrian areas, it is now an ugly mess. Most shop front signs are black and the traders use initials rather than their names- M&S, HMV, H&M etc. The ankle twisting blocks that were installed are in a poor state of repair, with patches of paving slabs and long strips of tarmac. I was in the town centre yesterday hoping to get some office supplies, but no luck. What a waste of a trip. Looks like it will have to be Amazon again! You can't blame them for the demise of town centres.
Wow you sure have! Its a shadow of what it was like in the 80's let alone the 50's! My Great aunt came over from OZ a few years ago and stayed in the Globe, she worked there before she emigrated, And she was not amused!
Initially Ladymans was in the High street. They sold the sight to Timothy Whites and then moved to new conduit street, next door to the China garden. Woolies would of been 80's i was born in 75 and have lots of memories!
I have been trying to find a picture of Ladymanns in New conduit street, but to no avail. Also does anyone know what year woolies closed in the high street?
Born and bred a linnet some great photos, shame a lot of those shops gone now .
great photos many thanks
i worked at woodcocks cake shop ,,1950 ,,had another cake shop down Norfolk Street
What a difference to today's Lynn. Your excellent photos show a thriving town centre with a great variety of shops, and plenty of customers.
Since the "experts" modernised it with pedestrian areas, it is now an ugly mess.
Most shop front signs are black and the traders use initials rather than their names- M&S, HMV, H&M etc.
The ankle twisting blocks that were installed are in a poor state of repair, with patches of paving slabs and long strips of tarmac.
I was in the town centre yesterday hoping to get some office supplies, but no luck. What a waste of a trip.
Looks like it will have to be Amazon again! You can't blame them for the demise of town centres.
Thanks I left in 1957 so missed out on a lot.
Wow you sure have! Its a shadow of what it was like in the 80's let alone the 50's! My Great aunt came over from OZ a few years ago and stayed in the Globe, she worked there before she emigrated, And she was not amused!
Initially Ladymans was in the High street. They sold the sight to Timothy Whites and then moved to new conduit street, next door to the China garden. Woolies would of been 80's i was born in 75 and have lots of memories!
I have been trying to find a picture of Ladymanns in New conduit street, but to no avail. Also does anyone know what year woolies closed in the high street?
you could smell the coffee right down high street ,
I think Ladymans was n High Street, Not sure when Wollies closed down I think in the 60s
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