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     How we used to shop


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These days we think nothing of driving to the shops. However, this is not the way that shopping was done in the past. Most things were bought from local shops or from travelling salesmen in years gone by and Ludham was no exception.

Here are some old pictures showing how Ludham people used to shop.

Old PO
The picture above shows the old Post Office and stores on Stocks Hill. The gate to the churchyard can be seen on the right. Actually, the Post Office has been located in a number of different buildings down the years, but this place is the one remembered the most. The building was later a restaurant and is now a private house.

stocks hill
This photograph is looking north into The Street. The shop on the right is now the butchers. The Kings Arms is on the left.

yarmouth rd
These cottages in the Yarmouth Road are all private houses now. They have a lot of history and are hundreds of years old. Many of them have been shops in the past. On the left of the picture is the corner of the Bakers Arms demolished in 1959.

saddlers
Here we see the saddler's shop in Norwich Road. This shop is now Alfresco Tea Rooms. The photograph was taken before the cottages were restored and shows the one odd dormer window (now replaced).

Ludham Bridge
Here we see Ludham Bridge and the shops on the right. Photograph probably taken in the 1950s


powells
This is Powells store, which was situated in the shop now occupied by the butcher. It has also be Grace Lyon's shop, Smith's and Hudson's stores and the Dairy Cafe in its time. The shop is famous for being attacked by a German aircraft in W.W.II. Mrs Powell was killed by a bullet which entered through the window and ricocheted off the dining table.

Hudsons
Now we see the same shop in it's days as Hudson's stores. Christopher and Brigitte Hudson bought the shop from the Smiths in Setember 1951 and ran the store until 1956.

Hudson
Here are a couple of photographs taken inside Hudson's stores. These were the days before pre-packaging and everything was carefully weighed and wrapped.

Hudson

Throwers
A wonderful image of Throwers Shop (picture from Linda Winterbone)

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