A view of Market End and the Post Office in 1926. As well as postmaster, Mr Dodds had a printing works in the basement where many young men, Doug Judd's grandfather among them, served their apprenticeship for the printers trade. On the left, the sign over the Corner House door reads 'Headquarters H Company 8th Essex Cyclist Batt', a unit which was disbanded after WW1, so the shop seems to have remained unoccupied since. Just down the street, a motor car is parked outside the butchers and a Chauffeur can be seen waiting outside. Further on is a covered horse-drawn wagon. Two close-ups of this plate follow.
Photo courtesy Douglas Judd.
Date: Probably May 1926
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