Taken from the top of Bridge Street the photo shows how narrow West Street was at this point.
When his grandfather J K King turned down his application for a job in 1888 a furious Ernest W King decided to set up his own seed business. Although EW had only just left school he managed to open his first shop just down the road where he sold seeds and hired boats on the river. His shop is the one behind the two boys, one with a basket. In 1892 EW moved across the street to the shop shown on the left.
Picture by courtesy of Kings Seeds.
Courtesy Coggeshall Museum
Date: not known.
Ref: 35/08