The earliest known post office at the beginning of Easole Street. Prior to the opening of the PO the postmaster was the landlord of The Ryal Oak 
The Old Post Office, in the Drove taken in the 1930’s before the PO moved to the new building in Easole Street as there is a sign on the telegraph pole. 
Mr. Tom Clayson outside of his new Post Office opened in 1938 
Mrs. Hill’s shop in Easole St., opposite the Baptist Chapel. Later run by Mrs. Gillam, it closed in the early 1970’s. 
In the wall to the left of the entrance to the old butcher’s yard is a small stone tablet engraved with the name “I Ayers” and the date, “1832”. John Ayers was first recorded as a butcher resident in Easole Street in the parish rates book around 1809,apparently at these premises which occupied what had been a old chalk quarry supplying a nearby lime kiln situated across the road. 
The butcher’s shop, an early 1900’s photo. 
The hoist in the old slaughter house which was used for butchering large animals. 
The butcher’s shop with Butcher’s Alley leading off to the right. Butcher’s Alley was referred to as Chalk Hill in 19th & early 20th century censuses up 
Frank Webb, my paternal grand-father, with his butcher’s delivery bike. He worked at as a butcher for Teddy Woodruff & Charlie Smith from around 1905 until the mid-1950’s. 
Southdown Cottage on the right, Southdown House on the left, with the entrance to Butcher’s Alley in between. 
The old John Harvey seed merchant’s office and store, now Harvey House. 
The tailor’s is the light clapboard house in the left foreground, the baker’s is just behind. 
Easole St. going into Sandwich Road. Home Farm to the left and the malt house to the right. 
Old Court Hill Stores, now known as Farthingdales 
The Old Court Hill stores before they were sold in the 1970’s. 
The Lodge Stores, just before the shop at the front was demolished in the late 1990’s 
The old sadler’s shop in the garden of 4 Sunny Banks in Holt Street. This building is now sadly obscured by trees. 
Mr Prebble & son Cyril in the shoe repair workshop. A veteran of WW1 who lost a leg in the conflict, “Pop” Prebble ran a the business from his house in Holt Street from a small workshop built onto the side of his house, now called “Repart”. The roof of the house can be seen in the previous picture 
The garage area seen from the air, early 1960’s. In 1918 William Sayer, opened a cycle repair & taxi service in stable buildings behind The Royal Oak [now the car park]. The business expanded to include motor vehicle repairs & fuel sales. In 1926 William Sayer moved to the present premises in Holt Street, previously the public laundry. On his retirement in 1948 the business was taken over by his nephews, Charles & Arthur Betts. The business is now run by Terry, Arthur’s son. 
Holt Street garage building [mid picture] in the 1920’s, externally it still looks very similar
9 July 2023
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