Nostalgia

Thomas Cross established his Florist, Seed merchant and Nurseryman’s shop opposite, at number 58 in 1892. The same year he moved to no 24 and between 1896 and 1900 to this building – now the Ivory cafe bar – where the business continued until 1969.

Today it’s shrouded in scaffolding, waiting for its unveiling after repairs, but here’s ‘The Cupola’ in 1895.

This week’s photograph appeared in the Bury Free Press in August 1992 as part of a ‘spotlight on Thetford’ feature.

William Chapman’s merchant tailors shop traded from this corner site from 1829 until after the World War One.

This photo from the Bury Free Press archives takes you back to April 1982 when the centre of Barton Mills was invaded by little ‘rabbits’.

This is the earliest image of this view, which includes the Norman Tower, St James’ Church and Samson’s Tower in the foreground. The nave of St James’ was given the gabled roof in 1864. Samson’s Tower was converted into the Will Office, with new ‘Norman’ windows, and the avenue of trees planted in 1863.

The Bury St Edmunds Pageant of Magna Carta was the inspiration of the Mayor of Bury St Edmunds, Cllr Frederick George Banks, supported by a committee of local councillors and community leader.

From at least 1836 until June 1866, Westgate House, in Westgate Street, Bury St Edmunds, was a private school run by Sarah Ann Winkfield.

This is a picture of Bury St Edmunds’ St Mary’s Church west front, with the largest west window of any parish church.

The building under reconstruction has been vacated by Henry King, ‘haberdasher, hosier, Birmingham and Sheffield goods warehouseman’.

A late 1920s or early 1930s photograph looking down Churchgate Street.