MRS WARNES' SHOP AND THE SHIP HOTEL

1963 and 2008
By Carol Walton/Andy Gilbert
Photo:Looking down the High Street to where the one way system is now

Looking down the High Street to where the one way system is now

Photo:The Ship Hotel in the High Street seems to have an identity crisis, with the sign calling it The Buccaneer as well!

The Ship Hotel in the High Street seems to have an identity crisis, with the sign calling it The Buccaneer as well!

Andy Gilbert

This page was added by Carol Walton on 02/05/2008.

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What did they sell in Mrs Warne's shop please?

By Richard Beckett
On 10/05/2008

I went into Warnes' shop around 1946/7 as we had heard a rumour that they had sweets there.  As I walked in the shop, the owner was putting the big jar back under the counter, so I said "I'll have a quarter pound of those please". She did not refuse me - because I had caught her. Sweets came off ration but disappeared due to shortages. Regular customers only. Warnes was a general store, they sold sweets and tobacco.

By Jack Patten
On 15/05/2008

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