Courtesy of
The late Russell Smith ©
A zoomed in shot taken from one of our archive
pictures to give a better view of the old Malting's which used to
be on the crossroads at All Saints church. The Maltings had for
some time been standing empty, by about 1920 it had got to quite
a sorry state, widows had rotted, glass broken and more dangerously
slates were slipping off the roof and smashing on road. The owner
of the property was at this time was Devoney Howard a builder who
lived on the corner of Back Lane. Mr Howard had bought it with the
intention of pulling it down and redeveloping the site. In April
1922 the Parish Council wrote to Mr Howard stating the tiles slipping
off the roof was a danger to life and asked if he would commence
pulling the front wall down which would open up the corner and suggest
his future plans should be not to build anything within 30 feet
of the corner. Mr Howard replied he would consider their proposal
providing he was compensated for the loss. By 1925 the county surveyor
and Mr Howard had reached an unknown settlement and demolition of
the Maltings was completed. The Fish & Chip shop now stands
back from the road and the building which was a Spar shop has since
been turned into a private house.
The people in the background are outside Stanley
Fisher's Butchers shop formerly the George & Dragon public house.
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