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Broad Street Businesses 1900-2000

  • Writer: Graham Davies
    Graham Davies
  • Feb 20, 2023
  • 1 min read

Updated: Mar 8, 2023

This Directory, painstakingly compiled from contemporary sources, wlll fascinate social historians and bring back many nostalgic memories for those "Lovers of Lyme" who lived or visted the town before 2000. There are a few gaps in the timelines of each building's use, but anyone looking to find "that little tearoom where we stopped in 1956" is likely to discover where it was. Later this year it is hoped to add photographs of the buildings as they are now.

 
 
 

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