No 63 High Street
 



1908
Abner Goddard - Cycle Dealer. (K1908)

 

1916
Abner Goddard - Cycle Dealer. By 1916 the Goddard business had moved to more spacious premises across the road at Nos 60-62.

1916
Thomas Herbert Hotchkin - Cabinet Maker, upholsterer and house furnisher, moves in this year. (K1916)
 
1922
Thomas Herbert Hotchkin - Cabinet Maker, upholsterer and house furnisher (SCTG1922, K1924)
 

1933 - 1939
Thomas Herbert Hotchkin - Cabinet Maker, upholsterer and house furnisher (K1933, 1937, SPM1930)

1941 - 1944
Mrs E M Hotchkin - During the War years, Mrs Hotchkin is recorded as the ratepayer (SRB1941,1944)

1945
Noller Bros - Radio and Electrical Engineers. (SRB1945). Alexander A Noller was trading at No 1-3 Church Street until it closed for the War in 1942. With his brothers now involved, the business resumes in these larger, town-centre premises. (SRB1945). Read Gary May's memories of this shop'Click Here ">

 
 

1951-1954
Noller Bros - Radio and Electrical Engineers. (SRB1951, 1954)

1969
G A Hubbard - Radio and Electrical Engineers (SPM1969). Hubbard has bought the Noller business. Alexander Noller continues to work for him for a time. (LM)
 

 
 
 
 

Dates?
Hughes Electrical - Radio, Television and Electrical retailers
 
 

 
   

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SOURCES:
BSD - Bernard Segrave-Daly
BCS = Bygones & Characters of Southwold by Barrett Jenkins
C = Census
CP = Cinema Programme 1958
CSP = Coronation Souvenir Programme 1953
G = Gales Trade Directory
GRO = General Register Office
K = Kelly's Directory
LM = Local memory
M = James Maggs' Southwold Diary 1818-1876
MCG = Methodist Church Guide 1930
NA = National Archives
PP = Pantomime Programme 1933
PLR = Petrol Licence Records
POD = Post Office Directory
PPP = Pier Pavilion Programme 1924, 1926
RCE = Rotary Club Exhibition 1969
SCM = Southwold Catholic Magazine 1923
SCTG = Southwold Corporation Tourist Guide
SER = Southwold Electoral Register
SFP = Southwold Scouts Fete Programme 1947
SG = Southwold Guide
SGCH = Southwold Golf Club Handbook
SLHR = Southwold Local History Recorder 1980s 1990s (Mrs R. McDermot)
SMHS = Southwold Museum & Historical Society
SN = Southwold & Neighbourhood 1903
SPM = Southwold Parish Magazine 1895 -1954
SR = Southwold Recorder 1927, 1932, 1934, 1935
SRB = Southwold Rate Book
SRT = Southwold Railway Timetable 1915
SSAS = Southwold Sea Angling Society Handbook 1909
SST = Southwold Summer Theatre Programmes
SSW = Southwold Shopping Week Programme, June/July 1922
STG = Southwold Town Guide 1930
SVL = Southwold Visitors List 1907, 1930
SVCP = Southwold Victory Celebration Programme 1946
SWCG = Southwold Wesleyan Church Guide
TTR = 'The Town Revisited' - Portraits of Southwold by Stephen Wolfenden 2000
TTT = ''To The Town' - Portraits of Southwold by Stephen Wolfenden 1988
W = White’s History, Gazetteer and Directory of Suffolk 1874
 
Note on dates
Unless otherwise stated, dates given do not indicate the years in which the business started or finished but those for which there is firm evidence that it was trading at this address. Sources in brackets; key at bottom of page.

 



1922 Advertisement for Thos Hotchkin in Southwold Corporation Tourist Guide

1920s advertisement (undated) in the Southwold Tourist Guide.
Courtesy of Heather Osmer

1929 advertisement in Southwold Wesleyan Church Guide.
Courtesy of Heather Osmer


1969 advertisement . Programme of the Rotary Club's Leisure Activities Exhibition.