An 1830s Grade II Listed building which originally consisted of a shop on the left and living quarters on the right. The two adjacent entrance doorways survive

1896
Wangford Dairy Supply (K1896)

1937
Herbert J Aldred - Wangford Dairy Supply - Dairyman

1939
Herbert J Aldred - Wangford Dairy Supply - Dairyman (SRB)

1946
The premises are occupied by a Mr Laight - However, he is not believed to be trading at this time, probably owing to the War. (SRB1946)

1949
Victor Harry Boggis - Elms Farm Dairy - Wholesale and Retail Dairy. V H Boggis has just moved here from No 11 East Street (SRB 1949). He is an influential trader in Southwold with his own dairy herd in Reydon. (LM). His milkman is William Griggs who has been with him since the 1920s and who still makes his daily deliveries with a hand cart. (LM)

1950, 1951, 1954
Victor Harry Boggis - Elms Farm Dairy - Wholesale and Retail Dairy. During this decade, the business continues under the proprietorship of V H Boggis who has allied himself with the post-war Government Agency, the Milk Marketing Board and collects milk daily from farms in the area for processing and bottling in Child's Yard to the rear of the shop.

Harry Boggis - Elms Farm Dairy - Son of V H Boggis. Harry tries to encourage his milkman, William Griggs to take driving lessons so that he can use a new, powered milkfloat. William refuses. Finally he is persuaded to compromise with a power-assisted hand cart which he will use until his retirement in the late 1960s. See picture below right.(LM)

Barry Chapman - is also recorded in the Southwold Rate Book at this address in the 1950s. It is not clear what his business here is. He is also trading at Manor Park Farm, No 53a High Street.

Harry Boggis - Elms Farm Dairy.- Milkman William Griggs retires in the late 1960s. Rose Hooper comes to work in the dairy at this time. She and her husband Tony will later come to run the business. (LM)

1979
Tony Hooper - Rose's Fruit Fare - .Fruit and vegetables. Named after Tony Hooper's wife, Rose. (LM)

Tony Hooper - Rose's Fruit Fare - .Fruit and vegetables

By this time, the dairy side of the business, including the milk rounds, have been taken over by Blythvale Dairies (Mr Winter). The dairy is accessed from the rear in Child's Yard.

1991
Sharon Doy (nee Hooper) - Rose's Fruit Fare - Fruit and Vegetables. Sharon is the daughter of Tony and Rose Hooper.

Sharon Doy - Rose's Fruit Fare - Fruit and Vegetables.

2013
Roses Fruit Fare closes in March.

Oscar & Rose move here from No 9 Pinkney's Lane this May