The
house on this site today is new, built after the demolition
of Taylor's offices, workshop and paint store in approximately
1997
1924 Taylor and Sage - Plumbers and Decorators
(K1924)
1937 Taylor and Sage - Plumbers and Decorators
(K1937, SRB 1939)
Taylor
and Sage - Plumbers and Decorators
1954 Taylor and Sage - Plumbers and Decorators
(SRB 1954)
1956 (approx) Taylor and Son - Change of business
name. The company later also acquire premises in Gardner
Road (Now Fox Yard) and subsequently at Bridge
Foot Corner, Reydon. Dates not known. (LM)
Taylor
and Son - Plumbers and Decorators
Taylor
and Son - Plumbers and Decorators
1989
Taylor and Son - Plumbers, Decorators, Builders,
Heating Engineers, Sign Writers. The firm is now offering
an expanded range of services.
1997 Taylor and Son - cease to occupy
this site which is redeveloped for residential use. Having disposed of both the Park Lane and Gardnerr Road sites, Taylors move to Bridge Foot in Mights Road.
Do you have any memories or records about this address? Can you correct
any of our information or fill in any of our blanks? If so, please email
Barry Tolfree
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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.
1959 advertisement . 19 Park Lane was the Taylor family
home which doubled as their office at this time. The workshop
and paint store were still at 1a and later their office
also moved there.
Image supplied by Heather Osmer.
Steve and David Taylor outside their Park Lane premises in the mid 1980s.
Reproduced from 'To the Town' by kind permission of Stephen Wolfenden
Click the picture to enlarge
Advertisement from 1989,
appearing in the programme celebrating the 500th anniversary
of Southwold's Charter,
Image suppied by Peter Parke
