Frederick William Bowers, Harry’s son, is standing in the doorway of the shop at No 1 Tees Street, East Loftus. Fred was born in 1916, so the photograph was probably taken in the late 1930s. Owen Rooks tells the Archive: “I’m pretty certain that this is the shop which was run by the Misses Amy Thurlow and Florence Fletcher for a while in the late 1940’s early 1950’s. Amy Thurlow was raised at Boulby Barns and her family feature in several photographs on your site. As close friends of my mother, Misses Thurlow and Fletcher were both known to me as “Aunty”. I recall that at the time they owned the shop, the accommodation above it was occupied by the Brown family (Mother, daughter whose name I forget and son Colin).” Joan Jemson adds: “I remember the shop when it was owned by Miss Thurlow and Miss Fletcher.”
Image courtesy of Keith Bowers, thanks to Owen Rooks and Joan Jemson for the updates.
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