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Before managing to leave Boston many of them were
actually arrested and imprisoned in ”this” Boston’s ancient
Guild Hall. Now an important museum, the cells are still there
for all to see.

BACK TO THE SHOPS
In direct contrast to today, in the very early 1960’s, the
only supermarket was “Sally Moreland’s”.
They occupied double fronted premises in a small back
street just behind the Woolworth store.
A family owned “Stamford Ice Cream Company” had spread
their wings with this new American idea and taken the town
by storm in 1963.
Isles of racking filling the small premises to bursting,
displaying the bulk purchase goods in their original boxes.
Wire trolleys lined the street outside causing constant
complaint. No modern shelf stacking methods or unnecessary
glamour.
These people were the Aldi and Lidl of the 1960’s and 40
years or so ahead of their time.
Across the road from Sally Moreland’s was yet another
“Oldrid’s” store,m this time their main furniture store.
Opposite them at an acute angle was “Tate's”, the town’s best
known fish and chip restaurant. This small side road leading
into narrow Bargate also accommodated Richard Brown’s
small jobbing printers shop and the “Falcon” town centre
public house.

MOTOR VEHICLES
You have to remember that motor vehicles were far more
modest in the 1960’s.
The town was well served with car dealers representing all
major manufacturers.
However, many solidly built 1940’s and 1950’s models
were still to be seen in daily use.

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