Gallery

In this gallery is a selection of images of old Blythburgh. They are drawn from a large collection and if there is a subject that you would like illustrated, please let us know.

Floods in Blythburgh are nothing new but it is confidently predicted that they will become more frequent and more damaging unless the river banks are repaired and heightened.

The Smithy in Priory Road is illustrated in the early 20th century.

A series of photogaphs of the White Hart show it in the early 20th century.

Another view of the 1926 flood
The Observer newspaper on 8 January 1928 printed an Automobile Association warning that the Ipswich-Lowestoft road was blocked by flooding at Blythburgh. Plus ca change!

Floods are nothing new
This is the trunk road through Blythburgh in 1926 when the river Blyth overflowed its banks.

The Smithy Priory Road

The Smithy Priory Road early twentieth century
Robert Hunt in his donkey cart. He died in 1924.

The Smithy Priory Road from postcard

The Street, Burton's later Hawkes' store
The shop closed around 1960 and is now 'Little Thorbyns' a B&B. Burton, shopkeeper of Blythburgh, was a pseudonym used by Eric Blair aka George Orwell.

The Street, Hawkes' store.

The White Hart
The White Hart in the early twentieth century. Note the carriers' carts and the baby carriage in the yard. The two front doors have since been bricked up and a new entrance created at the side. The building at the far end has gone.

White Hart
An early 20th century postcard of the White Hart and Angel Lane junction, captioned 'The Street' but then called Station Road and more often now London Road (A12)

White Hart about 1910
White Hart about 1910 with parked car

White Hart early 20th century
White Hart early 20th century when John Ward was licensee

White Hart early 20th century
White Hart early 20th century with group outside

White Hart perhaps 1950s
White Hart perhaps 1950s still with two front doors

White Hart with petrol pump
The White Hart probably in the late 1920s or the 30s with petrol pump

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