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Originally Posted by Coquet
Do I recall a house sized 'gap' in Church Street at one time? was it next to NF Youngs? and was built on?
Hollydog will know.
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The houses being renovated are 1 and 3 Church St. We (N and F Young) are number 5. The missing house site is number 7 Church St, now our garage.
Number 7 was demolished by Amble Urban District Council as a compulsory purchase. The idea was to purchase and demolish down that side of the street to provide parking and access for Queen St shopping. They only got as far as number 7.
The land was subsequently owned by the landlord of the Waterloo who being a FEPOW himself wanted to build a new Legion club on it. We bought it off him in 1996 to allow us to extend our existing buildings.
Regarding the even numbers, they are on the otherside of the street. Many had upstairs flats, some of those flats are accessed from the back lane and often confuse courier drivers accordingly!