“Not Chorlton or even Manchester but when I saw this ghost sign, Frost I immediately looked closer thinking of Frosts in Chorlton and then saw the plaque next to it.” Suzanne
We have Suzanne to thank for this one, which comes from Halesworth, which is in Suffolk.
Halesworth is according to one source a small market town with a of 4,726, located 15 miles south west of Lowestoft, and stands on a small tributary of the River Blyth, 9 miles .**
The Romans were here, and it has a medieval church which the Victorians added to, and amongst its other bits of history it got its own railway station in 1854 and had one of the only moveable station platforms in the country.
It was also home to Mr William Frost who had an ironmonger’s shop in the town and who was the grandfather of Sir David Frost.
All of which makes it quite a find, so thank you Suzanne.
And not content with having that ghost sign and moveable railway station platform Suzanne added that “another bit of information is all the bollards along the village high street are hand painted by the residents.
It caused problems initially with the local council and they were told to return them to the original plain black but they refused and the council gave way in the end. All individually decorated.”
Now that I bet David Frost would have turned into a sketch.
Sadly we will never know but here are two links for those who want to know more about the hand painted bollards
http://www.eadt.co.uk/business/halesworth-transforms-boring-old-bollards-into-painted-artworks-1-4759205
http://www.halesworthinbloom.com/news/our-bollards-the-brainwave-of-tony-eden
Location; Suffolk
Picture; ghost sign and green plaque, 2017 from the collection of Suzanne Moorehead
*Sir David Frost
**Halesworth, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halesworth
Halesworth is according to one source a small market town with a of 4,726, located 15 miles south west of Lowestoft, and stands on a small tributary of the River Blyth, 9 miles .**
The Romans were here, and it has a medieval church which the Victorians added to, and amongst its other bits of history it got its own railway station in 1854 and had one of the only moveable station platforms in the country.
All of which makes it quite a find, so thank you Suzanne.
And not content with having that ghost sign and moveable railway station platform Suzanne added that “another bit of information is all the bollards along the village high street are hand painted by the residents.
It caused problems initially with the local council and they were told to return them to the original plain black but they refused and the council gave way in the end. All individually decorated.”
Now that I bet David Frost would have turned into a sketch.
Sadly we will never know but here are two links for those who want to know more about the hand painted bollards
http://www.eadt.co.uk/business/halesworth-transforms-boring-old-bollards-into-painted-artworks-1-4759205
http://www.halesworthinbloom.com/news/our-bollards-the-brainwave-of-tony-eden
Location; Suffolk
Picture; ghost sign and green plaque, 2017 from the collection of Suzanne Moorehead
*Sir David Frost
**Halesworth, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halesworth
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