Post Office and Café - Easington Village (easv0003)

Post Office and Café - Easington Village

Photograph taken from the opposite side of the road of the exterior of a Post Office and cafe; and two shops with awnings; there are houses in the distance on the same side of the road as the shops; lorries can be seen in the road; the photograph has been identified as depicting the post office and a cafe in Easington Village Photograph, taken from the opposite side of the road, of the exterior of a Post Office and cafe; a name, possibly Alerton, can be seen on the awning of the building; another shop, also with an awning, can be seen next to the Post Office; detached houses can be seen in the distance further down the road on the same side; a motor lorry can be seen in the road and an indistinct figure with a push- chair can be seen on the pavement

Date: 1960 - 1969

The name on the awning will be Alderton. Mr Alderton was the postmaster in the 1960s. His wife and Mrs Herring worked in the grocery department of the shop.

Comment added by Alan Jones on 17/11/2008 13:28:00

name would be ALDERTON, postmaster in late fifties,lives in bungalow on Stockton road possibly Merrigale

Comment added by Roy Sanderson on 18/03/2009 14:40:00