I moved to Denmark Street in May 1955 and lived at No 7 for 20 years. It had been a pub years before.

No 8 was Charlie Garwood's sweet shop, No 9 was a butcher's and No 10 was that lovely, very old building called a hospital or British Legion.
No 8 had a few owners. In September 1955 Mrs Clarke and Miss Smith took over for three years.

As Mrs Clarke was nicknamed Bunny, they called the shop Bunny's.

Ann Smith is still about, now living in Wales.

I had six neighbours in that time including Miss M Butler.

I knew the Gotts family and lots more. My children grew up in the park and I used to bike to the shops.

I could do all my shopping from No 7 down to the Market Place and back.

Diss does not seem to have anything now; only charity shops. A charity shop was a smelly jumble sale in those days. But they were happy times.

n Al Fairweather rang in to tell us about some other Denmark Street businesses.

"There was Mr Garwood's sweet shop with a shoemakers next door." he said. "Stannards fish and chip shop was on the other side of the baptist chapel."

Mr Fairweather also recalled Mr Morley, a pram mender, whose business was in Mount Street.

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