Cafe's and Take-Aways
Nutshells took over after Allards Farm shop and PO closed in 2020. It was destroyed by fire in February 2022.
Little China _Chinese take away at Dent’s Corner. Before becoming a Chinese take-Away the site was a Cafe that had hoped to get truck trade from the A14. Apparently it was not successful.
Stowupland Fish and Chip Shop as it appeared in 1991. Copied from ‘Serving You Through the Years, Book Two (p104) by Sue Cowling and Steve Williams. The caption for the photo reads “The fish and chip shop at Thorney Green as it appears in the ‘plaice the Face’ competition in the 1991 Stowmarket Carnival magazine”.
In the 1940’s Mr Buckle ran a take away from where today’s shop is
but for a time Mr Seamen had a shop on the site of the Old Mill on the green, possibly just selling fish.
In the 1980’s Mr R Lewis owned the Fish & Chip shop.
Opening times: Tues 11;30-1;15 4;30-6;15 7;15 – 9;30
Thurs —– 4;30-6;15 7;15;10.30
Fri 11;30-1;15 ————-7;15-11;00
Sat ————–4;30 – 11;15
Another photo from Sue Cowling and Steve Williams, this time showing the fish and chip shop proprietor in the 1990s, Peter Edwards.
Peter was born in 1934 in Nedging Tye, he married Olive Proctor in 1957. They lived in various properties around Stowupland Street and for a time ran the fish and chip shop in Regent Street, selling this in 1984 and taking over the business on Thorney Green,
By 2020 Martin Cracknell owned the shop, selling it in 2022
Although the premises are quite small, there have been various planning disputes over the decades.
