Old Photos of Bream and district - Bream post Office 1991

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Old Photos of Bream & District

Bream Post Office in 1991

Courtesy of :

Anton Randall

The main Post Office which had served Bream for many years, ceased to exist in 1991. The premises were converted by the present owner Mr Anton Randall into a new business - Bream Auto Store.
This building originally was home not just to a Post Office, but also to a Sorting Office and Telephone Exchange.
The red Phone box has now gone as has the Post Box and Stamp Machine.
To the left of the Post Office is Highbury House, built in the 1860s.. Beneath the stone on which the house name is inscribed is a Fire Plate. This was fixed to the house by the fire insurance company - to show that the premises was insured against fire.
Anton has done much work to keep the buildings as original as possible. To the rear of the buildings there was once a 2-horse stable. A tennis court once existed at the rear adjacent to the Rugby Club wall.