Branston Co-op, Station Road, Branston
Introduction
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Branston Co-op, Station Road, Branston
Image: © Jo and Steve Turner Taken: 10 Apr 2011
Ashfield House Farm, including Rectory Farm and Archers Farmstead was purchased by the Co-op in 1910. They built houses on Lincoln Road in the 30s and bungalows on Station Road in the 1950s. Branch 24 the first of two shops in the High Street opened in early 1920 and closed around March 1972 with the opening of this new Supermarket, building of which had started by September 1971. In March 1987 the Directors reported that 'a small development of unit shops for let has been approved adjacent to the Supermarket in Branston to create a small shopping centre.' This was completed by September 1987. The shop underwent a £530,000 four month refit nearly doubling its floor space reopening in June 2009. The mosaic by Branston History Group was sponsored by Lincolnshire Aggregates Levy Sustainability Fund and designed by Alan Potter.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.193924
Longitude
-0.46858