EPW001917 ENGLAND (1920). View of Felixstowe, Felixstowe, 1920

My house - 'The Beeches' 14 Croutel Road. It and the neighbouring house "The Hollies" (no. 12) were build on land given/sold to Mr Parker of the Dock Company by GE Pretyman, Tomline's heir. The houses were then built by the East Coast Development Company who were responsible for so much of the development of Felixstowe at that time. They were destined for Mr Parker's two sons Henry (no 12) and Edward (no 14). The houses had to be identical in all ways so as not to show favour to either son. Henry's son Victor was killed in battle in 1918 at the age of 18 and is commemorated on the Felixstowe War Memorial. I am surprised at the lack of development in this part of Felixstowe by 1920, it looks almost rural. Maybe Mr Parker thought he would be buying on the edge of town! Our house has quite an interesting history after this, it was owned by Fisons at one point when their headquarters were at Harvest House. We are fortunate to have copies of all the old deeds going back to 1900 when the land was first made available from Tomline's estate.