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Carla Beck Cafe, High Street
Date guide: 1960
The Carla Beck cafe on the High Street. Next door is H Cooper & Son's shop.
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Date guide: 1960
The Carla Beck cafe on the High Street. Next door is H Cooper & Son's shop.
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Carla Beck was a milk bar opened by Kenneth Hudson of Carla Beck Farm, Carleton, in an attempt to sell direct to the public and add value. This must have been in the late 1950s or early 1960s ?
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John Henderson 3 Jun 05
Carla Beck was open throughout the 1940s. A small staircase at the rear lead to the cafe with about a dozen or so tables which were served by four waitresses. Downstairs the bar went the full lenth of the room.The favourite drink was hot chocolate sixpence a glass.
The shop to the left was Arthur English Electrics. Under the sign,at the right is the
entry to Chancery Lane photo 566.
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j. m. varley 13 Mar 09
The year must be been after 1962 as there's a mk 1 Cortina in picture.
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cowman 31 Oct 10
I believe my Aunt, Hilda Beaver (nee Joy) was one of the waitresses in the 1940s.
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Brian Thornton 29 Oct 11
My Mother, Elsie Marsden, nee Cooper, was cook here from 1952 until she became cook for Peter Blacks, off Swadford Street. I also worked here during school holidays and weekends.
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Lilian Owens 15 Jan 14
The Carla Beck cafe was reputedly a wedding present, which was given to Kenneth & Helen Hudson by Kenneth Hudson's Father, Percy Hudson,
who at that time owned Carla Beck farm.
This was mentioned a few times by workers of the area, when I was a boy in the 1950s.
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Philip E. coates 6 Mar 17
Many happy hours spent here after a day on the fells! I wonder what year it closed ....
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Victor Richardson 18 Feb 18
Post 1963 as the Series III, Morris Minor, 2 door Saloon - 704 DWU - a registration number allocated to the Yorkshire (WR) area and issued March to May 1963. No trace DVLA.
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jm 17 Aug 23
I remember Carla Beck from the 1940s. It was a popular place for teenagers to meet friends over a milk-shake. However, the prevailing aroma was Tomato Soup!
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Mike O’Regan 20 Sep 24
My grandfather was a regular there. This picture is fabulous and really captures the essence of the 40's in that region.
Regards from Canada
Andrew Montreuil
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Andrew Montreuil 13 Nov 24