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Before the sun clears the hill, our longest-serving delivery driver is already loading the van, following a route he could walk blindfolded. This is the story of the lanes, the porches and the people who make our round what it has always been.
The formal front room — written off for decades as dusty, wasteful and unfashionable — is quietly reappearing in British homes and in our own listings. A look at what the parlour's long afterlife reveals about the eras that built it, closed it, and are now opening it again.
Every town keeps a second map — the one drawn in memory rather than ink. We've spent a century and more learning where the cut-throughs lead, which bench catches the afternoon sun, and why the park gate still squeaks. Now we'd like to hear about yours.
After more than a century of valuing homes across this town, we have learned that a house is never just brick and mortar. It is a record of the family who lived within its walls. Here, we reflect on what our valuers have come to understand about reading a property's quiet biography.
Our current managing director opens the 1911 customer ledger and reflects on what a century of family trade has taught him about loyalty, patience and knowing your neighbours by name. A personal account of what 'family firm' truly means when the high street is changing around us.
From a single market barrow in 1892 to the family firm our customers know today, the story of Brookshaws & Sons is told best through the photographs we have kept. We share some favourites from the archive — and invite you to add your own memories.