| Halfway up the right-hand side of Rosebery Street was a large yard with sheds to the rear. This site had once been the location of Sudborough & Eady's, (later - J Eady's) shoe factory, before it was gutted in a catastrophic fire in the 1920s. The site is now housing.
From the 1930s to the 1960s, Frank Smith ran a haulage service from this site, which was often known locally as "Smith's Garage". He was the proprietor of Smith's (Burton Latimer) Transport Services Ltd, and operated a daily service to London and the Midlands from his premises in Rosebery Street and would provide coaches for factory and club outings.
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An advert from 1959
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Frank Smith, with his car, outside
Benford's barber's shop in Duke Street
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An advertisement from
an Electric Palace Cinema
programme December 1954
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