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Brown's Stores, New Common Bridge, with tram

New Common Bridge, Wisbech

History of New Common Bridge

Brown’s Stores was a family business set in the 1830s. In the 20th century, the owner, Bernard Brown, told of his great-grandfather losing a leg in a tramway accident outside the shop, and how in the 1940s pill-boxes and anti-tank barricades – dragon’s teeth – were used to defend the bridge against possible invasion. (see Wisbech – Upwell Tramway Centenary Album by Andrew Ingram 1983)

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