A two-story yellow brick building with a slate roof, a green door, and a ground-floor shopfront with large window displays.

Victoria House, High Street, Over

Victoria House, 25 High Street, Over

History of Victoria House

Inscribed 1886

Part of Victoria House with the sign FL 1886 for Fred Lucas, for many years the home of Alan Bloom, b 1906, author and founder of Bressingham Gardens. Later Marshall’s Stores (The Bacon Shop) and Taylor’s Stores.

A sepia-toned close-up of an older man with long, grey hair and deeply lined features, looking slightly away from the camera.

Alan Bloom

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