| Description | A 'Snapshot' of The High Street Watton 2015-17. The start of a social/business survey of the High Street in Watton focusing on the period from 1900 to the present day. |
| Topics | Social history
|
| Type | U3A-led research (SLP) |
| U3A | Watton and District
|
| Organization/partner | Watton Town Council and Watton Library |
| Year started | 2015 |
| Source of reference | Photographs of each property and text detailing known history of each. The information came from shared memories of the property owners and shopkeepers who answered the questionnaire compiled by the group.
|
| Output | An A4 size booklet containing a photographic record of every property on Watton High Street 2015-17 funded by a grant from Watton Town Council.
|
| Notes | The group who undertook the research are called 'Looking at Watton' and are a local history group in Watton U3A. Their aim is to look at all aspects of Watton, commerce, recreation, education, transport, charities, churches and health care.
|