On 27 May 2013 at 10:07pm sweet tooth wrote:
Florence's sweet shop seemed to be having a sale when I passed it today. Does that mean that it's finall closing down and another piece of my past has gone? God I feel old!
On 27 May 2013 at 10:43pm dizzydi wrote:
Oh no, hope nobody bought my milk bottles! Never knew the shop was called Florence's. Feel the same, another bit of our childhood gone. In a past post I asked about the closure and found that the shop/house was on the market and that unfortunately was due to ill health. Thank you for many years of treats.
On 28 May 2013 at 8:13am Peter Pan wrote:
Were is Florences ,remember Downeys and remember the one at the top of Mountfield road ( or was that Downeys ?? ) all lost in the mist's of time
On 28 May 2013 at 8:25am Lewes born and bred wrote:
Anyone remember Fox's in Malling. God he was a grumpy old sod and was later replaced with John Rutherford who had a dodgy wig and was a bit of a perv !!! Did my paper round for John many moons ago.
On 28 May 2013 at 8:42am Myself and wrote:
I Remember Johns shop. He used to loan us horror films and for a laugh once he slipped in a porn flick instead of the wizard of Oz. My mum wasn't impressed. You could by fags one at a time as well. How can anybody forget the dodgy Syrup he wore 
On 28 May 2013 at 9:39am Lewes born and bred wrote:
Lol. Happy days. It's a bloody hairdressers now !!!! The old VG shop next door is still there, how anyone over 8 stone ever manoeuvered around there is beyond me, the place is tiny lol
On 28 May 2013 at 9:56am Lewes 41 wrote:
I remember him. Used to go in the shop with my Nan when I stayed with her. Yes they were happier days. I also remember rummaging in the skips in the tip down by the flyover.
On 28 May 2013 at 10:02am Annmarie wrote:
Florence's is the sweet shop by the lansdown pub it has been sold and is open all week they have 50% off all stock be sad to see it go but owners have brought a new house and are very happy so go grab yourself some sweets : )
On 28 May 2013 at 3:58pm Rookie wrote:
Florence.........Ahhhh. the end of an era. When I was a kid it was one of the very few shops in Lewes that opened on a Sunday. I was often sent around there for a bottle of Corona or Hooper Struve.
Being a Pells lad, though, Bob's in Talbot Terrace was my usual sweet shop.
On 28 May 2013 at 5:56pm drone wrote:
As another Pells lad, I used to get my sweets in Paynes in Lancaster Street.
On 28 May 2013 at 6:17pm Rookie wrote:
An apple turnover or iced bun from Powells (by the tunnel steps) was sometimes preferable to sweets.
On 28 May 2013 at 7:11pm Metatron wrote:
Bob's, Slow Joes, Florence's, Rice Brothers, Curtis and Lloyds, Lacey's, Maynard's
Polar Bear, Record Bar, Redhill Motors, Pauline the ice cream lady at the Pells Pool.
The fag machine outside Spar on Nevill Green. The Bottle and Basket on Malling Street. Off sales at the Tally Ho and Black Horse.
Halcyon Days.
I hark back to a time when Lewes had independent shops that didnā??t sell coloured string...Still isnā??t that progress?
On 28 May 2013 at 8:45pm Horseman7 wrote:
And a good fry up at the Cattle Market.
On 28 May 2013 at 9:59pm Rene wrote:
Think you will find its Valarie not Paline the lyons Maid Icecream lady
On 28 May 2013 at 11:19pm dizzydi wrote:
A day at Pells pool wasn't complete without queuing up by the hole in the wall for an ice cream. This place was also my first encounter of a vending machine. Fascinated how it worked- this is where I discovered salt and vinegar chipsticks and Bovril crisps.
On 29 May 2013 at 7:36am drone wrote:
The fag machine outside Jenkins & Stripp in Station St. Does anyone recall if that one could be accessed for free fags using an old ice lolly stick?
On 29 May 2013 at 10:51am Thursday's Child wrote:
I shall miss Florence's - it has served us well over the years.
The shop has been sold to some bespoke furniture maker, so watch this space.
On 29 May 2013 at 12:33pm man friday wrote:
"bespoke furniture maker"? Antiques made to Order, more likely..
On 29 May 2013 at 8:22am drone wrote:
Florence`s migration to Landsdown Place is recent by Lewes standards. The shop started at the end of St Johns Terrace
On 31 May 2013 at 12:05pm Ah I remember it well wrote:
The Hot Dog Cafe is still there, been there about 70 years.
On 1 Sep 2013 at 6:02pm marigold willing wrote:
florences/ lansdown sweet shop will be reopening soon! yes, as a sweet shop, selling? yes you guessed right, tradional sweets!