The Corn Exchange

The manufacturing and selling process of locally produced corn.

A BBC East news item. The first shot shows a combine tanker at work. The scene moves to Bury St. Edmunds Town Centre and shows the exterior of the Corn Exchange. This is a good street scene with traffic. Inside the Corn Exchange, we see the crowed floor and then a close-up shot of a sale being completed. At the end is a woman, a farmers' wife, perhaps, completing a sale.

Featured Buildings

The Corn Exchange, Bury St. Edmunds

Featured Events

A Corn Sale, 1963

Keywords

Corn

Other Places

Bury St. Edmunds

Background Information

The Borough Council proposed to close the Corn Exchange in 1958. There was a huge public outcry and the Corn Exchange received a stay of execution. It later became a shopping arcade