IN 1946 WHEN NORMAN COE AND DOUGLAS COE CAME BACK FROM WAR, H COE MERCHANT WAS CALLED COE AND SONS IT WAS AT 50 COLUMBIA ROAD BOURNEMOUTH.
IN 1947 THE STORE WAS BUILT,IT COST 3,000 POUNDS TO BILLED COE AND SONS HAD THREE QUARTERS OF A ACRE.
IN 1947 IT WAS A VERY COLD WINTER NORMAN COE WENT UP TO SOUTHAMPTON FRUIT MARKET TO GET SOME POTATOES BUT THERE WAS NONE SO NORMAN GOT SOME SWEDE, IT WAS VERY SLIPPERY ON THE ROAD'S THE LORRY WAS HITTING THE SIDES OF THE BANKS, IT WAS SCRATCHING THE SIDE OF THE LORRY BUT THEY GOT BACK TO COE'S AND THEY SOLD A LOT OF SWEDE.
BUT THEY WERE LEFT WITH TWO TONNES AND IT BEGAN TO STINK.
THIS IS DOUGLAS COE
THIS IS NORMAN COE
THIS IS DOUGLAS COE
