The opportunity shop, established by Mrs Stella Surman, aimed to raise money to help maintain the caretaker's cottage at the C.E.B.S. Camp at Snake Valley.Undated, typed, photocopied notice advising the opening of an opportunity shop in Linton and appealing for donations of goods.Handwritten inscription across top of notice, begins "This is the circular we used to send out . . ."c.e.b.s. camp snake valley. caretaker's cottage fund, linton opportunity shop, stella surman

Around 1930, the Bennett Brothers' garage replaced a produce store that had operated since the 1860s. The house has had numerous owners and functions since it was owned by Joseph Shepherd in the 1880s - among other things it has been used as an opportunity shop, and as a laundromat.Black and white photograph of two buildings on the east side of Sussex Street, Linton. Photograph taken in 1982, showing a house which was owned by Joseph Shepherd from the 1880s and lived in by his niece Mary Ann Shepherd until 1921. Next to it is a brick building, the former motor garage built in the 1930s by Bennett Bros. houses, bennett bros. garage, 79 sussex street linton, joseph shepherd