We think this photo was taken in the late 1950s (unconfirmed).
Lorraine Stevens writes:
“It was the first ‘cafe’ in the modern sense, although always referred to as the ‘Milk Bar’. It had a Juke box, quite a rarity in these parts then. During the 1970s it changed hands and name to the ‘Cresta Cafe’.”
The story goes (not on the historical record)… Crolla’s Milk Bar was opposite the Snooks Corner Premier Shop. It is now two flats, at that end of Havelock Close. The first owners, who were Italian, made the best spaghetti bolognaise ever. They used to put it up in takeaway boxes for people who worked in the village. This is all from hearsay and memories, since very little seems to have been documented.