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The Civic Building was designed by Thorrold-Jaggard as part of the Waldegrave Estate. Tenders for the reinforced concrete building were called in March 1935, and it was duly erected between the Kosy Theatre and the Post Office, by Messrs Dickel & Kempson at a cost of £4,485. By 1939, it was occupied by the drapery shop of Miss Margaret Rae and Miss Iris Baker, and Dayal Patel’s fruiterer’s shop, with dentist Earle R. Wimsett’s based upstairs. By 1948, Woollams’ chemist had replaced the fruit shop, and a medical doctor had also moved in. These businesses remained in the shop for many years.