Description: Catlins of Lewes - (Formerly) purveyors of fine cigars; pipes; loose, pipe and hand-rolling tobaccos and the widest range of continental confectionery in one of the narrowest shops in Sussex
chocolate (1941) sussex (1489) pipes (777) cigars (641) tobacco (577) sweets (562) confectionery (230) lewes (219) snuff (27) catlins (7)
Image credit Si Frost
“Catlin's as a tobacconist started in Broadstairs in 1998 and when it moved to Lewes it inhabited the premises known as F.E. Hall, although the Hall family had ceased to be associated with it since, I think, the 1980s.
It had been taken over firstly by Mrs Burrell until the great storm of 1987. It was found that the landlord had under-insured the building, and he looked to Mrs Burrell for the extra cost of rebuilding. The building had lost the back of the first and 2nd floor and the roof in the storm. Mrs Burrell sold it on to the Felsing family and it became Catlin's in 2000.