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A lot to see in this image, although the view hasn’t much over the years; notice there are no railings to stop anyone falling into the beck. Looking closely it seems the man with the horse is selling something I wonder what; and why the big queue outside the shop? We see the men standing by the bridge; putting the world right as usual.
A rather grainy picture showing the market place, strange to see it without any traffic; except for the horse and cart!
Not a lot left of the Tivoli Theatre after the fire – 4th December 1914 – Mr Biott is the man third from the left (white shirt sleeves); he was the owner of the fish and chip shop that was blamed for starting the fire. Image courtesy of the Perm Holliday Collection.
Loftus Market Place, at the end of the nineteenth century. With Newton Memorial Chapel in the distance. In the left hand corner is the Priest’s Manse of St Josephs R. C. Church; showing horse-drawn transport, dirt roads, this is a good historic image of the bottom end of the Market Place.
At last a photograph that I know what’s going on, that’s just because it tells us on the image. The laying of the pipe organ at the Wesleyan Chapel late 1880’s
This looks a pretty similar photograph to all the others but if you look at the name above the shop in the foreground it is not Dodds as we have usually seen, but Mackenzie Bros. Image is pre 1906, Charles Jardine Dodds moved his business to Smithfield House in Zetland Road in 1911, having traded in the Market Place for five years. Additional details courtesy of Jean Wiggins.
A tinted postcard of the North side of Loftus Market Place, from the early days of the 1900s, as ‘Bros’ can be seen on the front of the building on the extreme left (so not Dodds) who were in the Market Place from 1906 till 1911. Zachary Moore’s old hall is between the National Provincial Bank (latterly the Natwest Bank) and the Angel Inn.
Here we are in Loftus Market Place yet again, the awnings are out so we guess it must be a nice sunny day. MacKenzies shop is in the foreground with Slater’s chemist next to it, the post office would be next and then the National Westminster Bank. Dating the image is assisted with the knowledge that Charles Jardine Dodds took over MacKenzies shop in 1906, before moving to Zetland Road in 1911.
An image from a postcard, showing the Market Place about 1928. The Working Men’s Club on the left, followed by the chemist and post office, the National Provincial Bank and Slater’s shop is there by the side of the Angel Inn. Image courtesy of Joyce Dobson.
Yes I know we have a photograph posted like this but not with all the snow, this image was taken in 1908; bringing memories of memories of a few months ago (2009). Image courtesy of Pauline Ovington. |
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