The south side of the Market Place, sometime in the 1950’s (from a Frith’s postcard); Covells Butchers delivery van awaits its load, they delivered around the district. The Unitedbus waits at the stop, Teeside bound. Parrot’s ironmongers now the Post Office is in front of the bus. A solitary figure looks at the cinema poster. The Regal is advertising RENDEZVOUS, which is a clue for dating. The Town Hall clock is showing twenty past ten a.m. But the Market Place is remarkedly quiet. Although listed as a Frith’s postcard, the Archive has the identical view but George Skilbeck is the publisher; this in the days when Friths were starting to ‘gobble up’ small independant postcard publishers.
Image courtesy of Rita Unthank and Maurice Grayson.
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