Station Street odd numbers - left side going uphill
Station Street 23 Public Hall 25 Brash Bros 27 Drummond 12 Coop 6 8 billboards horse cart; pre 1932 when the clock tower was removed
The imposing frontage of the Public Hall is on the right. Next to it is Brash Bros who were the publishers of the West Cumberland Times, printed in Cockermouth twice a week. On the right edge is Drummond Gents Outfitters. Note the packed earth and gravel surface and signs of horse exhaust before vehicles were common. Note the hand cart, a common way to move goods. There is a traffic jam where a horse and trap is parked across the road, blocking another horse and cart with disgruntled driver standing. Brash Bros is now Oxfam. c 1900
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Station Street to north with clock tower so photo taken before 1932 when the clock tower was removed. It was modernised in 1931 and the ornate upper façade was replaced by a gable roof, hence this photo is pre 1931 because it shows the ornate façade. It ceased to be used in the 1950s and was demolished to be replaced by the National Westminster Bank in 1974. The shops either side; one was Arthur Wilson, later to be Mrs Banks coffee shop, on the right was Fletcher optician. Trees were planted in 1887 for Queen Victoria’s Jubilee. Hand cart and horse manure in road. Gent with bowler hat, children with white collar protectors. c 1910
Station Street 23 Public Hall behind the tree. 12 Maryport Coop on left.
Compare this photo with the same view from c 1900 [Station Street 23 Public Hall 25 Brash Bros 27 Drummond 10 Yeoman horse cart c 1900 p2] In the earlier 1900 photo there are billboards beyond where Maryport Coop is, and the buildings are now Lindsay delicatessen and another shop.
After 1932 because the clock tower on Main Street has been demolished. 100 trees were planted in 1887 for Queen Victoria’s Jubilee and were variously knocked down, removed or remain. All the trees were removed, parking bays built on the right and new trees planted in relatively recent times.
Westminster Bank foreground right, now a fast food takeaway, on the left bottom of the hill, the building that is now the Cumberland Building Society was the District Bank, and on Main Street at the far end of the photo was the National Provincial Bank. All three banks merged to form the National Westminster Bank who purchased the Public Hall, demolished it, and built a new National Westminster Bank, now closed and has become another fast food outlet. Note on the right above the flat cap on the head of the man is a sign for a chemist which was LM Litt Chemist, whose son Ret, was a keen photographer of our local area. c 1930
Station Street on the right is 23 Public Hall 25 Brash Bros 27 Drummond. On the left we start with 10 Yeoman which is now the left side of the three storey building of Lindsay, the butcher. Next to it are advertising billboards blocking a space until the gable end of the three storey building that was hardware etc. This photo is circa 1900 and in about the late 1940s the prominent upper windows and triangular roof front that housed WH Smith when they moved from Cockermouth Station. Downhill was built the smaller shop front to the right which had Nora Hazelton wool, a popular leisure activity before TV.
The clock tower on Main Street indicates that the photo taken between 1895 when the clock tower was erected and before 1932 when it was removed.
On the right is the imposing three storey frontage of the Public Hall erected 1874 – 1876, served the town for lectures, meetings, dances and cinema shows. No intoxicants were allowed to be sold in the hall. There were shops flanking the entrance on both sides. It was modernised in 1931 and the ornate upper façade was replaced by a gable roof, hence this photo is pre 1931 because it shows the ornate façade. It ceased to be used in the 1950s and was demolished to be replaced by the National Westminster Bank in 1974. The shops either side; one was Arthur Wilson, later to be Mrs Banks coffee shop, on the right was Fletcher optician.
Next to it is Brash Bros who were the publishers of the West Cumberland Times, printed in South Street Works, Cockermouth twice a week. On the right edge of the photo is Drummond Gents Outfitters.
Note the packed earth and gravel surface and signs of horse exhaust (manure) before vehicles were common. Note the hand cart, a common way to move goods. There is a traffic jam where a horse and trap is parked across the road, blocking another horse and cart with disgruntled driver standing. Brash Bros is now Oxfam. c 1900
Station Street 23 Public Hall 25 Brash Bros 27 Drummond 12 Coop 6 8 billboards horse cart; pre 1932 when the clock tower was removed, after 1895 when the clock was erected. with hand cart and horse drawn cart approaching Cooperative Society on left.
On the right the imposing three storey frontage of the Public Hall erected 1874 – 1876, served the town for lectures, meetings, dances and cinema shows. No intoxicants were allowed to be sold in the hall. There were shops flanking the entrance on both sides. It was modernised in 1931 and the ornate upper façade was replaced by a gable roof, hence this photo is pre 1931 because it shows the ornate façade. It ceased to be used in the 1950s and was demolished to be replaced by the National Westminster Bank in 1974.
Beside the imposing frontage of the Public Hall on the right, next to it is Brash Bros, the publishers of the West Cumberland Times, and on the right edge is Drummond Gents Outfitters.
Note the packed earth and gravel surface and signs of horse exhaust before vehicles were common. c 1900
Station Street 23 Public Hall 25 Brash Bros 27 Drummond 12 Coop 6 8 billboards horse cart; pre 1932 when the clock tower was removed
The imposing frontage of the Public Hall is on the right. Next to it is Brash Bros who were the publishers of the West Cumberland Times, printed in Cockermouth twice a week. On the right edge is Drummond Gents Outfitters. Note the packed earth and gravel surface and signs of horse exhaust before vehicles were common. Note the hand cart, a common way to move goods. There is a traffic jam where a horse and trap is parked across the road, blocking another horse and cart with disgruntled driver standing. Brash Bros is now Oxfam. c 1900
Station Street 23 Public Hall is on the right edge of the photo and it shows the left part of the building that had a coffee shop. The building was demolished in 1974 for the National Westminster Bank, now a food outlet. Next is Tillotson fruit and veg and plants. Note the chemist sign protruding from the wall of the LM Litt Chemist.
On the left edge note the arrow protruding from the shop front that points to the entrance to City Hairdressers on the first floor. c 1950
Station Street 7 9 looking to Main Street. The veg shop on the right grew some veg in greenhouses in Rubbybanks by Cocker and also grew veg at the top of St Helens Street, as well as this local produce they had a wagon that went to Manchester fruit and veg market to buy stock to bring here on a Thursday morning, so local people would buy for the weekend – this before supermarkets and chilled cabinets in supermarkets when veg was purchased daily. c 1950
Station Street 5 looking north to Main Street ladies hairdresser before it became Cockermouth Antiques c 1950
Station Street Public Hall gable end changed. Compare with the photo of Station Street pre 1932 with the third floor level fronted by a very imposing frontage that has been removed and the triangular top replaced it. The street level right of the entrance was an optician, after Arthur Wilson haberdashery, so this photo 1950s, on the left of the arched entrance to the hall is the genteel coffee shop of Mrs Banks.
Station Street 23 Public Hall that was demolished in 1974 to build the National Westminster Bank. On the left is Mrs Banks coffee shop on right is Fletchers opticians. The West Cumberland Times was printed in the print works in South Street, the entrace to the yard of the print works was opposite Skylarks Studios shop. c 1960
Station Street Yeomans Watchmaker Jeweller Silversmith and Optician Mates Guide advert
Station Street 10 today the carved pedestal and drainpipe left of door remain – Yeomans jeweller c1906 now Craig Travel Agent
TO BE CONFIRMED
c 1906
Station Street 11 Thos C Johnson on this advert is number 28 but the street was renumbered and is now left of County Fruit Store and even today the carved pedestal and drainpipe left of door remain to be noted.
Johnson advertises Liveries and Clericals, silk hats and livery hats. Perrin’s gloves (Ladies and Gent’s) [sic]
c 1910
Station Street 17 A Johnston 1933. Note the reflection of City Hairdresser with the sign reflected in the window. c 1933
Station Street 17 A Johnston Cafe hot luncheons and teas. c 1930
Station Street 17 Shop of A Johnston Late Skelton Dining Rooms teas lunches. Note the ornate moulding at the tlop of the pillar either side that hel[ identify where i t is today. SR Shoes is to the right. c 1930
Station Street 17 I & E Skelton (the numbering changed and slope of pavement and doors give clues to today’s occupant)
Confectioners Dining Rooms. Bread, Tea Cakes and Scones fresh daily. Large assortment of Sweets and Chocolates. Wedding and Fancy Cakes made to order. Tea and Luncheon Rooms, parties catered for. Advert 1911
Station Street 23 Arthur Wilson. Picture is from an advert: Importer of Fancy Goods, picture framing a speciality, pianos for sale or hire .
The shop was at the front part of the Public Hall and the whole building was eventually demolished and the National Westminster Bank built on the site. from an advert 1911
Station Street 31 J C W Drummond Ladies and Gentlemens High Class Tailor and Outfitter Dr Jaegers Underwear from Mate Guide 1906
Station Street 40 Tithe Barn Hotel looking to South Street. The hotel, upstairs of which was the venue for folk club and various meetings. It was converted to become holiday accomodation called Tithe Barn.
Station Street 23 large frontage was Public Hall demolished to become National Westminster Bank by the amalgamation of District Bank (demolished) National Provincial Bank, (repurposed on Main Street) and Westminster Bank (seen here) to form the NatWest Bank that was built after the demolition of the magnificent facade of the Public Hall that is shown at the left edge of this photo . NatWest Bank recently closed and the building is now fast food outlets. The National Provincial bank on Main Street is also now a fast food outlet. c 1950
Station Street 23 National Westminster Bank. The building was constructed after the demolition of the Public Hall in 1974. NatWest closed approx 2010 and the building is now Costa Coffee and Dominos food. c 1980
