Main Street 60-78 from Kings Arms Lane 1945-1980

Main Street 60 Luchini ice cream shop with archway to Kings Arms yard where Luchini made their ice cream - there was also in the lane a Bookmaker. Luchini had been in Market Place with the first ice cream vehicles before moving here but then Luchini sold the shop and Kings Arms Lane to John Cusack who made considerable changes and rebuilding of Kings Arms Lane and the lane was developed into multiple retail shops.

1945-1980 Main Street Menu

Main Street 60-78 from Kings Arms Lane 1945-1980

Main Street 60 Luchini ice cream shop with archway to Kings Arms yard where Luchini made their ice cream - there was also in the lane a Bookmaker. Luchini had been in Market Place with the first ice cream vehicles before moving here but then Luchini sold the shop and Kings Arms Lane to John Cusack who made considerable changes and rebuilding of Kings Arms Lane and the lane was developed into multiple retail shops.
Main Street 60 Luchini ices 62 Palmer Robinson decorator; 64 Croasdell Chemist 66 Central Cafe. Notice the clock on the wall above Croasdell in the period when not many people had expensive watches This photo was taken by Joe Mounsey the grocer on Main Street.. c 1950
Main Street 60 Luchini icess with the archway to Kings Arms Lane. Luchini is now Cockermouth Travel. Mr Cusack bought the shop from Luchini and developed the properties in Kings Arm Lane behind and made the pictorial history wall.
Main Street 66 Central Cafe 64 Mayo Court when clocks were on buildings when watches were expensive, 64 Mayo Court used to be Croasdell Chemist with a large round clock, that must have been changed for this smaller cube showing faces in two directions, the shop is now Aspava c 1970
72 Main Street Wilson Mounsey, now the Toy Shop. To the right and left of the current Toy Shop are the original tiles on the pillars. c 1960
Main Street 72 Joe Mounsey who took a lot of the photos on this Cockermouth website, here he serves one person at a time in his grocery shop, the building is now the Toy Shop c 1960
Main Street 72 Mounsey Grocers garden behind, now the Toy Shop c 1970
Main Street 72 Wilson Mounsey 70 City Hairdresser now Bryson 68 Northern Gas now PFK c 1950
Main Street 72 Wilson Mounsey now Toy Shop, 70 City Hairdresser is now Bryson baker that moved from where the Children Society charity shop is now. The gate on left led to the cobbled yard where Aspava Turkish restaurant was. At this time you made payments to Northern Gas on this side of the street and Norweb on the other side in their showrooms. c 1950
Main Street 74 Jessal now Rendezvous cafe 76 Bettina of Betty Chicken. The renaming of the cafe to Rendezvous is a welcome reminder for local people who remember the cafe name from many years earlier. c 1950
Main Street 78 Rendezvous cafe Lindsay butcher Kennon confectioner c 1950
Main Street 76 Bettina shop 78 Linday butchers shop that later moved to Station Street. c 1950

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Main Street 60-78 from Kings Arms Lane 1945-1980

Main Street 60 Luchini ice cream shop with archway to Kings Arms yard where Luchini made their ice cream - there was also in the lane a Bookmaker. Luchini had been in Market Place with the first ice cream vehicles before moving here but then Luchini sold the shop and Kings Arms Lane to John Cusack who made considerable changes and rebuilding of Kings Arms Lane and the lane was developed into multiple retail shops.

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