Market Place 12 Dan Kennan pottery 14 Ship Hotel became Castle Bar 16 Ivison Motor Depot & repairs became Bamboo restaurant, beyond is 18 Red House, now Blocks restaurant, Note the luggage trolley at the side of the road and in the distance outside Crone shop is an open top very sophisticated car, possibly a Rolls, and on the left a man rides what appears to be a motorbike, but note also the piles of horse manure in the road. Note the children are in shorts or plus four pants.
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Market Place 12 Skeltons Stores Grocer and Provision Dealer. This photo was in an advert in a theatre programme and shows the location clearly of 12 Market Place with the three storey protrusion into the street, and the single storey sloped roof extension into the street that in this photo is a shop display but in later photos is shown as the front room of Mr Dobinson’s private house, but the extension was later removed.
Mr Skelton is standing at the entrance to his warehouse where above him and below the roof is the beam of a hoist that would take the large bags of flour to the upper store room, seen here with bags. [Eric remembers doing this hoisting at Sibson Bros warehouse in Nook Street/Ritson Street in Workington].
Note that the flour is Carrs flour from Carrs mill at Silloth, (having moved from Maryport because the coal dust affected the quality).
These premises have ben substantially altered and at one time, Google maps shows Westlakes Recruit in the left side.
It seems that the centre warehouse doors have been replaced with windows and the frontage has been rendered and painted to show little sign of the history shown in this photo.
See also “Market Place 34 Ivison and Skelton now Kitchen shop horse wagon alley left to brewery c 1890” Photo from advert 1930
Market Place 15 P F M Ward Draper, Dress & Mantle Maker, underclothing a speciality.
A mantle a loose sleeveless garment worn over other clothes, see the girl in the photo and other photos who has a white over-dress. See the girls in many pre 1920s photos who wear the white mantle over dress. c 1910
Market Place 15 PFM Ward Draper Dress & Mantle Maker Undercolthing a speciality 1911
Market Place 15 P F M Ward Draper, Dress & Mantle Maker, underclothing a speciality.
A mantle a loose sleeveless garment worn over other clothes, see the girl in the photo and other photos who has a white over-dress. See the girls in many pre 1920s photos who wear the white mantle over dress. c 1910
Market Place 24 Cockermouth first bank. Cockermouth’s first bank was probably Joseph Sanderson’s Cockermouth Old Bank of the 1820s, sold to the Carlisle City and District Bank in 1837. This was in Bank House on the north side of Market Place and later the premises were used as a grocer’s shop, here Wilson Bros, and the building has had many uses since. c 1920
Market Place Luchinis ices with early cars converted to sell ices. Although the surname is the same as the Luchini on Main Street by Kings Arms Lane (now Cusack) this is a different branch of the family. This was run by Sadie Luchini the sister in law of Ralph Luchini who had the Main Street shop and ice cream manufacturing in Kings Arms Lane. c 1920 p2
On the left is the grandfather of the present owner of Luchinis.
To the right of the rear vehicle is Market Street in its original location. The building behind the people and the buildings further left were all demolished and replaced with a new building and the Market Street became pedestrianised and a new vehicle entrance was made to the new car park behind. c 1920
Market Place 12 Dan Kennan pottery 14 Ship Hotel became Castle Bar 16 Ivison Motor Depot & repairs became Bamboo restaurant, beyond is 18 Red House, now Blocks restaurant, Note the luggage trolley at the side of the road and in the distance outside Crone shop is an open top very sophisticated car, possibly a Rolls, and on the left a man rides what appears to be a motorbike, but note also the piles of horse manure in the road. Note the children are in shorts or plus four pants.
Market Place C Mayson & Son Retail Grocers and Provision Merchants bacon curers, corn merchants, seed merchants, tallow chandlers etc advert 1911
Market Place C Mayson & Son Retail Grocers and Provision Merchants bacon curers, corn merchants, seed merchants, tallow chandlers etc advert 1911
Market Place C Mayson & Son grocers established over one hundred years bacon curers, Tallow Chandlers, grocer and provisions merchants advert 1930
Market Place Hird & Gate Quality Grocers and Provision Merchants Special Afternoon Tea 28lb blend Indian Ceylon China telephone 51 1939
Market Place 37 39 Hird Gate Grocers Household Hardware now Ice Peak Kingfisher advert 1922
Market Place 35 Haytons Restaurant and Cafe 1911 p2
Market Place Louisette M & A Brewsher Lincoln Bennett hats favoured by the Fair 1928
Market Place Banks & Son Ironmongers and Plumbers 1933 p2
Market Place J G & A Chicken, High Class Confectioners and Tobacconists specialise in pipes, pouches, walking sticks and all smokers requisites 1922
Market Place 28 James & John Graham, late Collins, Family Grocers, Italian Warehousemen, Corn, Cake & Manure Merchants, Choice Cumberland Hams & bacon – own cure, advert 1922
Market Place 16 John Dickson & Son Motor and Cycle Merchants and Engineers, Telephone National No 7. See the photo of Dickson’s filling station at number 16 c 1960 when the petrol pump was recessed into the wall and the hose had to either snake across the pavement or the vehicle had to mount the pavement. From an advert 1922
