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MARKET PLACE — Market Street car park from All Saints before demolition 1974

Market Place Sadie Luchini JW Bowe clothing p3 — Market Place Sadie Luchini JW Bowe clothing Market Street to Town Hall c 1960 Market Street from Market Place before the building on the left was demolished to make a modern building named Kedder now cycle shop and flats. The road is now a footpath.c 1960

Market Street to Market Place from Town Hall with houses to demolish for car park 1968 p3 — Market Street looking towards Market Place from Town Hall, the road before pedestrianised with the houses on the right that will be demolished to make way for the car park 1968

Market Street to Market Place from Town Hall Plough Inn in gap on left houses on right to demolish 1960 p3 — Market Street looking to Market Place with the Town Hall behind. The cottages on the right were all demolished in 1964 to make way for the car park. On the left the cottages were demolished but behind the camera on the left the cottages remain. The white shirted man passes the pub that was demolished but the three storey building adjacent to the road remains for Jacy’s clothing. The road is now a footpath and a new building was built on the right in the Market Place that is currently a bike shop. c 1960

market street — Market Street being demolished by Town Hall for car park c 1974

market street — Market Street Town Hall terrace of houses on right. c 1990

Market Place Town Hall entrance to Market Hall left - note the w — Market Place Town Hall entrance to Market Hall left – note the white post on the left to stop traffic, now removed and traffic goes to the church and the former church rooms. c 1960

Market Street Town Hall c 1969 p3 — Market Place Town Hall pre 1974 because the sign shows that the building is Cockermouth Urban District Council and at the time there was also a Cockermouth Rural Council until they both joined to be Allerdale council -feel free to add your extra information. c 1970

Market Street ex armoury Riverside Craft Studio then Tourist Information c 1970 p3 — Market Street ex armoury used for Riverside Craft Studio which moved to Main Street as Craft Shop then it was used for Tourist Information centre 1970

Market Street Town Hall archway Thomas Wilson hat factory before car park 1968 p3 — Market Street leads to the Town Hall seen here with the archway (that still exists) leading to the drying ground of Sandersons Mill. The houses on Kirkbank were built in the early 1930s and the new Methodist Church on Lorton Street was opened in 1932 and Cockermouth UDC took over the building. Below the rear wall of the Methodist / Town Hall is the gable end of buildings that led to the Hatters pub. The buildings beyond the archway became Town Hall car park in the 1970s. The person with red shorts looks at the Bitter Beck joining the Cocker. The building on the left is disused Thomas Wilson’s hat factory that was demolished in 1970s.

Market Hall centre below All Saints church demolished 1980 p4 — Market Hall is the long horizontal roof below All Saints Church, to the left of the Town Hall and was demolished in the 1980s to be replaced by housing. In the foreground are buildings in Brewery Lane now demolished. c 1980

Market Street to Town Hall rear car park c 2010 p4 — Market Place rear car park. On the left is the sandstone wall of the ex HSBC bank with the river Cocker flowing below it. The roadway to the left leads both to the Town Hall and under the arch to the Town Hall car park. Ahead is the new building that at this time is a snooker club but after the floods of 2009 it became RiversMeet, current use unknown. To the right is the entrance to the car park from Market Place. c 2010

Market Street rear above car park with Market Hall and toilets before demolition on left Town Hall right c 1960 p3 — Market Street goes from the Market Place to the Town Hall but the whole area is commonly known as Market Pace car park. Note the serated roof of the old Market Hall which was used for Council storage of vehicles. This building was demolished in c 2000 and a row of houses built. On the left are public toilets and a public phone kiosk, the kiosk now gone. Towering above is the spire of All Saints Church. eft Town Hall right. The Market Hall was demolished in 1990s replaced with a terraced row of housing. c 1960

Market Street Riverside Craft Studio became Tourist Information centre c 1970 p3

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