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Station Street 12 Maryport Cooperative Industrial Society shops. There were different Coop shops; Grocery, Butcher, Hardware, Mens Outfitting and drapery (a double fronted shop). Each shop had their own manager, two of them started their own store, Tom Winter created Tom Winter Carpets on Main Street, Leslie Cleeland bought the old Blue Bell Inn (see Main Street 61 Blue Bell Inn E Bowness building demolished for Cleelands furnishing c 1890 p1). c 1960
Station Street some individual Co-op shops. The Cooperative Industrial Society Limited was based in Maryport and this was the Cockermouth cooperation of separate shops; Furnishing, Ladies Outfitting; general household; butchers, to the left out of shot is the double fronted grocery store. The lower store became Lindsay butcher, the furnishing became, Meglans, currently a travel agent, the Industrial society became Premier Cockermouth Store. From these stores, the manager Leslie Cleeland set up his own Cleeland furniture, manager Tom Little created his own furniture and household goods store. c 1950
Station Street 12 Maryport Cooperative Industrial Society Mens Outfitting and drapery, now Lindsay butches. To the right is WH Smiths with the bay window above that still exists in 2024 and is now Lindsay delicatessenn. To the right is the small shop of Nora Hazileton selling wool, people did a lot of knitting at home. Before Nora Hazilton the shop was County Garage which moved to Lorton Street. To the right is the two storey building that at one time was the entrance to a gents hairdresser in the 60s; both were demolished and a new two storey building replaces it. c 1950
Station Street 12 Maryport Cooperative Industrial Society Mens Outfitting 2024
Station Street Brown & Russell 1906, later to become Sealby Bros with the gable end of the building having their name painted on it. Now the door has been built up and the entrance is from the adjacent mini supermarket store; the building is now the Post Office. c 1900
Station Street was Brown & Russell 1906, later to become Sealby Bros with the gable end of the building having their name painted on it. Now the door has been built up and the entrance is from the adjacent mini supermarket store; the building is now the Post Office. 2024 Google street view
Station Street Sealby grocery advert on their gable end. The individual shops of the Maryport Cooperative Society next to Sealby. Note the gable end above the shop was the store for grain and other items and has doors in the gable end and at one time there would have been a hoist. On the right is the gable end of the old Public Hall, later demolished for NatWest Bank, now food outlet. c 1950
Station Street Sealby Bros warehouse now Post Office and flats
Station Street 12 two way traffic with Lakeland Bakery delivering to Elwoods on the right in 1950. Westminster Bank on right. Note that fFive of the trees planted in 1887 for Queen Victoria's Jubilee are shown but they were removed for parking bays though a few new trees replace some.. c 1950

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