The Market, the Grammar School and the Station

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A view of the market at West Tower Street around 1906. The loading bay has been demolished, todays bus stops are here now. the entrance to Market Street is on the left.














102 years ago (1904), the city's elite schoolchildren gather at the railings of the Grammar School to have their picture taken. You can tell they're posh, they've got shoes.













A shot from a little further away in 1908. Strand Road is to the right and Spring Gardens Lane to the left, this went down and turned coming out onto Lowther Street where the Bowling Green Hostel is today.

Not sure of the date 1910-20 ?. Would the double-header be for climbing up Shap?










Posted in 1921, there are plenty of trains in this shot.
























Older viewers will remember the John Menzies news stand, no date but early. One of the headlines read 'Russian Disaster, battleship sunk, 700 lost'. In 1905 the Russians lost 4 battleships in a clash with the Japanese.

The man with the top hat is probably the stationmaster.