Images tagged "marketsquare"
Then and Now : The Hamilton Harriers acquired their name from the Duke of Hamilton who lived at Easton Park. The Market Hill was a popular meeting place. The date is January 1906.
Then and Now : Samuel Green Carley established his grocery shop on the Market Hill around 1860. It was to become one of the foremost grocery businesses in the county. Regular customers had a gold embossed red account book, and had their orders delivered. The business became “Carley and Webb”, and traded into the 21st century with various changes, but sadly no longer. The photo quality is poor, but the only one available
Then and Now : Bridges and Garrards hardware store
Then and Now : Market Hill. Little has changed since the 1950s, except for the tables for outside the Crown and the cafe (to the left of the pharmacy)
Then and Now : The former “Carley and Webb” grocers, now split into two shops
Then and Now : Ford Mk. 1 Zodiac outside the Crown Hotel, late 1950s. Note the remains of ornate gas lamps to the frontage of Stevens, Garrards and the Crown Hotel
Then and Now : Charles Garrard took over William Barker’s established ironmongery business in 1897. It was bought by A E Bridges Ltd in 1961, and continues to trade here under the combined name, although now under different ownership. From left, Stanley Capon, Charles Garrard, Bernard Roe and Bob Moore.
Then and Now : Market Hill. The Condul Cafe claimed to be Framlingham’s only cafe/restaurant in an advert of 1938. This photo would be from the early 1950s, based on the Ford Prefect E493A visible on the right.
Then and Now : A spring Sunday; Market Hill is never empty of cars!
Then and Now : The familiar view of cars parked on the Hill. Note the infilling of the pavement to the right, compared with the previous photo. The name Rothwell is above the shop to the far side of the Hill, who was a grocer in the late 1950s.
Then and Now : It is difficult to date such photos, but this could be late 1940s?
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Then and Now : Crown Hotel, c.1906. John Cobbing was the proprietor at this time. The carriageway through to Fore Street harks back to the days of coach travel, and was not enclosed until 1952.
Then and Now : A T Wicks offered high class dressmaking, drapery, millinery, outfitting and a boot warehouse from his Market Hill premises, for which he adopted the name London House. The telephone number in 1908 was 14, and it was still the same in the 1950s.
Then and Now : Market Hill, 1929, from a 1970s postcard
Then and Now : Market Hill.
Then and Now : Four vehicles are evident on the Market Hill, with no concerns over parking, and with a convenient gas lamp at night.
Then and Now : Even on a Sunday morning, Market Hill is never empty of cars!
Then and Now : Note the horse-drawn cart.
Then and Now : On a market day with market stalls filling the square
Then and Now : Henry Coleman was one of several bootmakers in the town, and proclaimed to be patronised by the Duke and Duchess of Hamilton and Brandon, who lived at Easton Park. Boots and shoes were mainly hand made until until after the First World War, when factory produced items took over. Henry Coleman is to the left, along with Alfred Kerridge.
Then and Now : A T Wicks store, 1900s?