Images tagged "riverside"
Gas lamp gone, but otherwise pretty much unchanged from 1909!
The old age pension was introduced in 1909, when everyone over the age of 70 received 5 shillings (25 new pence) per week. The sign to the right refers to the public telephone, which had been in use for less than a year. The man on the right is wearing the cloak which denoted that he lived in the Hitcham’s almshouses.
The old age pension was introduced in 1909, when everyone over the age of 70 received 5 shillings (25 new pence) per week. The sign to the right refers to the public telephone, which had been in use for less than a year.
Tractors on display in Riverside. These buildings were all demolished to make way for the Solar store.
The Co-op supermarket on the site of the former Potters garage.
This building started life as the town’s first purpose built steam mill in 1853. It was not a success, and was eventually sold to The People’s Hall Company in 1867. In 1885 it became the Methodist Church, and later amalgamated with the United Reform Church to become the present United Free Church.
This building started life as the town’s first purpose built steam mill in 1853. It was not a success, and was eventually sold to The People’s Hall Company in 1867. In 1885 it became the Methodist Church, and later amalgamated with the United Reform Church to become the present United Free Church.
This building started life as the town’s first purpose built steam mill in 1853. It was not a success, and was eventually sold to The People’s Hall Company in 1867. In 1885 it became the Methodist Church, and later amalgamated with the United Reform Church to become the present United Free Church.
This must be 1903 when the Post Office was built.
Gas lamp gone, but otherwise pretty much unchanged from 1909!
The old age pension was introduced in 1909, when everyone over the age of 70 received 5 shillings (25 new pence) per week. The sign to the right refers to the public telephone, which had been in use for less than a year. The man on the right is wearing the cloak which denoted that he lived in the Hitcham’s almshouses.
The old age pension was introduced in 1909, when everyone over the age of 70 received 5 shillings (25 new pence) per week. The sign to the right refers to the public telephone, which had been in use for less than a year.
Tractors on display in Riverside. These buildings were all demolished to make way for the Solar store.
The Co-op supermarket on the site of the former Potters garage.
This building started life as the town’s first purpose built steam mill in 1853. It was not a success, and was eventually sold to The People’s Hall Company in 1867. In 1885 it became the Methodist Church, and later amalgamated with the United Reform Church to become the present United Free Church.
This building started life as the town’s first purpose built steam mill in 1853. It was not a success, and was eventually sold to The People’s Hall Company in 1867. In 1885 it became the Methodist Church, and later amalgamated with the United Reform Church to become the present United Free Church.
This building started life as the town’s first purpose built steam mill in 1853. It was not a success, and was eventually sold to The People’s Hall Company in 1867. In 1885 it became the Methodist Church, and later amalgamated with the United Reform Church to become the present United Free Church.
This must be 1903 when the Post Office was built.
