St Anne Street area

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Gt Richmond St dwellings looking good
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L.Keizer`s glass merchants old building ,built 1876
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Bought my first set of bowls in here many years ago,the original Clares was on the opposite side of the road near Islington.
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A new fire station built on the site of a very old church on St Anne St

Great pic's G.D.! Any info' on the old church?

Wow! ain't it changed somewhat? well it has since my working days in Edmondsons "Full swing Lemonade" which was off St Anne Street.

I believe "Full Swing Lemonades" works is now a Double Glazing factory?

Fantastic pics Joe. The church, Holy Trinity was on that mound of grass to the right of the fire station across Springfield. The fire station is built on the site of the Wellington pub and a corner Geogian block that became a doss house before falling into dereliction. My brother lived in Gt Richmond street tennies when they were council, it was known as ghost town back then due to the lack of kids residing there, mostly elderly.

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Bushell`s Building on the corner of Springfield and Harker St
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Rose Place with it`s sets still in place,buildings on the right were once Syke`s bakery and then Sotts bakery

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**** why can't this council be more strict with the road crews,ie make em replace the cobbles instead of just filling it with tarmac.

The Germans would do it so why shoudn't we.:034:

Hmmmm! just had a thought dig up all the cobbles around areas where they're not needed,store the cobbles for the town centre when needed and tarmac where the cobbles have been dug up.

That would make sense...yeah.

Keep the cobbles I say, but keep em nice.

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I say keep the cobbles as well...but lay them where they would be seen ie not in industrial road areas where they are out of the way and just wasting elegance.

You'd never have a job with the council George. You're speaking some sense.

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This is so true Ged :unibrow:

!4 mill spent on Stanley Park and what do they go and do...Tarmac the paths and walkways.

Sheeeesh!

Blast from the past with these photos lads, particularly seeing Keizers Glass building
This was on the corner of St Anne St and Birkett St, My first job as a van boy for
George Lunts bakery in 1958 was in Birkett St, next door to The Full Swing Lemo factory
spent 10 yrs their as van boy, bakery worker, then Driver, before moving around the corner
to Sykes bakery, later to become Scotts Bakery.
Happy days, thanks for the memories.
davydun.

gregsdad who started the thread is also an ex worker for Sykes/Scotts in Rose Place.

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Full Swing (Edmonsons) in Birkett Street.

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Me, standing outside Scotts.

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And kindly colourised by George.

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Ha,ha, very cute Ged ;)