Originally Posted by
Colin Wilkinson
Hi Steve again. I have dug out a great view of Bon Marche which I will post tonight. It shows the store in 1891 when fully operational, What the photo suggests is that the white building you pointed out was part of the original street line which appears to have been moved back.
If my deduction is correct (I will need to look at a street plan for 1875 or therabouts), the white building is about to be demolished to make way for Bon Marche.
Certainly - as you will see from the photograph I am posting - there is no other building on the corner of Basnett Street. This would date the original photograph as 1877 not 1890. Quite a difference. Thanks for your observation.
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