Hi Lyn, thanks for letting me know about the new pictures. These are fantastic! Our house was directly across the street from Mapplebeck's. The factory loomed right outside our living room window. This is the first photograph I have seen of the factory since those days as a child in the early 60's. I remember it from the vantage point of a 5 year old kid of course, 3 foot tall, who enjoyed seeing things get squashed under the big truck tires i.e. my glasses. The picture (and the others) brings back a lot of childhood memories As you can see, it appears our house and the others where the photographer is standing, have been demolished. My dad revisited the area about that time--1968, just before we emigrated, and he said everything had been pulled down. Was Mapplebecks pulled down too?
On image #8, is that the front to Kirby's scrap yard, by chance?
Thanks so much Lyn!
Kevin