That’s what I thought Dave - see post #12. The photo looks much older than it is. But Mike says it’s 1965. What I thought was interesting about this photo was that the retail premises on the end were still there in 1965. If I’ve understood all this correctly, and according to to Pedro’s post #25, these premises were Albert Trouts beer retailing business in 1915 and Samuel Smith Evans wine and spirit merchants in 1940. I did wonder if they were connected with the Vine. In fact I wondered if the whole stretch in view from the Vine to the Royalty, including the low level wall and whatever was behind it, were connected to the Vine.
This led me to my later question as to whether the rebuilding of the Vine was on a larger footprint because they may have had a business interest in the wine and spirits shop. All speculation of course. But sometimes it can throw up new snippets of info to help solve the original query.
Viv.
This led me to my later question as to whether the rebuilding of the Vine was on a larger footprint because they may have had a business interest in the wine and spirits shop. All speculation of course. But sometimes it can throw up new snippets of info to help solve the original query.
Viv.
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