Looks like the 1960s? My Nan was photographed coming out of C&A by a street photographer. These photographers were very useful for people who didn't have cameras. I wouldn't have had any wedding photos if it wasn't for them!
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A very busy pre-Christmas crowd alongside the #6 bus stop.
Source: British Newspaper Archive
Source: British Newspaper Archive
A view of the Court Dining rooms and commercial Hotel on the corner of Corporation Street and Newton Street. This must have been taken in the early 1890s,. One can see the edge of the Law Court buildings (later extended after demolition of the dining rooms) with boarding in front showing they are still being constructed. Cannot find a mention of them in directories under that name, though there is mention of a coffee house, and in 1886 the address is given for communication with someone seeking a house near the city centre. the papers on the windows might indicate that demolition is imminent, as does the digging up of the road in front, possibly to seal off gas pipes. To the right of it is a building on which you can just read A. H XXXXXX. This is. or was, certainly Alfred Hawkesford, a cork manufacturer, while the building to the right of that would once have been Charles Cooper & Co, bookbinders.
