Thanks Richie. So the Royal Hotel frontage on Temple Row was dramatically altered from the original c1800 plain, Georgian design. Viv.
JennyAnn - was the Donn the outfitters shop that used to sell school uniforms? I seem to remember my mother taking me and my sister there for some clothes when we were young.
Judy
The mention of Bradford Passage makes me wonder where Rackhams old store was before the building of the present House of Fraser store. I remember my mother regularly went into the old shop to buy dress materials and dress patterns. I remember that it was in an arcade or passageway. I also remember that the shop was the last place I saw one of the old candle-stick telephones in use.
There was some connection between Rackhams and Wilkinson & Riddell over a hundred years ago. I think one was founded by ex managers of the other firm.
Dennis
Union Row is still there, but the Congregational Church has been replaced by a Sikh Gurdwara (temple).
One just round the corner from Helen's Passage - REGENT PLACE - a before and after, as it is still there in the Jewellery Quarter, along with REGENT PARADE which is fortuitously off REGENT PLACE
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