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EASTON
EASTON IS A MAJOR COMMUNITY CENTRE ON PORTLAND. UNTIL THE 1960s THE RAILWAY FROM WEYMOUTH CLIMBED THE EASTERN COASTLINE BEFORE TURNING INLAND TO TERMINATE AT EASTON.
THIS PAGE ALSO COVERS THE AREA OF THE GROVE WHICH IS TO THE NORTH OF EASTON.
PLEASE CLICK HERE FOR A VICTORIAN MAP OF EASTON.
PLEASE CLICK HERE FOR MODERN PICTURES OF EASTON.
PLEASE CLICK IN THE TABLE FOR PICTURES OF SPECIFIC AREAS OF EASTON.
EASTON GENERAL
EASTON SHOPS ETC TAKEN FROM SPIRE OF WESLEYAN CHAPEL
EASTON SQUARE, 1880
EASTON SQUARE WITH OLD PUMP
PUNCHBOWL INN. UNKNOWN DATE
EASTON METHODIST CHURCH. UNKNOWN DATE
RICHARD LANO'S FUNERAL.
T. E. WAY, BAKER, EASTON
PORTLAND BOARD MAN. ADVERTISING BOUDOIR DAIRY, EASTON
NORTH EASTON
EASTON FOUNDRY - DATE UNKNOWN
LONDON HOUSE WAS A CLOTHES SHOP OWNED BY MRS KING COMBEN. THE SHOP ON LEFT WAS NEWMAN'S - PRODUCE MERCHANTS (NOW THE VETS). MR LUKEY (MANAGER) , MAUDE LUKEY (HIS SISTER) WAS CASHIER.
SYBIL BEAUMONT, HILDA NORMAN, MR JOHN HOOPER, MR ERIC MITCHELL WERE ASSISTANTS.
JACK GIBBS WAS KNOWN AS THE 'MIDNIGHT GROCER'. HE USED TO DELIVER THE GROCERY ORDERS AROUND THE ISLAND. HE WAS THE ONLY MAN ON THE ISLAND (1920'S) WHO HAD A 'C' LICENCE TO COLLECT GOODS FROM WEYMOUTH.
SHOWS POST OFFICE OPPOSITE, PRIOR TO ITS REMOVAL TO THE RED LION BUILDING IN REFORNE
EASTON SHOPS 1930s. THREE SHOPS NEXT TO OLD FIRE STATION ENTRANCE. SHOP ON RIGHT (CLOTHING) WAS MANAGED BY HENRY ROD. FOR A MODERN VIEW OF THIS SCENE PLEASE SEE BELOW.
SNOW PLOUGH IN EASTON STREET MARCH 10TH 1937
EASTER COTTAGE NO 36 AND MEWS COTTAGE NO 34 EASTON STREET
BUILDING A HOUSE IN GROSVENOR ROAD?
EASTON STREET LOOKING FROM THE NORTH
EASTON STREET LOOKING FROM THE NORTH
STREET SCENE, EASTON 1905
MARSHALL'S WIRELESS SHOP, 1930s NOTE 'LOCAL MARCONI MAN' SIGN ON GARAGE, EASTON. FOR A MODERN VIEW OF THIS SCENE PLEASE SEE BELOW.
MARSHALL'S RADIO AND TV SHOP, EASTON. ERNEST MARSHALL AT DOOR.
MISS ADLAM (MILLINER) CHRISTMAS 1934. GROVE ROAD. SHE WAS DISABLED. SIGN READS 'MISS ADLAM, COSTUMES'.
SALVATION ARMY HALL , AND OTHER BUILDINGS OPPOSITE GROVE CORNER
MAN AND CHILD OUTSIDE HOUSE OPPOSITE GROVE CORNER, BUILDING BEHIND THEM NOW THE SALVATION ARMY HALL
TWO CHILDREN PLAYING OPPOSITE GROVE CORNER. SOME BUILDINGS NOW WHERE EASTON MASONRY WORKS ARE NOW.
EASTON STREET LOOKING NORTH. CROWN FARM AT TOP OF THE ROAD
EASTON STREET LOOKING NORTH. ATTWOOLL THE TOBACCONIST ON THE LEFT. FOR A MODERN VIEW OF THIS SCENE PLEASE SEE BELOW.
JOE BEER’S SHOP BEING BUILT BEFORE IT BECAME BRETT’S THE BUTCHERS
THE GROVE
SEE ALSO THE PAGE OF PICTURES OF THE GROVE PRISON - PLEASE CLICK HERE
THE GROVE INN
LICENSEES WERE: 1867 MRS. MARY MAYO, 1874 DAVID PEARCE, 1875 WILLIAM PEARCE, 1880 ROBERT SMITH, 1885 - 1911 WILLIAM JENOUR, 1915 JAMES SANSFORD, 1920-1929 MRS. HENRIETTA TRAVERS, 1930-1931 BERTIE HENRY POLDEN, 1932-1937 WILLIAM AYLES, 1938-1941 THOMAS WESLEY EMERSON, 1948-1951 LEONARD L. SHORTER, 1955 T. JONES
FOR A MODERN VIEW OF THIS SCENE PLEASE SEE BELOW.
CROWN FARM EASTON. 1920's SHOWING FROM THE LEFT BARNS, DAIRY AND FARM HOUSE
BOMB DAMAGE TO CROWN FARM 2 JULY 1942. DESTRUCTION OF DAIRY AND DAMAGE TO THE FARM HOUSE.
BOMB DAMAGE TO CROWN FARM 1942 SHOWING DAMAGE TO REAR OF FARMHOUSE & DAIRY. BELOW IS A MODERN VIEW OF THIS SITE.
ALMA TERRACE THE SECOND END OF THE TERRACE HAS NOW BEEN DEMOLISHED. THERE IS A WALKWAY BELOW THE PAVEMENT AND THIS WAS KNOWN AS THE AREAS.
GROVE PRISON WARDERS’ HOUSES AT EAST WEARES. THE SITE OF THESE HOUSE CAN BE SEEN ON AN OLD MAP - PLEASE CLICK HERE. THE HOUSES WERE DEMOLISHED AFTER WORLD WAR 2 AND THE AREA IS NOW A RECREATION GROUND
EASTON GARDENS
LAYING FOUNDATION STONE FOR EASTON CLOCK 1903/4
REFORNE
LOWER REFORNE. HOUSE ON RIGHT, IS OPPOSITE POST OFFICE. FOR A MODERN VIEW OF THIS SCENE PLEASE SEE THE PICTURE BELOW.
STRAITS
READING ROOM STRAITS 1920. A NEW LIBRARY IS NOW ON THIS SITE.
STRAITS, THE READING ROOM IS ON LEFT 1925. THE MODERN VIEW IS SHOWN BELOW.
LOOKING NORTH TOWARDS EASTON SQUARE
A SIMILAR VIEW TO THE PREVIOUS PICTURE. UNKNOWN DATE
STRAITS. A PUB CALLED THE SWAN TO THE LEFT OF THE PICTURE. FOR A MODERN VIEW OF THIS SCENE SEE BELOW. THE ENTRANCE TO QUIBO LANE IS CLOSE TO THE LAMP POST.
AVICE'S COTTAGE AT THE SOUTH OF WAKEHAM. THIS WAS GIVEN WITH THE ADJACENT BUILDING TO THE PEOPLE OF PORTLAND FOR THE PURPOSES OF A MUSEUM BY DR MARIE STOPES.
AVICE’S COTTAGE 1924
AVICE’S COTTAGE 1924
UNKNOWN PEOPLE OUTSIDE HOUSE IN WESTON ROAD
MR DIXON (17) ICE CREAM SELLER IN EASTON 1905
1. BOB STONE, 2. BILL ANTHONY, 3. DICK PEARCE, 4. FRED COMBEN, 5. WILL BROWING, 6. DICK WHITE, 7. ALF STEVENS, 8. ARTHUR RANDLE, 9. REG MOORE, 10. ARTHUR TIZZARD, 11. ERNEST STEWKESBURY, 12. JACK FANCY, 13. LIZZER COLLINS, 14. ANNE NORSTER, 15. (UNKNOWN BABY), 16. ETHEL STEWKESBURY, 18. JENNIE ATTWOOL, 19. MRS STEWKESBURY, 20. MRS WHITE, 21. MRS PEARCE, 22. (UNKNOWN)
GROVE HOUSE, ERIC BARNES’ NEPHEW ROGER (2 YEARS OLD)
AN EASTON STREET, TWO MALES UNIDENTIFIED
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