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TRADE
QUARRY CREW, FOUR MEN AND A DOG, DATE UNKNOWN
ROUND HOUSE AT TOP OF HIGH STREET.
THE OLD BAKERY, PICTURE DATED BETWEEN 1902/1910
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THE PORTLAND ROYAL BRITISH LEGION NOW OCCUPIES THE SITE OF THE BAKERY. THIS AREA WAS DAMAGED BY WORLD WAR 2 BOMBING.
EASTON STREET LOOKING NORTH. ATTWOOLL THE TOBACCONIST ON THE LEFT. FOR A RECENT VIEW OF THIS SCENE PLEASE BELOW
PORTLAND FAIR c1905 VICTORIA SQUARE.
TRAIN HEADING FOR EASTON STATION PASSING UNDER YEOLANDS BRIDGE AT EAST WEARES.
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THIS IS THE SITE WHERE THE RAILWAY TRACK USED TO PASS UNDER AN OLD STONE BRIDGE. THIS WAS DESTROYED BY THE LOCAL QUARRY COMPANY IN DEFIANCE OF PLANNING LAWS AND THE FACT THAT A PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY WENT OVER THE BRIDGE - SUCH WAS THE ARROGANCE AND DISDAIN WITH WHICH THE QUARRYING INDUSTRY OPERATED UNTIL VERY RECENTLY.
JOE BEER’S SHOP BEING BUILT BEFORE BRETT’S THE BUTCHERS
GARAGE IN VICTORIA SQUARE. OWNER AND DATE UNKNOWN.
VIEW NORTH FROM FORTUNESWELL. THE PICTURE BELOW SHOWS A RECENT VIEW.
FORTUNESWELL
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HATTON'S STORES FORTUNESWELL 1907
THE HATTON'S OUTSIDE THEIR SHOPS - A BUTCHERS AND A CHEMIST
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MAN ON BOARD PORTLAND DISTRICT COUNCIL CART IN FORTUNESWELL. BELOW IS A RECENT PICTURE TAKEN NEAR THIS PLACE. ALL THE BUILDINGS FROM THE ‘SUN INN’ ON THE LEFT ARE NOW A CAR-PARK.
SIMMONDS THE CHEMIST AT TOP OF HIGH STREET FORTUNESWELL OPPOSITE THE SUN INN. FORTUNE’S WELL WAS ON THE LEFT OF THE PICTURE. THE ‘BRITANNIA’ PUB IS IN THE DISTANCE. ALL THE BUILDINGS FROM THE ‘SUN INN’ TO THE ‘BRITANNIA’ WERE DEMOLISHED. THAT AREA IS NOW A CAR-PARK. FOR A RECENT VIEW OF THIS SCENE PLEASE BELOW
STRAITS. A PUB CALLED THE SWAN WAS TO THE LEFT OF THE PICTURE
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LEGGETT’S TEA GARDENS
LEGGETT’S TEA GARDENS
LEGGETT’S TEA GARDENS, WAKEHAM
CASTLETOWN. STEAM BAKERY, THEN H. SCORE ARMY NAVY CONTRACTOR, THEN CASTLE HOTEL, THE JOLLY SAILOR PUB IS TO THE RIGHT. THE BLOCKS OF STONE ON THE WAGONS ARE WAITING TO BE SENT OFF BY SHIP. A RECENT SCENE IS SHOWN BELOW.
CASTLETOWN. GILL’S SHOP IN FOREGROUND. FOR A RECENT VIEW SEE ABOVE PICTURE.
SHOPS ARE FROM LEFT, R SCORE & SONS SHIPS CHANDLERS AND POST OFFICE, NEXT SALVATION ARMY HOSTEL, THEN PRIVATE HOUSE WHICH WAS THE CASTLE PUB. FOR A RECENT VIEW OF THIS SCENE PLEASE SEE BELOW.
THE NELSON TOILET SALOON. PROPRIETOR C. H. BULL, HAIRDRESSERS, NOTE SAILORS’ HATS IN WINDOW. A RECENT VIEW OF THIS SCENE IS SHOWN BELOW.
BUREAU DE CHANGE AND POST OFFICE, CASTLETOWN. A RECENT VIEW OF THIS SCENE IS SHOWN BELOW.
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
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RAILWAY STATION AND GASWORKS AT BOTTOM OF PICTURE
VICTORIA STATION.
LOADING STONE AT STONE PIER, CASTLETOWN.
MERCHANTS RAILWAY LOOKING TOWARDS CASTLETOWN. A RECENT VIEW IS SHOWN BELOW.
ST JOHN’S CHURCH AND SHOP
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THE OLD SHOP SURVIVES DESPITE GREAT CHANGES ON THE LEFT. ONCE A CINEMA OCCUPIED THE ADJACENT SITE. THEN 'RUMOURS' NIGHTCLUB WHICH, AFTER BURNING DOWN, WAS CLEARED TO MAKE WAY FOR AN OPEN PUBLIC SPACE.
J. J PATTEN & SONS BUILDERS.
HARRY HERBERT DURSTON 3RD LOWER
MARSHALL'S WIRELESS SHOP, 1930s
NOTE 'LOCAL MARCONI MAN' SIGN ON GARAGE, EASTON
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MARSHALL'S SHOP EASTON, LATE 1930s
MARSHALL'S RADIO AND TV SHOP, EASTON
ERNEST MARSHALL AT DOOR.
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MISS ADLAM (MILLINER)
CHRISTMAS 1934. GROVE ROAD.
SHE WAS DISABLED.
SIGN READS 'MISS ADLAM, COSTUMES'.
T. E. WAY, BAKER, EASTON
DELIVERY TRUCK, HIGH STREET, FORTUNESWELL
EASTON SHOPS.
‘LONDON HOUSE’ IS CLOTHES SHOP AND SHOP ON LEFT IS A PRODUCE MERCHANTS
THREE EASTON SHOPS NEXT TO OLD FIRE STATION ENTRANCE.
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EASTON FOUNDRY - DATE UNKNOWN.
SHOWS POST OFFICE OPPOSITE, PRIOR TO ITS REMOVAL TO THE RED LION BUILDING IN REFORNE
THE ROYAL MANOR CAFE, PORTLAND BILL.
NEWMAN'S STORE EASTON UNKNOWN DATE
STONE'S DRAPERY STORE WITH TWO LADIES
WEST WEARES. NOTE SMALL CAFÉ.
WALTER JOSLIN’S DAIRY AND KILBURNIE HOUSE ON LEFT, SIMMONS THE CHEMIST AT THE TOP OF THE ROAD.
LOWER HIGH STREET AND CHISWELL
NOTE POST OFFICE, AND THE CROWN INN.
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MR DIXON (17) ICE CREAM SELLER 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)
THE CHEMIST'S SHOP
MARGARET HOLT IN THE SHOP OF WILLIS THE CHEMIST IN STRAITS
EASTON STREET - JESTY BUTCHER
BUILDING A HOUSE POSSIBLY IN GROSVENOR ROAD?
F. J. BARNES FIRST MASONRY WORKS AT VICTORIA SQUARE (1891) IN THE STATION AREA.
THIS IS JUST AFTER BARNES BOUGHT IT FROM THE PORTLAND STONE Co.
FORTUNESWELL SHOPS
INDIA & CHINA TEA COMPANY LATER THE CO-OP CURRENTLY COASTERS OFF LICENCE.
BUILDING GANG 1920s. ALFRED JOLIFFE STANDING ON GROUND SECOND FROM LEFT WITHOUT HAT BORN 1867 DIED OF LEAD POISONING FROM PAINT 1927
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