Last mail-coach leaving the Royal Hotel in Traill Street on August 1st 1873.
Best quality I've seen so far of this image.
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Burnside. Date unknown, possibly turn of the 20th century.
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Last mail-coach leaving the Royal Hotel in Traill Street on August 1st 1873.
Best quality I've seen so far of this image.
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Last edited by plasticjock; 27-Apr-10 at 19:08.
Whats the square building near the shore?,i see the Coastguard station and the white hoosie which is now a ruin.Any ideas?To me it looks like a wreck on the foreshore alongside the point of land.
Last edited by Fisherbigin; 02-May-10 at 22:57.
Think that the square white building was a fever hospital.
The cottage (which is in ruins) is to the left of the photo (not in the picture) - inside the flag fence and in line with what seems to be hens picking amongst the stones on the shore.
The fever hospital must have been demolished - it certainly wasn't there when I was young - and that isn't yesterday!
The cottage mentioned was still being occupied when I was young....
Thanks for the info,it is a very interesting photo,must try and find out what wreck it was.![]()
Thirsaloon,Any idea when the picture was taken,i ken it was a long long time ago,thought maybe a date on the back,i have a book on wrecks and if there was a date i micht find out what wreck,a bit of a long shot though!!
Couple of pictures of Shore Street:
This is a far better quality image than the one I posted a couple of years ago. c1910
This one is an image that I've not seen before. c1910 (possibly earlier)
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My relations are in both of you photographs of Shore Street!![]()
Last edited by plasticjock; 06-May-10 at 12:25. Reason: spelling correction
Just waiting for the Google Streetview 1900 to come out now.
Does anyone have a photograph of the area of Shore Street where the car park is now?
My great-grandparents lived there in number 1 Shore Steet as did my grandparents and my Dad was born there.
I have never seen any photographs or drawings of what that area looked like before the houses were demolished.
I live in hope.
He has a profound respect for old age. Especially when it's bottled.
Gene Fowler
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