Last mail-coach leaving the Royal Hotel in Traill Street on August 1st 1873.
Best quality I've seen so far of this image.
Burnside. Date unknown, possibly turn of the 20th century.
Last mail-coach leaving the Royal Hotel in Traill Street on August 1st 1873.
Best quality I've seen so far of this image.
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)
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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