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Ellesmere, Scotland Street c.1955
Photo ref: E180085
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More about this scene

Here we see the same street five years later and seen from the other direction. Notice that the porch at the entrance to the Black Lion Hotel has disappeared.

Memories of Ellesmere, Scotland Street c1955

For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. These memories are of Ellesmere, Scotland Street c.1955

Sparked a Memory for you?

If this has sparked a memory, why not share it here?

My great great grandparents had a shoeshop and lived at no 10 Scotland Street, Ellesmere, Shropshire. Census records show Thomas and Elizabeth Williams had 6 children there, a lodger, Thomas Griffiths, a draper and a servant, Annie Jones. Thomas and Elizabeth died very young leaving the six children to go to orphanages. Elizabeth, John, Albert, Alice William and Emily. ...see more