Hitchin, Market Place 1922
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By 1922, new businesses had taken over many of the premises in the Market Place. On the left are Timothy Whites and Taylor's, a chemist chain, then the Corn Exchange. Next is the Hitchin Playhouse, a cinema that opened in 1913, advertising accommodation for 800 spectators. Gatward's is still there, but John Jackson's business has gone: replaced by the Midland Bank. The Post Office has transferred to Brand Street; Briggs & Co., the Leicester Boot Company with its impressive gilded sign, and the Maypole Dairy, share its old premises. In the centre of the picture, an open-topped bus picks up passengers next to a theatre billboard. The cart (right foreground) is loaded with what looks like animal hides.
An extract from Hitchin Town and City Memories.
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