Hitchin, High Street 1903
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This 1903 view looking south down the High Street is full of detail. It seems to have been taken one warm morning - note the open windows, and the summery dresses of the girls on the right. The Cock Hotel advertises a billiard table and stabling. A cast-iron milestone outside records the fact that it is 34 miles to London. Next to the Cock is Barclays Bank, built by Sharples, Exton and Lucas in 1841. Next-door-but-one to Barclays is the establishment of William Payne, an agricultural, veterinary and dispensing chemist. He was also a dentist, and advertised as 'the Hitchin Modern Pharmacy and Artificial Teeth Laboratory'. The road visible at the far side of the Market Place is Bucklersbury. Only one or two municipal gaslights are evident, but private ones supplement them: for example Wightman's, on the left, and B K Williams next door (drapers, silk mercers, costumiers, and milliners). The man on the left, in the road, is pushing a milk cart.
An extract from Hitchin Town and City Memories.
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