tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8599481671908734427.post1189530480986523165..comments2024-03-23T16:10:12.319+00:00Comments on Hyde Cheshire Blog: Market Place viewsTomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04167792394551286975noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8599481671908734427.post-10764812640407323512012-04-29T13:10:40.471+01:002012-04-29T13:10:40.471+01:00In the photo from the '60's to the right o...In the photo from the '60's to the right of the Ford Zodiac Mk11 (directly opposite Woolworths) was Cable shoes where I started work in 1960 after having left Greenfield st school at age 14. <br /><br />Would love a pic of this shoe shop right on the corner if anyone has one please post. I used to dress all 7 windows amongst my other duties there. Great memories. Thanks.John Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07817333229039583050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8599481671908734427.post-34927653484778221702012-04-22T17:57:58.161+01:002012-04-22T17:57:58.161+01:00I'd have liked to have walked this town when i...I'd have liked to have walked this town when it was in it's heyday...Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04167792394551286975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8599481671908734427.post-28972728988229080572012-04-22T17:39:26.047+01:002012-04-22T17:39:26.047+01:00What a great old picture of Hyde, the shops look s...What a great old picture of Hyde, the shops look so vibrant and full of character. Hyde just seemed like an amazing place in these old photos, how times have changed and not for the better! I agree with Hyde Lad, I would put the date on this photo somewhere around the 1910 mark.Trishnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8599481671908734427.post-79952688336428830912012-04-21T17:08:11.685+01:002012-04-21T17:08:11.685+01:00F.W.Smith were prolific in producing postcards mai...F.W.Smith were prolific in producing postcards mainly from around 1906 to 1910, as Dave says I also can't find them in any directories. The only other clue is that Cooke Brothers grocers and Brownsons's clothes shop appear together from around 1910 to 1914.<br />So the picture must date from around 1910 give or take a year or two.Hyde Ladhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13799992790388189244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8599481671908734427.post-58280146341678960462012-04-21T14:18:08.606+01:002012-04-21T14:18:08.606+01:00There's not much to go on in dating the first ...There's not much to go on in dating the first picture. The tram tracks are there so that dates it at later than (I think) 1905 and F.W. Smith of Newton isn't in the 1914 Kelly's Directory which would appear to make it after that date. I'm not all that well up in ladies' fashion, but I think they tended to wear longer skirts than those shown in the picture until after the First World War, so I'd say it was sometime in the 1920s.Dave Williamsnoreply@blogger.com