"Eastern Bazaar" Official Handbook. Adverts from 1900

Below are three adverts taken from the Hyde Wesleyan Methodist Church

"Eastern Bazaar" Official Handbook.

The Eastern Bazaar was held at The Mechanics Hall  from Thursday Feb 28th through to Saturday March 2nd 1900.

It was a huge event for its day that was extremely popular by all accounts !

Is this who Fairbrother Street (now Grange Road North) was named after ?

Love the modern Cooker shown ;) !

Eastern Bazaar part 1

I have recently been very lucky in acquiring a book from 1900.
It is the official handbook of a Bazaar that was held  at the Mechanics Hall in Hyde on behalf of the Hyde Wesleyan Methodist Church on Norfolk Street.

Makes fascinating reading !

Below are the first lot of excerpts from it !



 

Aeriel View of New Market Square 1968

Here is another aeriel view of the Market and the new development in 1968.
The HSBC Bank is still very recognisable from this photo but many of the old shops have gone, amongst them the shoe shops and the butchers shop that were opposite Woolworths.
 Look how many market stalls there were then compared with todays market ! This was maybe because the old market hall was demolished and the new one wasn't ready? Does anyone know?
The old Methodist Church that stood on Norfolk street can be seen top left of the photo.
Parking was available where the DHSS building now stands (bottom right).



Thanks to John Hopwood for the great photo !!
Much appreciated. :)