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Market Cross and the Bull Hotel to the left
This photograph was probably taken in the 1940s. Black and white markings around Market Cross and on the kerbstones only appear in a few images. Used to mark trip hazards during the blackouts in WWII.
E Richards & Son stood on this site for decades. Initially it traded as E. Richards Farm Stores. Later as E. Richard & Son, ironmongers.
A view from the 1950s / 1960s with the two storey police station on the right.
Market Place with motor traffic, possibly from the 1960s.
Market place when it was still open to through traffic. The “flying saucer” lampposts would suggest a date in the 1970s.
The War Memorial was moved to Market Place from its original site in Queens Square in 1977
Market Place was converted to a pedestrian precinct in the late 1970s.
Market Place was converted to a pedestrian precinct in the late 1970s.
