Richard Norton Posted January 12 Posted January 12 Hi. Long shot but wondering if any photos of Market Street in 1901-1911 exist. Hoping that they might show a butchers shop that my Great Grandfather (Henry Hub) either owned or worked in. Any info on the above also very welcome. Thanks. Richard Norton Fife
Alan Edgar (Eggy1948) Posted Sunday at 20:47 Posted Sunday at 20:47 Welcome to the group @Richard Norton. Just noticed your posting - don't know how I missed. Can't say I've seen the name Hub Butchers mentioned in the Market Place and I did a search of the Discussion pages using "Hub Butchers" but nothing came up. If you enter a phrase into the Search section add quotes around it otherwise the system searches for every seperate word in the phrase rather than just the whole phrase. I'll have a look through the old photos from that era, probably only a couple, and see if I can find anything but can't recall seeing that name.
Canny lass Posted 7 hours ago Posted 7 hours ago (edited) Hi @Richard Norton and welcome to the forum. Here is a map f and some photos that might interest you. The map is from 1922. In 1911 Henry was living and working in the building located between the Post Office and the Workingmen's Club. I've underlined these in red on the 1922 map so you can see the approximate area within the Market Place. In the following photo of the Market Place (1930) I've arrowed the house in which Henry lived and worked - the one with the white awning. I have no idea if he rented or owned the property but as he states that worked "at home" it's safe to say he lived on his work premises. The building is easy to locate from the 1901 and 1911 census records where it is always in the same location in relation to The Turks Head public house (the first PH to the right of my red line on the map). This next photo, date unknown) shows the market place from a different angle. I've arrowed the building again and you can clearly see the Post Office to its right, though Hub's Pork Butchers has now become Kiddies Corner. The Tudor style building to the far right is the Howard Arms. The larger building to its left is the Turks Head. The Fish & Chip shop to the left of Henry's house was previously the Workingmen's club - Henry's neighbour in 1911. I hope this is of some help. Edited 7 hours ago by Canny lass 2
Canny lass Posted 7 hours ago Posted 7 hours ago PS Your great grandfather was still at the same address in Bedlington in 1914, before moving to Walker, Newcastle. His business appears in Kelly's Directory of that year. 2
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