YMCA 1891 text.jpg

Then - 1891- and Now - 2018 (Google street view) 

In between the building being used as the YMCA and it's current owner - Hms Mot & Service Centre -  it was used by the Pioneer Boot Factory and  Anderson Motors. The tallest guy, 5th from the right as you look at the photo, in the photo when it was the Pioneer Boot Factory is Fred Rocket who opened his own Shoe Repair business - Rockett''s - opposite the Wallaw cinema. 

In a book by Stephen B Martin - Sleekburn (The Station) there is this image stating the Y.M.C.A opened in 1886.