tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949215181122709833.post4300215149447202785..comments2024-03-17T05:54:30.910-07:00Comments on BLACKBURN PAST: Victoria Street in the 1920'sBlackburnladhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07326456506067671772noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949215181122709833.post-88996553389511508532010-09-24T02:55:05.815-07:002010-09-24T02:55:05.815-07:00Imagine that Hunter's shop on the extreme righ...Imagine that Hunter's shop on the extreme right above was where the Lord Square entrance to T.J. Hughes was a few years ago Lorcan, then work your way left from there, across the Mall heading for the Vodaphone shop, then out by the toilets near there, pass the County Court, pass the grassed area with the fountain, pass St John's Church and that's how far it was from Hunter's to Blackburnladhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07326456506067671772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949215181122709833.post-2000372123748329142010-09-24T02:42:04.334-07:002010-09-24T02:42:04.334-07:00These premises are all facing west Lorcan and woul...These premises are all facing west Lorcan and would have looked onto the old Market Square.<br />The Tontine Street junction with Victoria Street would be way off to the left of the above shot. In fact if you look at the chap on the extreme left of the photo, well the building above his head would have been next door to the County Courts which are still there today, where you can leave the Blackburnladhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07326456506067671772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949215181122709833.post-29148997519899571392010-09-24T01:47:27.106-07:002010-09-24T01:47:27.106-07:00I can't quite work out from this whereabouts t...I can't quite work out from this whereabouts the Tontine Street end of Victoria Street is - is it to the right or left of the photo? I'm a regular at Barzooka (used to be the royal...see oldish picture (from the '70s at a guess) here .... http://www.thesharegallery.co.uk/closedpubs/lancashire/blackburn_royal.html ) which adjoins Tontine Street at the end of Victoria Street...are Lorcannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949215181122709833.post-87382066001731926932010-01-25T12:53:27.293-08:002010-01-25T12:53:27.293-08:00Not off the top of my head I don't John. They ...Not off the top of my head I don't John. They would possibly have been stone slabs, where they laid the fish/fish baskets out, I would have thought, but I'm only guessing.Blackburnladhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07326456506067671772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949215181122709833.post-56041613490037692242010-01-24T14:16:15.772-08:002010-01-24T14:16:15.772-08:00Hi Colin..I've been looking at the 1844 Map of...Hi Colin..I've been looking at the 1844 Map of the old Market Square and right in the middle of it is shown a small area marked "Fish Stones" have you any idea what these were ?Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14778367518820505220noreply@blogger.com