Borough Road

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Borough Road,1897, Diamond Jubilee Procession, 60th anniversary of Queen Victoria's accession.

Day & Martin.Blacking manufacturer, later a supplier of polish.

Lansdale & Sons Ltd, in picture, sack manufacturers

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Corner with Milcote Street (formerly Warwick Street). Each tenement had a separate WC and a scullery.
Left is number 20 a three-storey building with a sign above the shop front for R. HOWE. A sign on the first-floor wall advertises Covered Vans for Removals, Carriages let on hire. In 1911 this was occupied by John Hobbs, Barrow Maker, his wife Johanna, his son; a labourer, and daughter; a furrier. Number 19 is a three-storey building with a shop sign for Vincent for Ginger Beer and Mineral Waters. Still there after all those years.

Borough Road, Murphy's Buildings (now Murphy House) c1901.

Borough Road, Murphy House, same location 2022.