Trivia Angles,
Victoria St, once next to King St( once named Croft St) was originally named Soulsby St, after the Blyth shipbuilder.
In the recent posting "Clark the photographer" the addresses Central Hall Buildings and 11 Market Place were mentioned.
The market photo shows that single sided street Market Place on left hand side.
The young American actor, who played a Canadian in Royal Navy was Jeff Hunter
( who later played John Wayne's sidekick in the western movie "The Searchers", looking for Natalie Wod who had been kidnapped by the rascal redskins). He also played Jesus in later movie. In the WW2 film, the film showed two different endings, sad and happy, asking the audience which one was preferred.
I wonder where the photographer was positioned to take this shot.?
In the Co-op above the alley way into Croft Road ? In the Kam Tong Chinese Restaurant, notorious for it's green curry ? Upstairs in the White Swan ( where popular music was provided via a Dansette record player) ?
The reference to sailing ships in our house when I was a whippersnapper was more likely to be " you have this place worse than the Wreck of the Hesperus"
Enough already !
Michael
