Magic lantern slide
Acc.no: PEZPH : 1989.1070
Identification
Item: The old entrance to Shambles Meat Market from Bread Street, Penzance
Description: Pictured here is the old entrance from Bread Street to the Shambles Meat Market. Many of the slaughterhouses were in Bread Street where there was inadequate drainage to deal with the waste products, thus giving perpetual problems for the Borough's Sanitary Officer. Two notices on the door tell of the change of premises to the old Butter Market in Princess Street. The photograph is dated 1928 when the Borough sold the premises to the adjacent Messrs Simpsons, outfitters. Simpsons, still a family business in 2013, have retained the passageway here which provides a short cut from Bread Street to the Terrace and is fondly known as Simpsons' Steps.
Condition: Good
Description
Height: Mm
Width: Mm
Material: Photograph
Production
Method: Printed
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