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Description: | Thatched cottage with sign saying Pratt's, next door to low cottage with 2 signs, for Craig Motors and Marine Engines on front and J G Huskisson Motor Engineer, Cycle Agent and Electrician on the side.
In 1913, Robert Page had bought the smithy on the corner of Station Road and East Street which had been there for many years. He moved across the road to East Street to open a new smithy in 1913. The smithy is on the right hand side of the photo behind the small child.
Reference:
1. Montgomery, Alan. 1984. My goodness! My Portchester!, p. 56.
Copy photograph of a photograph. | Format: | image/jpeg | License: | http://www.sopse.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.exe?a=query&p=gateway&f=generic_sitetext%2ehtm&_IXFIRST_=1&_IXMAXHITS_=1&cms_con_core_subtype%3acms_con_text_what=copyright&%3acms_sys_group=%22sopse%22 | Rights holder: | Hampshire Library and Information Service - Hampshire County Council | Subjects: | car shop building Craig fashion thatch street Station Road business bicycle blacksmith J G Huskisson transport dress East Street cottage Pratt's industry Robert Page | Temporal: | start=1900-01-01; end=1920-12-31; | Source: | Sense of place SE | Creator: | Copied by: Dine, Derek; Hampshire County Library; | Identifier: | http://www.sopse.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | image/jpeg | Go to resource |
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