The posers are out in force again, the photo shows Arlington Street and the entrance to St Hilda’s Place, these must be some of the older houses of Loftus.
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All dressed up and posing for photograph are the lady and gentleman in the photo, does anyone know who they are? Underneath the gas light not Lili Marlene but a policeman, the horse patiently waiting for it’s owner, the road in this picture looks as though it is not yet tarmaced. Lovely and peaceful wish I was there.
A lovely hand tinted photo of the ever popular Arlington Street The tinting was done with watercolours over the original sepia/black and white print and was very popular before the advent of cheap colour photography
Another street that hasn’t changed much over the years, although I don’t think so many people would congregate now if anyone came with a camera.
I wonder if these photographs were taken at the customer’s request or as an early advertisement? A good image of a two wheel cart – too heavy to be a trap do you think?
A three-quarter view of the same cart, showing us more of the surroundings this time, is this what they called a tumbril?(image courtesy of Julie Morrison)
An aerial photograph of the rectory shows just how big it is, a good big family house for the rector of the parish.
An imposing building seen easier before the Arlington Estate was built, a new rectory was built below the old one (in the late 1970’s?), subsequently the present rectory was purchased as an already built house on Micklow Lane, on the site of the Women’s Institute Hall. Thanks to Steven Gale for the information.
I want to know who the little girl is with the big hat! An image before the iron horse this one, no metalled roads.
Springhead Terrace viewed from an elevated position, possibly the property for many years occupied by the Gallilee family. Thanks to Deick Pearson and Eric Johnson for updates. |
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