This double image is a postcard and reverse of Ryan’s shop once a feature of the Market Place, Loftus. Brought to the Archive by Robert Graham’s granddaughter, the card included details of Robert , but unfortunately no others are mentioned. Can you help?
Ryan’s shop situated in the Market Place, managed it is believed by Mr Robert Graham who features in the image. Robert Graham lived in ”Tin City” at Boulby and arranged a petition (Robert’s letter presented the petition to The Minister of Health (in London) to prevent the demolition of the village by Loftus Urban District Council in 1935. This image could well date from this time.
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We have however only some names and would appreciate assistance in filling the names, as well as any further information.
Image kindly supplied by the Graham family.
My father Edwin Andrew told me that he worked in what he called Paddy Ryan’s as a boy. He was born in 1924, so it must have been around the late 30′s. Unfortunately he passed away almost two years ago, so I can’t obtain any more information.