Friday 19 November 2021

Number 85

 Please note that all dates are approximate.

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2024 © P Russell



Number 83-87 is a Category C Listed Building. Category C means it is of local importance. The listing, made in 1988, says earlier 19th century with alterations ... ground floor shops modern ... single column at NW angle (No87) ... 2 storey and symmetrical at 5 bay first floor.... tripartite windows in 2nd and 4th bay... small paned sashed in 2 bays nearest No 87 ... 2 shallow dormers to Nos 83-85

1903 John McCulloch, painter/glazier

1905 James Little, bootmaker

1911 Annandale Observer

1935 RoM

1941 Empty

1943 Border Farmers Insurance

1948 Hoddom & Kinmount

1955 John Chalmers hairdresser

1966 RoM

1978 EJ Hornby, Fruit & veg

It appears that this shop was in Numbers 83 and 85.

1981 empty

1985 Jopsons jeweller
Jopsons were in Numbers 83 and 85
A jeweller established in Carlisle in 1960.

1991 RoM advertises items for sale at Jopsons, but made elsewhere

2004 Posthorn 90
Posthorn 90 were in Numbers 83 and 85

2006 RoM

2016 RoM

2021 © V. Russell


Disaster struck this shop in 2021 ...

Annandale Observer Apr 2021

but luckily no-one was hurt.
After extensive work it reopened in October 2022.

  
© 2022 P&V Russell








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