Thanks John, Another lister has confirmed that the street has been demolished to make way for a shopping centre, including ASDA. Getting a photo of the shop/street is now probably out of the question - unless another lister can come to my rescue :~) Thanks, Bob Original Message: ----------------- From: john ferguson fergy@fergy.karoo.co.uk Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2003 22:53:33 +0100 To: bob.ellerton@virgin.net Subject: Re: [N'Yorks] Grocery shop in Eston, Middlesbrough Quite a lot of these streets were demolised in the 1980's As I recall but I know longer live in north yorks. suggest you e mail Redcar and cleveland council rates department and ask them john ferguson ----- Original Message ----- From: <bob.ellerton@virgin.net> To: <ENG-NORTH-YORKS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2003 1:38 PM Subject: [N'Yorks] Grocery shop in Eston, Middlesbrough > The 1890 Bulmer's Trade Directory for Middlesbrough showed a "Christopher > Ellerton, 35 Nelson Street, South Bank" as running a Grocery shop in Eston. > This is almost certainly my George Christopher Ellerton who was described > in the 1881 Census as a Grocer. > > Can any lister who lives in the area tell me more about this shop? > Does the address/shop still exist? > > TIA, > Bob (Cambridge) -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://mail2web.com/ .