Henry Noble, Chemist – Midgate
The 1909 Midgate store of 1860 born chemist Henry Edward Noble who lived on New Road and whose father was a Lay Clerk at...
Hereward Arcade
Two images from c.2001 and showing the now lost interior of the Hereward Arcade that ran from Midgate to Broadway.
TL Barrett (1908)
The TL Barrett store on the corner of Midgate (left) and Long Causeway (right), pictured in 1908.
Sticky Backs on Midgate (c.1900)
This bizarre property dated back to the 1600s and was positioned at the junction of Midgate (to the right) and Long Causeway/Broadway (to the...
Midgate Under Water (1910)
Crowds turn out to see Midgate in a state of flood in 1910 ..... or they were simply stranded !
John Walton, Long Causeway/Midgate
The store of John Walton on the corner of Midgate and Long Causeway in the 1970s.
Midgate Shops
A row of shops along Midgate pictured in the latter days of their existence with the Coltons Cycles shop sitting under the "To Let" sign.
The...
Barrett’s Corner
The demise of the Barretts store on the corner of Long Causeway and Midgate.
Midgate
Looking along a tired looking Midgate in the 1960s between what would have been Swan Place (far left) and Cattle Market Road (far right).
Midgate and Barrett’s Corner
Looking down Midgate in the 1960s from the junction with Long Causeway ..... known by locals as "Barrett's Corner" because of TL Barrett's department...
