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Parade, Matlock Bath, about 1960 |
| Matlock Bath, Twentieth Century Photographs, Postcards, Engravings & Etchings |
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Charles Gale's Gift Shop on Matlock Bath's North Parade, with a window
display packed with all kinds of desirable items - "fancy goods"
- for the tourist trade. Over the doorway is an advertisement for
musical greetings cards, suitable for 45" rpm record players.
The sign advertising the shop's wares was hand painted onto the glass;
this was a commission undertaken by Frank Clay when sign writing was
one of his specialities. Mr. and Mrs. Gale lived at Rockvale House
over their shop. It is now the Post Office although the Post Office
in the Gales' time was a few doors down the Parade. |
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This more recent view of North Parade shows what remained of the Promenade following the widening of the A6 trunk road in 1967. You can just see
the red letter box outside what was once Gale's shop as well as
one side of the War memorial.
 The War Memorials |
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