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The two pictures on this page show the village
on a busy summer's day.
This photograph (left) of South Parade (Museum Parade) has
been taken from close to the Fish Pond Hotel, looking northwards
towards the Pitchings and Waterloo Road. The historic Hodgkinson's Hotel is at the bottom of the Pitchings,
on the left hand side. The exterior has been restored in recent
times. To the left of centre, above the traffic light showing green, you
can see Waterloo House on Waterloo Road. Next to it, and slightly
higher, is the stone built Belle Vue House. |
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Taken from the bottom of the Pitchings,
this second view looks southwards along the South Parade. In
1800 the row of shops was one long building stretching from
Hodgkinsons Hotel (shown in the first photograph), to the end.
Where the shops now are were stables and coach houses, with
living accommodation above. Some of the upstairs rooms show
signs of having been part of larger properties; for example,
the ceiling mouldings go into two different rooms, divided by
partition walls. The building with the very large bay window,
semi obscured by the left hand branches of the tree, housed
Mawe's very first Museum.
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Biography of Mr. Mawe
The Donegani family lived at Belle Vue House and ran a butcher's shop
on South Parade. The tiled butchery was on the RHS of the green painted
building that is now the cycle shop. There was a fishmonger on the
left, with a shared central doorway between the two. The butcher's
shop later became Hardy of Wensley (British Butchers). |
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