Ferry Approach
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If you study this picture and compare it with the next picture you will see the building on the left is also in the next shot .. The two old white cottages were replaced around 1906 by the two buildings marked 'Send a card' and 'Digger' ( a tobacco brand ) The shop marked Digger was a tobacconist shop owned by Joe Hall/
At this time the Snack bar was owned and run by my parents, Charlie and Lou Mansfield .. A few years later my father also bought the paper shop next door copyright Charles Mansfield
copyright Eddy Crosby
Fire engines putting out a blaze at the premises of Mellishes flour mill, by the river in the old ferry approach. The new ferry workshops are on the right. copyright Chris mansfield
copyright Susan Keeffe
Ferry Approach ... Late 1940s - Early 50s ?
I am guessing the date but its an interesting shot of what looks like the morning rush hour to work via the tunnel and ferry
Approx' 1900 .. Ferry Pontoons
Early shot of a horse and cart going onto the ferry ( south side )
August 1968. Fire at Mellish flour mills
copyright C.Mansfield
August 1968 . Mellish flour mills fire
View from the river of Mellishs flour mil, after a fire, Mellish's was the last building in ferry approach . copyright Chris Mansfield
approx' late 1960s .. boarded up shop at 4 Ferry approach
look at the price of tea in the cafe next door......... 5d in old money ( about 2p in decimal )
Early picture postcard of Ferry approach and the foot tunnel
Parts of Nile Street were demolished to make way for the ferry approach road at the end of the 19th century.. This area is now covered by the Waterfront leisure centre. This drawing would have been as seen from the river end of the street
August 1968 , Fire at Mellish flour mills
copyright C.Mansfield
copyright John King
This view of Ferry Approach must have been a very early one, because in this photo the Foot tunnel has not yet been built.
Ferry approach, The low buildings in the middle of the road were underground public toilets.. I would guess the period to be around 1930 ??
Approx' late 1950s . Ferry approach
viewed from the loading ramp looking toward Hare street
August 1968. Fire at A.W.Mellish flour mills
copyright C.Mansfield
Late 1980s , Mellish flour mill demolition.
Mellish's flour Mills at the river end of the old ferry approach is being demolished to make way for the Waterfront leisure centre
The ferry stopped using this road as a loading approach back in 1965 when the new pontoons came into service..The existing shops continued for a few more years and The road was used as a car park until the Waterfront leisure centre was built in 1988. photo by Richard Lyndhurst
Ferry Approach. The new ferry pontoon was completed in 1965 and the original ferry approach became a car park .. This picture was taken in 1972
October 26th 1912. Opening of the foot tunnel
looks like a wet day ...
works on the new ferry approach are just visible beyond the tunnel entrance
1962. Ferry approach and foot tunnel entrance
copyright Susan Keeffe
