A few photos of the Old Market Hall, the market hall was opened in 1835 at a total cost of £44,800 That was made up of £20,000 building costs and £24,000 for the purchase of the land. After being bombed out during WWII the building although still used minus the roof was left as a shell until its demolition and replacement by Manzoni Gardens in 1962.
Photo 1 ..... A print of the Market Hall a few short years after its completetion.
Photo 2 .....Inside view of The Market Hall in 1870 Showing The Central Fountain that was installed in 1851 at a cost of £900 but was removed in 1880 supposedly to be erected in Highgate Park but never was. It was destroyed in 1923.
Photo 3.....A photo of The Market Hall still complete with it roof, sometime in the 1920 or 1930’s.
Photo 4.....This photo shows the mess left by a night time visit of our EU partners in August 1940.
Photo 5.....This final photo of this lot, shows some of the tidying up works that were done to enble the Market Hall continued use as a market place until its demolition in 1962.
Phil