Not On Today’s High Street
Introduction
If you walked along Belfast’s streets a hundred years ago or more, you would have encountered a very different range of shops and merchandise for sale.
Some of the more unusual items are listed below.
Lard Refiner – P. Quinn. 21 Catherine Street North [1870]
Alabaster and Roman Cement Warehouse – Bell & Oulton, Donegall Quay [1861]
Clog and Patten Makers – Thomas Harrison 86 Hercules Street [1861]
The Ladies Emporium – John Hanna 38 High Street [1891]
Hackle and Gill Makers – Alex Riddel & Sons. 26 Great Victoria Street [1870]
Gunpowder Merchants – Joseph Braddell & Son. 19 Castle Place [1870]
Ostrich Feather Merchant, Manufacturer and Furrier – William Ireland, 46 Arthur Street [1891]
Muslin Weavers [Steam Power] and Weaving Agents – Jaffe Bros. 10 Donegall Square South [1870]
Fish [Dried] Merchants – James Crawford. 31 Corporation Street [1861]
Stay and Corset Maker – Ann McMullen. 10 Mill Street [1870]
Philosophical and Chemical Instrument Makers – J. A. Cumine. 27 High Street [1870]
Belfast Steam Feather and Hair Purifying Factory – H. Gibson. 6 Church Street [1891]
Saddler, Harness Maker, Horse Clothing and Portmanteau Maker – John F. Bell. 13 Arthur Square [1891]
Phrenologist – G.N.B. McBean. 36 Hamilton Street [1870]
Apothecaries, Chemists and Aerated Water Manufacturers – Grattan & Co. Ltd. Cornmarket [1891]
Hosiers and Glovers – J. Arnott & Co. Bridge Street [1861]
Tarred and Hair Felt Manufacturers – D. Anderson & Sons Ltd. Belfast [1891]
Manufacturers of Edwards Dessicated Soup, Edwards Preserved Potato and other specialities – Frederick King & Co. Ltd. Waring Street [1891]. Read the amazing story behind this product by clicking the image below.
If you enjoyed this article…
If you like our posts please help us to grow our readership by sharing any posts that you like using the social media sharing icons shown with each post.
Please Consider a Small Donation
Belfast Entries is a husband & wife hobby website featuring articles on our shared history, memories and entertaining stories of our past. To help us meet rising website hosting costs please click the coffee cup below to learn how to make a small donation. Please note that every contribution is valued and that we will not contact you directly in order to respect your privacy.
Donations this month 6 🙂. Thank you
We had 6 donations last month
What are others reading now?
Cost of Living Crisis
Given the current cost of living crisis that will impact so many in coming months we have added a page signposting organisations that may be able to offer support. We have no relationship with these organisations and cannot offer financial advice but we hope that some of the links may prove useful.
Ancestry Antrim Arthur Chichester artist Belfast Belfast Entries Belfast Family belfast roots Carrickfergus Castle Cemetery Church Clifton House County Antrim County Down Department Store Donegal education. family tree Famous Folk Forgotten folk Genealogy Ghost graveyard Historical places History Hotel Ireland Irish Census Records Irish Family Irish genealogy irish roots Mary Ann McCracken Operation Overlord Otto Jaffe Outlaw People Philanthropist Places to see Poor House Sailortown St Patrick Titanic Tourism United Irishmen
Copyright Notice
Belfast Entries posts & photos are our intellectual property and copyrighted to us. Where we use photos that do not belong to us, it is because we believe them to be in the public domain or shared under a Creative Commons licence with appropriate attribution. None of our content or images can be used without our consent. Note that a link to our Copyright & Takedown notice is included in the website footer on all pages.
0 Comments