Ladysmith, Then and Now

Esplanade Street; Abbotsford Hotel, Store, Telephone Exchange, Grand Hotel

Petro Can Block
Circa (1910)
Most Recent (2008)
Old photograph shows Abbotsford Hotel at right, store, Telephone Exchange and Grand Hotel at the other end. Now the location of the Petro Can (at right) and City Hall is between the Post Office and the Telephone Exchange. Telephone Exchange is now a Cafe.. Hardly visible is a small building between the Grand Hotel and the Telephone Exchange.  This was the location of Roberts Meat Market.  He actually kept livestock behind the building so the product was really fresh!

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