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Enfield Town and the market in 1910
[i]Extracts from text printed below the print:[/i] "Enfield Town market, held on a Saturday, was both a shopping centre and a meeting place for most of the local population. ... The market house was erected in 1904 to commemorate the coronation of King Edward VII two years earlier. Overlooking the Market Square is the 'Kings Head', a neat gabled design of 1899 which replaced a much earlier building, the original Kings Head was built in the 17th century. ... Electric trams, then the last word in modernity, had reached Enfield in the early summer of 1909 amid a great blaze of publicity. ... The most remarkable building in the picture is the London and Provincial Bank (now Barclays Bank). It was built in 1897 to the design of W. Gilbee Scott, a local architect who lived in Waverley Road and who also designed Edmonton Town Hall. The Bank was built by Alan Fairhead. The Bank replaced the old 'Greyhound Inn', an early 17th century building, used in its later years as a courthouse and local government offices. ... The Town, with its pavements and market square edged with small trees and its lack of heavy traffic, made Enfield a very pleasant provincial town. Its subsequent change is a matter of great regret to those of us who remember.
[Signed] W G Monk
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Enfield Town and the market in 1910

Extracts from text printed below the print: "Enfield Town market, held on a Saturday, was both a shopping centre and a meeting place for most of the local population. ... The market house was erected in 1904 to commemorate the coronation of King Edward VII two years earlier. Overlooking the Market Square is the 'Kings Head', a neat gabled design of 1899 which replaced a much earlier building, the original Kings Head was built in the 17th century. ... Electric trams, then the last word in modernity, had reached Enfield in the early summer of 1909 amid a great blaze of publicity. ... The most remarkable building in the picture is the London and Provincial Bank (now Barclays Bank). It was built in 1897 to the design of W. Gilbee Scott, a local architect who lived in Waverley Road and who also designed Edmonton Town Hall. The Bank was built by Alan Fairhead. The Bank replaced the old 'Greyhound Inn', an early 17th century building, used in its later years as a courthouse and local government offices. ... The Town, with its pavements and market square edged with small trees and its lack of heavy traffic, made Enfield a very pleasant provincial town. Its subsequent change is a matter of great regret to those of us who remember.
[Signed] W G Monk


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E.T.SAUNDERS   [Sep 27, 2012 at 02:31 PM]
I knew Mr Monk and used to do work for him in the 80s. He gave me print 189 of Enfield 1910.

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