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A seven-doctor practice on Market Street. Across the road from the surgery of Harold Shipman, doctors from the practice were amongst the first people to raise alarms about him. http://www.geraldengland.co.uk/gx/shipman.htm

#30 Market Street was originally Swindell's chemists but for many years was Pound Zone. Now it is the Fone Box. #32 Market Street used to be the Taste of India Restaurant Image Now it is home to Paper Tulips, an arts & crafts workshop and gift shop. In Kelly's 1914 Directory #34 Market Street was listed as the offices of the Britannic Assurance Co. The doorway carries the words Onward Chambers (not to be confused with Onward Chambers on Onward Street Image). It leads to the upper two storeys of the building which have recently been renovated and are now the offices of accountants Hardy & Company.

Indian restaurant at Onward Chambers, 34 Market Street between Barclays Bank and Pound Zone. In Kelly's 1914 Directory it was listed as the offices of the Britannic Assurance Co. http://hydonian.blogspot.com/2010/09/onward-chambers.html Britannic Assurance Co isn't shown in Market Street in the earlier Kelly's Directory of 1902, but it does show a firm of Solicitors, Smith Hervey & Sons, at a Market Street address, but with no specified number. There is another "Onward Chambers" on Onward Street Image Doorway detail: Image

The former "Taste of India" restaurant Image next door to "Pound Zone" in Onward Chambers, Market Street, has now re-opened as "Am-maa's" although it has no signage as yet.

In between Barclays Bank on the left and Pound Zone on the right is now Paper Tulips, an Arts & Crafts supply shop and gift shop. For many years this was the Taste of India Image restaurant. In 2013 it became Am'maa's Image

In Kelly's 1914 Directory #34 Market Street was listed as the offices of the Britannic Assurance Co. The doorway carries the words Onward Chambers (not to be confused with Onward Chambers on Onward Street Image). It leads to the upper two storeys of the building which are now the offices of accountants Hardy & Company. #32 Market Street used to be the Taste of India Restaurant Image After a brief spell as "Am-maa's" Image It became home to Paper Tulips, an arts & crafts workshop and gift shop Image Now the premises are occupied by Prettify nails & beauty. #30 Market Street was originally Swindell's chemists but for many years was Pound Zone Image In 2017 it became the Fone Box Image They have since relocated and in 2019 Pampered Paws moved in Image

A stack of pipes Image on Milk Street for use in the relaying of the gas main along Market Street.

Close view of one of the gas pipelines in Milk Street Image

The newly opened decorator's shop on the corner of Milk Street is enlisting Lord Kitchener to help advertise their business. At one time the premises were the Nag's Head Image

The premises on the corner of Milk Street and Water Street that are now Hyde Deco were once the Nags Head. The Nags Head was opened around 1859 by Charlotte Pangburn. In the early 1900s it acquired a reputation as a disorderly house where gambling took place and it lost its licence in 1906 - See http://hydonian.blogspot.co.uk/2011/08/nags-head-disappeared-pubs.html for more information.