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Ewart Booth in front of his grocery and provision store which was in King Street, Hartlepool, an area known as the 'Wagga'. The lady in the picture was his assistant and was known as 'Miss Fawcett'.
Locals called the store Boothies
Donor : Dorothy Warburton
Location
Wagga'Wagga' was a local nickname for the area officially called Longhill. It was an area originally built by Thomas Richardson to the west of his steelworks comprising Florence Street, Hill Street and Portland Street and these remote streets, named after the Australian Wagga Wagga, were remote from the rest of the town and without drainage or paving. The whole area around Sydenham Road eventually was given this nickname.
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