Old Onchan Picture Gallery 1

Alex Nivison's Butcher Shop, Main Road

View of the butcher's shop and house as designed by Armitage Rigby and built by W J Nivison for his brother in 1904-05.

Note the sides of beef hanging outside the shop under the slated canopy. The footpaths are concreted but the roads are dirt formed without tarmacadam finish.

Only this building remains of all that can be seen in the photograph. It is currently called Royal Buildings and is intended to be incorporated into a new hotel on the site.

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