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PETER LYONS, MANUFACTURER OF PRIZE MEDAL BREAD AND CONFECTIONERY, OBTAINED Bronze Medal and Grand Diploma of Honour at Bakers' and Confectioners' International Exhibition, held in Koyal Agricultural Hall, London, 1896 ; ALSO OBTAINED Second Prize and 2 Diplomas for High Class Confectionery in open competition against all Confectioners in the United Kingdom, held in London, 1895.

derangedlemur Wonder did he win prizes later than 1896, or was he still living on the glory for a few years? (These Eason photos date from 1900 onwards...)

From some relation or other "Undated photo showing Clarke's Sale Rooms, Drogheda, Co. Louth (on the roof to the right). Eugene Clarke, draper (my great grandfather) started the business and had premises on Shop Street and West Street. One of his sons James Bernard Clarke ran the business until 1905 when he emigrated to New Jersey with his wife and 6 children." www.facebook.com/freeirishgenealogyebooks/timeline?filter... (it's the same pic, btw) It still says Clarke on the front as well as the roof so I guess it's pre-1905 (though it's J. A. as opposed to J. B.).

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This estate map advertised 191 allotments in the Townsville suburb of Hermit Park in 1884. Many houses from the gold fields town of Charters Towers were moved to Hermit Park after 1917. Source: www.qhatlas.com.au/photograph/estate-map-hermit-park-1884

Advertisements for this sale can be found in The Queenslander and the Charters Towers newspaper, Northern Miner. "Varied charms, its eligible situation, the richness of its soil, etc. All this has been patent to the public for years, and the wonder has only been why so magnificent a property has been allowed to lie unimproved, while all around it has been built upon. Hermit Park reminds the Britisher of one of those noble parks in the West End of London." (The Queenslander, November 1, 1884) According to the real estate map the public auction was held at the Townsville Town Hall on the afternoon of November 6, 1884. Source: www.slq.qld.gov.au/blog/great-sale-hermit-park-townsville...

Hermit Park is a suburb of Townsville in the City of Townsville, Queensland, Australia. Hermit Park is a mixture of predominantly residential premises, commercial and light-industrial businesses, as well as serving as a public services hub. Hermit Park is situated in the traditional Wulgurukaba Aboriginal country. The origin of suburb name Hermit Park is from the residence of a business owner Leopold Ferdinand Sachs. Source: www.wikiwand.com/en/Hermit_Park,_Queensland

The building in this photograph is the Cowtown Coliseum (built in the winter of 1907-08 in 88 working days) on East Exchange Avenue in the Fort Worth Stockyards. It is still in use today, but not for the annual Livestock show. The Fort Worth Livestock Show moved to Will Rogers Coliseum in 1940 because it had outgrown this venue. The stock show has been there ever since. I am a former Stockyards tour guide who gave tours through this building. It's a beauty.

Worlds first Indoor rodeo 1918.

Linda Sanders: thank you for the additional information.