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This Hippodrome is later the Capitol theatre. The other curious thing about this photo, is that the street on the left doesn't exist any more. It is now an arcade with a bar in it.

Mich That's interesting; did you find a Google street view to compare? AB

Scanlan and Verling there in 1911 Census

I'd have loved to live in that time!

There's only one of those four shop/houses extant.
maps.google.ie/maps?q=baggot+street&hl=en&ll=53.3...

Marco Buccelli With no telly, no internet, no dishwasher, no front loading washing machine and no penicillin? I think not.

According to the 25", there should be trees all down the right hand side of the street, with the first one in front of Verling's: maps.osi.ie/publicviewer/#V1,716879,732961,7,9. They're not on the 6" though: maps.osi.ie/publicviewer/#V1,716879,732961,7,7

The spy obsession was more from 1912 onwards than 1902, but it may not have been part of that particular bout of hysteria. "Terms of Peace" suggests the end of the Boer war.

In fact it is: One of the posters says "Terms of Boer Treaty"

Presumably referring to the Treaty of Vereeniging, signed on 31 May 1902.

All talking about "Peace" and "Terms of Peace" which will have been the end of the 2nd Boer War which ended in May 1902. It was an unpopular war which had seen the introduction of things such as concentration camps, "scorched earth" and internment which eradicated dramatically support for the war. An impressive array of newspapers - The Newry Reporter, The Newry Telegraph as well as The Irish Times and Independent, The Weekly Freeman. The Newry Reporter of course still exists but no sign of Newry's third local paper The Newry Standard. The same view today - maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=hill+street+newry&ll=54.1738...

billh35 And at extreme right on the ground is a poster for the Belfast something - maybe Telegraph?