williamstreet

Actually taken a couple of blocks north of Stone Street, looking east along Exchange Place across William Street, with the National City Bank on the left and 20 Exchange Place on the right. The bridge no longer exists.

Evidently the collective noun for insurance agents is a ...

twattle !

via - www.linkedin.com/posts/luke-matthews-a980a12a_list-of-col...

Edit - 15 July 1926 was a Thursday Twattleday ...

Here is Mr. Timothy Tobin of William Street, an Insurance Agent.

He works for the Royal Liver Friendly Society.

His daughter niece Mary is a clerk there.

I think this is probably the office staff on an outing, and Mary may be here.

The clean shaven man seated 3rd from our right looks rather like the young woman at his feet... Tim and Mary?

Waterford Standard - Wednesday 21 July 1926

WATERFORD ROYAL LIVER SOCIETY STAFF. PLEASANT SOCIAL EVENING.
The annual inspection of the Waterford District of the Royal Liver Friendly stuff took place on Thursday last. The visiting deputation consisted of Mr. R. Shepard, of the Committee of Management, and Mr. Dempsey, of the Irish Sub-Committee Following the inspection, the entire staff, including the deputation, were entertained by the Manager, Mr. Tobin, at his residence, No. 10 William street. A photograph of the party having been taken in the pretty garden attached to Mr. Tobin's house. they adjourned to the dining-room. where 25 guests sat down. to a sumptuous repast.

So that's location sorted.

More details including names in the rest of the report. Stand by.

John Spooner Well done! Standing by...

I wonder if these photographs (here and here) looking the other way could be of the same roadworks?

Probably pellethepoet. Sydney will be nice when it's finished! It looks like they are moving the tram lines. That section of William Street was widened a few years before (1910 - 1914), and the tram lines which used to be in the middle of the road are now in the left lanes in this picture. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Street,_Sydney

hmmn ... Wikipedia in this case has its dates wrong. According to Max Kelly's 'Faces of the Street: William Street, Sydney, 1916', the authoritative study of the William Street widening, the gazetted date of resumption was 1 June 1916. However, the physical demolition was deferred for about 3 years. In total 94 properties were resumed in order to widen the road from 41 to 100 feet. Between 10 and 19 June 1916 an unknown photographer for the City of Sydney photographed the entire length of the south side of the street. The series forms part of the Demolition Books. These photographs, often with charming inadvertent details of urban daily life, are reproduced in Kelly's haunting book.

Yes, wikipedia is notoriously unreliable - that's democracy for you! William St in c.1890 (by Henry King) pre cable tram lines (1894) and pre widening. The old New Zealand Hotel is on the right - www.flickr.com/photos/powerhouse_museum/2362658129/

Hi Yes the image shows tram tracks being reset to align with the 'new' road alignment in April/May 1934. Note the tell tale close spaced double wires in the foreground sky. This is trolleybus wire (+ and - wires). So the trolleybuses are up and running. Why the discrepancy in time between road widening and realignment of tracks ? This is a classic Sydney tale. ... Because the City Council resumed properties and widened the street without gaining agreement with the State run and owned tramways to realign the tracks ! There was no pressing maintenance requirement to replace the running surface for the trams and the City Council would have squibbed at the thought of paying the NSWGT for moving the trackwork. This nonsense would never happen in Europe. In Europe the tramways would have be run by the City Government and co-operation rather than 'competition' would rule. Here we have a wonderful visual example of an English origin system of government in action ! (ie you separate powers and responsibilities until no specific agency has what it needs to do the actual job).