{"id":242,"date":"2020-03-05T21:52:15","date_gmt":"2020-03-05T10:52:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vc.id.au\/blog2\/?p=242"},"modified":"2022-09-19T10:16:09","modified_gmt":"2022-09-19T00:16:09","slug":"where-was-j-b-edwards-jewellers-shop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vc.id.au\/blog2\/2020\/03\/where-was-j-b-edwards-jewellers-shop\/","title":{"rendered":"Where was J. B. Edward\u2019s Jewellers Shop"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>If you walk from Alexandra Fountain in Bendigo today, and head down Pall Mall towards the Law Courts, its a little hard to see where J. B. Edwards Jewellery shop at 3 Pall Mall was.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The picture below shows the scene in possibly the 1920s. J. B. Edward\u2019s shop is the third down from the corner.<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_246\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-246\" class=\"wp-image-246 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/vc.id.au\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/FL15859523-1024x653.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"653\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vc.id.au\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/FL15859523-1024x653.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vc.id.au\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/FL15859523-300x191.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vc.id.au\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/FL15859523-768x490.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vc.id.au\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/FL15859523-1536x979.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/vc.id.au\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/FL15859523.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-246\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">ALEXANDRA FOUNTAIN, BENDIGO, VIC. [picture]<br \/>Rose Stereograph Co [c1920-1954]<br \/>http:\/\/search.slv.vic.gov.au\/permalink\/f\/1cl35st\/SLV_VOYAGER1644169<\/p><\/div>Here\u2019s another photo showing staff outside the shop in 1911.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_247\" style=\"width: 388px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-247\" class=\"wp-image-247 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/vc.id.au\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/negative-copy-198732-small.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"378\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vc.id.au\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/negative-copy-198732-small.jpg 378w, https:\/\/vc.id.au\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/negative-copy-198732-small-227x300.jpg 227w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 378px) 100vw, 378px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-247\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Creator: W H Robinson Studio Museums Victoria https:\/\/collections.museumvictoria.com.au\/items\/770814<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>And finally, courtesy of Google streetview, is the scene today:<\/div>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-248\" src=\"https:\/\/vc.id.au\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Screen-Shot-2020-03-05-at-7.55.44-pm-1024x938.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"938\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vc.id.au\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Screen-Shot-2020-03-05-at-7.55.44-pm-1024x938.png 1024w, https:\/\/vc.id.au\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Screen-Shot-2020-03-05-at-7.55.44-pm-300x275.png 300w, https:\/\/vc.id.au\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Screen-Shot-2020-03-05-at-7.55.44-pm-768x704.png 768w, https:\/\/vc.id.au\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Screen-Shot-2020-03-05-at-7.55.44-pm.png 1316w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/div>\n<div>So it looks like the shop is about the third window from the right, with possibly some original features behind the modern facade, just behind the Aussie Cash logo.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you walk from Alexandra Fountain in Bendigo today, and head down Pall Mall towards the Law Courts, its a little hard to see where J. 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