From the advertisements that appeared in the pages of the ‘Journal’ a century ago, a picture emerges of a thriving commercial centre where shoppers would have had a wide choice of butchers, grocers, drapers, clothiers, tailors, vintners, tea merchants and toy and gift sellers from whom to acquire their Christmas supplies a century ago.
Some of the names will be familiar, and some are now long gone sadly. Many of the goods we still purchase today, others belong to a bygone era.
Click through the photographs and catch a glimpse of where your ancestors did their Christmas shopping a hundred years ago.
2. Christmas sale at McCullagh's The Golden Teapot Warehouse, Waterloo Place.
Christmas sale at McCullagh's The Golden Teapot Warehouse, Waterloo Place. Photo: DJ
4. McDevitt and Company, Duke Street, Christmas advertisement.
McDevitt and Company, Duke Street, Christmas advertisement. Photo: DJ