This photograph of King Street probably dates to around 1899.  No. 6 is on the far left and the sign outside No. 7 next
door is advertising the services of "M. Fitzgerald, dealer in marine stores". Michael Fitzgerald died in early 1899, which
helps date the image. Meanwhile Persis Neck, the widow of my great-great-great-grandfather Charles Neck, was running
No. 8 as a lodging house. No. 9 was formerly the Cooper's Arms, but both it and neighbouring No. 10 were knocked down
around 1899 to make way for the warehouse which still stands today. Demolition already appears to have been started on
No. 10. Nos. 6-8 still stand, as do Nos. 13-20 in the distance. The Famous Royal Navy Volunteer public house originally just
occupied No. 17 but has since extended into neighbouring No. 18, which is the first of the three gabled houses. The other
two gabled houses, Nos. 19 and 20, are now an Italian restaurant and the King William Ale House respectively. Nos. 6-8,
the original Nos. 9 & 10 and Nos. 16-20 were all built c. 1665, although the frontage of No. 6 dates from c. 1720. Nos. 11-15
were built around 1860 as a warehouse, though only part of the original building remains today. The structure in the
middle of the road on the right could be a urinal.