The photograph is undated but was probably taken before 1912, as the Surface Hill Hotel was closed and demolished around this time.Sepia postcard photograph which shows the Surface Hill Hotel and Ching's Produce Store on the right, and O'Sullivan's saddlery and G G Bennett's butcher's shop on the left.sussex street linton, buildings, shops, surface hill hotel, r. ching grocer and produce merchant, o'sullivan's saddlery, g g bennett butcher's shop

George Garnsworthy Bennett conducted his butcher shop in Sussex Street, Linton, from about 1896. It was separate from that of his father William Garnsworthy Bennett whose business was situated on the corner of Sussex and Clyde Streets.Sepia photograph of a man sitting in horsedrawn buggy outside G G Bennett's butcher shop in Sussex Street, Linton. Also shown is the bakery shopon back " Mr Geo. Bennett Snr".george garnsworthy (g g ) bennett, horsedrawn buggy, butcher's shop, bakery shop

William Garnsworthy Bennett was at Linton's Diggings in 1856, when he married Susan Williams. Both had migrated from England. W. G. Bennett established a butcher's shop in Linton Township, and later purchased farming land and other town allotments. William and Susan Bennett had twelve children, eight of whom survived to adulthood. W. G. Bennett was a Trustee of the Linton Town Common, was elected to the Grenville Shire Council in 1871,and founded the Linton Rifle Club. After W. G. Bennett's death in 1903, the butcher's shop was run by the Todd family. William and Susan's daughter Elizabeth (Lizzie) married William Todd in 1882.Sepia photograph of a gentleman with long sideboards, moustache and beard, wearing a suit."Mr W G Bennett, Butcher"william garnsworthy bennett, w. g. bennett [butcher]

The date and source of the original advertisement is not known. It is understood that Terrett's new premises were in the small shop next to (part of) W G Bennett butcher's shop on the corner of Clyde and Sussex Streets, opposite the Shire Hall.Black and white photograph of original advertisement, which notifies customers of R.G. Terrett, Tailor, that he has relocated to "more central and commodious" premises in Sussex Street, Linton.r.g. terrett tailor, advertisements

This scanned and labelled image has been copied from an original image lent from the LDHS collection in June 2001; copied by John O'Sullivan, the great grandson of Patrick and Ellen O'Sullivan. The photo is dated to the 1890s by the other shops in Sussex St (G.G. Bennett is known to have established a butcher's shop in about 1896).Black and white photograph of row of shops in Sussex Street, Linton, including P. O'Sullivan, saddler and harness maker, and G. G. Bennett, butcher.On front: "Patrick O'Sullivan's Saddlery, Sussex Street, Linton in late 1890s"sussex street linton, john o'sullivan, patrick o'sullivan, ellen o'sullivan, saddlers, butchers, c.g. bennett

Shops on the left of the picture are: saddler (probably O'Sullivan at this time), butcher (probably G G Bennett), baker's shop (Nicol?), shop with verandah (originally 'Ellington House' owned by T M Wise), Preston's shop (with verandah, on corner of Sussex & Gillespie Streets), and Wishart's blacksmiths (on the far side of Gillespie Street). On the right, the buildings are E H Nicholls ("cheap grocer and seedsman"), the Surface Hill Hotel, Richard Ching's store and dwelling (grocer & produce merchant), and another shop without verandah (probably shop and dwelling owned by Annie Brown, née Nicholls).Original black and white photograph affixed to white backing paper which has then been mounted on grey card. The photograph shows the view along Sussex Street to the south-west. Two men are standing outside a shop on the rhs, and there appears to be a woman with a perambulator outside a building further along the street on the rhs.On back of original photograph: "g (or e) Bennett" (in blue pencil or chalk) / "LINTON STREET "(in ink) / "Elizabeth long ago" (in ink, with arrow pointing to blue writing).sussex street linton, o'sullivan's saddlery, g g bennett's butcher shop, nicol's bakery, ellington house [t m wise draper], preston's shop, wishart's blacksmiths, e h nicholls' store, surface hill hotel, richard ching's store, annie brown's shop, annie brown (née nicholls)