Advertisement for Nelsons Newsagency of Were Street Montmorency. Copied from a Diamond Valley Football League football record from 1968.Digital copy of advertisement from booklet.diamond valley football league, nelsons newsagency, were street montmorency

The photograph is dated to between 1927 and 1932, as the Nelson house has been renovated (this happened in 1927). Dan Cornish sold his shoe shop in 1932 (it became Murrell's newsagency). Black and white image which shows buildings in Sussex Street, Linton. The building in the foreground, the Linton Public Library, has a car parked in front of it. Other buildings are the house owned by the Nelson family, the Railway Hotel, Dan Cornish's shoe shop and the weighbridge. A gas lamp is attached to the verandah of the library building. The library building still has the curvilinear parapet which is shown in a photo of the building taken between1901 and 1914.linton public library, nelson premises, railway hotel, dan cornish shoe shop, weighbridge

The house lived in by Maisie Hart is thought to have been moved to the site in the 1950s after the house formerly on the site burned down. The Linton Library had closed in 1975, and the Nelson Undertakers' building had not yet been renovated to become the Linton & District Historical Society Resource Centre. The licensees of the Railway Hotel at the time were O. & E. Webley. Carrie Murrell ran the Linton newsagency until her death in 1998.Black and white photograph showing five buildings in Sussex Street, Linton, as they were in 1982. From left-right in photo, buildings are (1) house, at the time lived in by Maisie Hart, on the site of a former Todd family home, (2) the Linton Free Library building, (3) the former Nelson undertakers' building, (4) the Railway Hotel, (5) Murrell's Newsagency.maisie hart, linton free library building, nelson undertakers building, railway hotel, murrell's newsagency, o. & e. webley, carrie murrell