There were lots of ads on front page but didn’t see the letter. We did see articles complaining of the dry mud, the dust and the lack of watering to keep the dust down. The book Cork in Old Photographs said that the main streets in Cork were paved in 1880s – not 1861. What the photo showed was that Patrick Street was not paved with concrete or tarmac but with wood blocks. When these were taken up in 1932, children were taking them home for firewood. So the foot scrapers probably became antiques and ghostsigns between 1861 and 1880s. |