PART FIVE - South Side, Currie Street

I've shown you what Bloor Court looks like today. I have been unsuccessful at locating any
photographs of Bloor Court from Scott Bonnar's time there - or at any time really. It was as
though the little Court hid from view.

SCOTT BONNAR Premises - Photo Set #2
I can tell you what the entrance looked like though. Here is an 1897 photo of the entrance to
Bloor Court. I believe that Scott Bonnar's premises were at the rear of this building, the Wilcox,
Mofflin Company's Hide, Skin and Wool warehouse - because, in one rare record, I found the Bonnar
address listed as 'Rear Wilcox, Currie Street' [see PART EIGHT].
[Note the animal hides on the horse cart in Bloor Court.]

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[Image: 1897, State Library of S.A.]
Mud Map building number "4" Wilcox, Mofflin Warehouse

In any case, I believe the former Scott Bonnar premises were destroyed in a fire which occurred
on Monday, 2nd January, 1928. That fire also destroyed the S.C. Eyles and Co. grocery warehouse.
Note the Richards Building (now used by University of S.A.) survived the conflagration.

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[Image: 1928, State Library of S.A.]

In this newspaper photograph (below) note the Charles Atkins building and Duke of York Hotel
in the background. At the bottom of the photo is the location, I believe, of where the former
Scott Bonnar premises once stood.

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TO BE CONTINUED ...