Londonderry and Edinburgh Photographers

Ayton's Studio
Shipway Place, Londonderry

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Ayton's Studio

Shipquay Place, Londonderry

Thank you to Ian Bartlett for allowing me to reproduce the photograph above.

Ian writes:

"Ayton was operating from Shipquay Place, Londonderry, by 1884.

The studio building still exists and is used as offices. A local developer has bought the site and the buildings will become a hotel & restaurant. The exterior will be retained and the glass loft that was his studio will be restored."

1930s

Here is another photograph, also taken in the 1930s, showing the former studio in Shipquay Place.

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Early- 1900s

Here is a Valentine postcard from the early 1900s, showing the same building while it was still Ayton's studio. The Ayton name appears prominently on the front of the building:

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Here is an advert for the studio taken from a 1901 directory:

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