This is a view of Eastthorpe  in around 1910 looking towards Ravensthorpe. It shows the variety of shops available then. Starting on the left foreground you had Lincoln Ewarts Butchers, Armitage's Crockery & Tobacco, Bartle's Chemist, Beardsell's Clothing Store with clothing at the front and carpets around the back, Barber Haye's Saloon, Co-op Confectionary Department, an Emporium selling fruit, flowers, poultry and fish and Lawrence D Smith Ironmongery.
Any one thinking the last shop sounds familiar would be right to do so! In 1918 Lawrence D Smith moved to new premises at the bottom of St Paul's Road where he traded until succeeded by his son Johnson Smith who presided over the shop until the 1990's.
During the First World War the large advertising board on the right of the road featured the well known poster of Lord Kitchener of Khartoumb, in military uniform, pointing his finger and telling you "Your King and Country Needs You". Many Mirfield men answered that request.

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