Answering my request for a photo of the former Cowan bakery buildings in Auckland was probably the best person for the job - Lou Cowan. Besides the photo, he had this to add:The bakery building now houses an importing jeweller (Ed: and what looks like a dog groomer's but is probably just a hairdresser's!). In the days of the bakery the family lived upstairs with the bakery and shop downstairs. The horses were stabled in the yard behind the bakery but were often left to graze on the lush grassy slopes of Mt Eden. Prior to the one horsepower cart there was an earlier means of delivery - a large wicker basket carried by the sons who hoofed it on foot to serve all of the 'home delivery' and commercial customers like hotels etc. Those were the days!
Thanks Lou. All that photo needs is a V8 Ford panel parked out the front.
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