Aerial view of Prospect ca. 1959

Social media websites such as Facebook are a great way for people to share photos and there are plenty of Pages on these websites for people who like looking at old photos and remembering what things used to look like.

The other day a photo by George Hunter was posted to one such group by a Gary Merrick. The photo was attributed to Hunter and dated 1959 (see below).

Its a great photo because it captures a lot of homes that are no longer present in the village, as well as a good shot of what was Christian’s factory but was known as Victor’s Wharf when I was a child. This large multi story cannery was built in the 1880s and stood till 1996 when it was blown over in a Hurricane.

This is a really great photo as it shows this part of the village before a lot of the houses were changed in the 1960s and 1970s. You can see the original house on Saul’s Island. Just above the roof line of the Church Hall is a small house owned by Mary Saul, this was replaced in the 1970s with a more modern house that still stands today. Next to that is the home of Olive Ryan, which again was torn down in the late 1990s and replaced with a much larger modern home. Similarly, the home just adjacent to the Christian Factory has been modified into a more modern home.