I would date this picture 1949/51 According to the running board on the car.... The market stalls on Westgate only stood on Thursdays,Fridays,and Saturdays. The building of the Ladies Hairdressers, was the opening to the yard with access to the rear of the Granada Cinema. Passing the Elite Fish Restaurant on the left, a sharp turn to the left,and a further turn to the right, lead through to Stockwell Gate...The Granada building can be seen to the right of the hairdressers...Fred Haynes fruit and vegitable stall, can be seen to the right of the lady in the hat. What a lovely time it was to live in Mansfield...Not a lot of money, but plenty of work. Everyone in the same boat!!!

I can see where you are coming from Alan but I'd put it somewhat earlier. The DAL336 car looks like an Austin 14, made only for 2 years, 37-39, it appears well in the photo so I'm assuming quite new. The DAL prefix was issued by Nottinghamshire between March 1937 and February 1938. The 2 motors facing forward don't have any wartime 'blackout' shrouds on their headlamps. So my guess is between 10-14 years earlier, 1937 & 1939. What do you think?

Hello Berisford, thank you for the comments to me...I well remember the wartime covers to shield the headlights... The first car I bought was a 1948 Morris 8 series E. number LAU 52....My second car was a 1951 Morris Oxford number MAL 181...Not new may I add....I know that back in those days you could wait up to 18 months for a new car to arrive after the initial order was placed... Although one cannot say how old the car in the picture is, I believe that you could well be right. Another way of looking at the picture is, to disregard the car, look at the hats....All the women are wearing hats...After the war, most women wore head scalves...So it would seem that the picture was taken , certainly before the war ended in 1945. PS. I thought the car looked like a Morris or Wolsely 14. Thanks..