Forbes Livery Stable

Before the turn of the century, J & R Forbes Livery & Stable & the W. J. Cleland blacksmith shop were located side by side on the site now occupied by 'Stratford Place', the building on which these twenty-three paintings are mounted. Before the larger building was torn down in the 1980s it served as a popular bowling alley.

 John and Robert Forbes were owners of Forbes Livery as seen in the 1876 Stratford Street Directory. They boarded and sold horses and livery equipment.  By 1900-1902, it is Rankin and Easson Livery . 

This painting by Rich Thistle based on old photo before the turn of the century, J & R Forbes Livery & Stable & the W. J. Cleland blacksmith shop were located side by side on the site now occupied by 'Stratford Place', the building on which these twenty-three paintings are mounted. Before the larger building was torn down in the 1980s it served as a popular bowling alley.