Lark Lane has been an area of great
character ever since it was first noted in a street directory over 125
years ago.
During the 19th century the buildings which now
house Maranto's were in use by such diverse occupants as a Chemist, Plunbers'
Merchant, Hosier and Wesleyan Mission Chapel.
In the first quarter of this century the main
(Restaurant) building was put to popular use as a cocoa rooms for local
workers and their families. During the same period the Gathering Place
site passed through various hands as a Laundry, Skating Academy and after
the Great War, as premises for a Motor Company.
A Child Welfare Centre and an Antique Dealer
occupied the respective buildings during the "Swinging Sixties" and prior
to refurbishment by Maranto's (1983) the main site was used by a manufacturer
of window blinds.
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