LANE TO REMEMBER: Keith Paterson, from the Nowra Historical Society with the Emporium Lane sign.
RESIDENTS may have been intrigued to see the sign go up to indicate Emporium Lane which runs between Berry Street and Stewart Place, alongside the Postman’s Tavern and Spotlight.
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The name recently approved by Shoalhaven City Council dates back to the 19th century.
While the Spotlight shop has been associated with many businesses over the past 120 years, it was built for Scottish-born John McArthur who first occupied it in 1889.
His business was known as The People’s Emporium, although the name was discontinued when it was taken over by the Woodhill family.
Apart from being a shopkeeper, McArthur was Nowra’s first postmaster in 1861.
