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View from Flys taxi circa 1952
« on: January 02, 2013, 08:06:17 PM »
Bit before Fly's time though I think  :)
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Re: View from Flys taxi circa 1952
« Reply #1 on: January 02, 2013, 09:28:54 PM »
Is that from Elder Way, looking over to Packers row.
I realise the black and white buildings that are now Oxfam are gone.
It's the 'No Entry' sign that's throwing me  ;D
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Re: View from Flys taxi circa 1952
« Reply #2 on: January 03, 2013, 07:55:28 AM »
Spot on Fly. I'm not sure about the No Entry either. I guess it was part of the one way system through town before pedestrianisation. I might have a pic of the knocking down of that lovely black and white building and the erection of the concrete monstrosity that now houses Oxfam.  :)
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Re: View from Flys taxi circa 1952
« Reply #3 on: January 03, 2013, 08:15:37 AM »
I think it is the top of Packers Row where it met Knifesmithgate (where there are a few stalls these days) - you can see a car coming out of there - so there would have been another sign on the right hand side of the road.
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Re: View from Flys taxi circa 1952
« Reply #4 on: January 03, 2013, 09:05:15 AM »
Was wondering about all the flowers, buntings, then realised the date in Poppie's original post.
1952, coronation year  :)
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Re: View from Flys taxi circa 1952
« Reply #5 on: January 03, 2013, 06:21:42 PM »
It's the 'No Entry' sign that's throwing me

Never stopped you before Barry :)
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Re: View from Flys taxi circa 1952
« Reply #6 on: January 03, 2013, 06:29:09 PM »
SWALLOWS if I'm not mistaken.
The clue is in the shop sign ;)
when you think back to the labyrinth of roads back then that you could drive through - most of it is pedestrianised now. Much the same in other towns/cities.
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Re: View from Flys taxi circa 1952
« Reply #7 on: January 09, 2013, 06:02:50 AM »
Spot on mate, it's Swallows.  Surprised Pete didn't notice it, his brother (bless him) worked there.
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Re: View from Flys taxi circa 1952
« Reply #8 on: January 09, 2013, 09:00:17 AM »
>> Surprised Pete didn't notice it, his brother (bless him) worked there.

Sorry, I assumed, as Scimitar pointed out, that you could read the sign.  :P
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Re: View from Flys taxi circa 1952
« Reply #9 on: January 09, 2013, 09:21:13 AM »
This is of course before High St and Burlington St were pedestrianised - with the latter being particularly narrow in places, would they have been one way the other way? The thing would make some sort of sense, if that were the case.
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Re: View from Flys taxi circa 1952
« Reply #10 on: January 09, 2013, 07:24:05 PM »
Then & now.  :(
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Re: View from Flys taxi circa 1952
« Reply #11 on: January 09, 2013, 07:33:51 PM »
Can we have Swallows back please?  :(
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Re: View from Flys taxi circa 1952
« Reply #12 on: January 09, 2013, 07:55:36 PM »
1st picture, Swallows but no Frank Yates
2nd picture, no Swallows, but Frank Yates in a black and white building.

Have I got this wrong. They rebuilt black and white buildings, and a concrete Oxfam block ??
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Re: View from Flys taxi circa 1952
« Reply #13 on: January 09, 2013, 08:07:22 PM »
The first pic was taken in the 1920s I think, when the were building the Golden Fleece, the large black and white building shown in the foreground of the second pic.  The second pic was taken in the 60s when the knocked down Swallows and built the Oxfam block. It's a bit confusing.
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Re: View from Flys taxi circa 1952
« Reply #14 on: January 09, 2013, 08:33:00 PM »
That makes sense now Poppy  ;D
I automatically thought the 1st pic was a demolition site LOL

So just to add to the confusion. What was there before the Fleece LOL
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