Caption For York, Monk Bar C1885
The public house on the right is
The White Horse; the statue of a
horse can be seen rearing above
the Tower Ales sign.Towards the
bar old stonework still remains,
with a sign for Pullman's
Caption For York, Micklegate Bar 1886
The heads of traitors and conspirators were often displayed on pikes here up until 1754, when the government called a halt to this practice because two of the heads were stolen by a Jacobite tailor.
Caption For Beer, The Village C1955
The spire was removed in
1962 after being weakened
first by an exploding mine
out at sea, and then by a
lightning strike, leaving only
the square-topped tower
that we can see today.
Caption For Wilmslow, Grove Street C1955
This was Wilmslow`s main
shopping street after the
war, and by 1955 the traffic
restrictions had started to
appear, with the no-waiting
signs at the top of the street.
Caption For Padstow, The Harbour 1888
In the Middle Ages silt formed the Doom Bar and cut off the harbour for the larger sailing vessels, but Padstow still continued to be a very important trading port.
Caption For Paignton, The Harbour 1922
Fishermen regularly brought their creels of pilchards and herring from the creek (Paignton Harbour - see photograph right and P2046, page 24), along the sand bar (Sands Road - see 81150, page 27), to a
Caption For London, Fleet Street 1890
‘The newest fashion newspaper and the oldest-style tavern still jostle
each other now as they did a century or more ago.’This bustling street
was once the home of the British press.The working day