The village itself is on the west bank of the River Trent; from the 12th century it provided the King's Ferry to carry the doctor, the vicar and the mail across the normally placid waterway which eventually
On the right the
Westminster Bank has replaced Bowles the draper's (see 51156, p.27), Sketchley dry cleaners
has replaced the fish shop, and the imposing Lloyds Bank stands next door.
Pallister Road is the impressive Bank Building built in 1899 to
house the London & County Bank as well as a number of shops,
including the Home and Colonial Stores.
Wells furnishers were related to the brewing family of the same name; the Green Chair sign over the shop is intended as a hark back to the craftsman guilds of medieval times.
They called
the main railway line from Crewe to Glasgow the West Coast Main
Line, but here at Hest Bank is the only spot where you can actually see
the coast and the sea beyond.
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