Durham, Market Place c.1955
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D71054
More about this scene
This is a photograph of the busy Market Place with lots of cars, no horses and no Neptune! The pant was demolished in 1923, and Neptune was moved to a life of solitude in Wharton Park. Fortunately, he was returned to his rightful place in the Market Square in 1991. The Prudential Assurance building and Market Tavern are still evident, but note the modern building on the right of Londonderry's statue. The Market Place today is virtually a pedestrian precinct. There is no longer a policeman sitting in a peculiar box controlling the traffic from the Market Place with a closed-circuit television monitor (bottom right), and drivers now have to pay a charge to drive through the square into Saddler Street.
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Memories of Durham, Market Place c1955
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