Ripley, High Street 1929
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More about this scene
This broad expanse of the old Portsmouth Road is lined with pollarded trees. Twenty-five miles from London, the village was an important staging post in the great days of horse-drawn coach traffic, and both Queen Elizabeth I and Lord Nelson passed through here. The invention of the safety bicycle in 1888 saw the village become a mecca for cycling enthusiasts, who rode here from the metropolis on a day's outing. Up to seven thousand a year came to devour a well-earned tea in one or other of the local hostelries, before returning to the city.
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