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This 15th-century church built of squared ragstone blocks has a tower 75 feet high standing amid a number of chestnut trees.
On the left, the old Turkish Baths (the 1890s building with the columns to the top floor) and the florid News Theatre beyond were demolished in 1962 to make way for an eight-storey office block.
Angel Lane is seen on the far right; at the top of the block flanking it once stood the Fleece Inn, and at the lower corner was situated the Angel Inn.
On the right is Grange Parade; the right block was built in 1934, the left in 1935.
Some of the larger trees in the gardens survived, although most are now in the grounds of the blocks of flats that replaced many of the Victorian villas.
The building to the left is K Block; it housed the greater part of the marketing and sales functions for the company.
A group of children pose around a rock pool, with varying degrees of stiffness.
You can see Norman evidence here with the blocked arch into the long-demolished south transept from the tower, and also the doorway arch.
At this end of the road the houses have been spared demolition by developers, and have not been replaced by blocks of flats.
In fact, its west end, seen in the photograph, gives the false impression that the grand nave arch has been blocked following the demolition of more elaborate fabric.
The tower and spire survive today, but are dwarfed by 1980s and 1990s office blocks.
The topmost block of seven houses is appropriately named Elbow Yard.
On the corner of Station Road is a three-storey block of Victorian shops.
On the opposite side of the road is the Victoria Hotel and the block of shops with Boyles Boots, which has since been demolished.
A brass plaque on the wall in the old block of the technical college commemorates his 21 years as Chairman of the Governing Body for Secondary and Technical Education.
It is now replaced by a block of flats, while the foreground field is now a tennis court; behind the photographer are now modern houses along Church Road.
Behind is now the 1960s council offices, a seven-storey block.
It was also lined by gruesome 1960s office blocks that replaced older and better buildings.
This 15th-century church built of squared ragstone blocks has a tower 75 feet high standing amid a number of chestnut trees.
The outline is now set out in white blocks installed in 1969.
