St Ives, Bridge Street 1898
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ST IVES, Bridge Street1955 S23004 Today, the bridge at St Ives is restricted to pedestrians, but up to fifty years ago, it was possible to drive a cart or a car over the bridge. On the left in the 1955 view is the Manor House, occupied by Wadsworth, the beer and soft drink bottlers, whilst on the right is the building which used to be the Temperance Hotel. The 1898 view shows the earlier type of blinds used by the shops to protect their goods: the awning is supported on wooden posts driven into the road surface. Whilst a Jaguar 2½ litre heads a row of cars in 1955, only a little boy with a pram uses the road in 1898. At the far end, facing across Bridge Street, is the old Crown Inn with its distinguishing cross on the upper panel. It was demolished after a fire in 1975 and rebuilt for Woolworth`s in a sympathetic manner.
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