St Neots, High Street 1925
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Photo ref: 77213
Photo of St Neots, High Street 1925

More about this scene

The Pavilion cinema on the right was originally built in 1863 as the Corn Exchange. During the 1890s, it was used as a museum; later, in 1915, it was converted into a cinema. In 1929, a fire reduced it to a smouldering ruin. The interior was rebuilt, and the exterior, apart from the towered and domed lantern which was lost, was renovated. The Pavilion closed in 1968, and the building was demolished in 1978. Around the same time, the bracketed clock disappeared; it had been erected by a public subscription of £64 to commemorate Queen Victoria`s Jubilee in 1887. On the opposite corner is Freeman, Hardy & Willis`s shoe shop (now the Edinburgh Wool Shop), and further down is the International Tea Company.

A Selection of Memories from St Neots

For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. Here are some from St Neots

Sparked a Memory for you?

If this has sparked a memory, why not share it here?

Does anyone remember Harold Wyatt and his son young Harold with the scrap yard behind rycroft builders yard.
Me and my family lived here, my parents ran the local taxi service, called Jackson's Taxis, 23 Huntingdon St,nearby was Bartletts the butcher, and Miss Skipper had a real old fashioned sweet shop in East St, I have plenty of happy memories growing up in St Neots. It is really nice to view all the old photos.
I was then Sandra Niven so remember very well Hazel Tomlins Fiona Patterson and Tokumba Audifferen. Mrs Hutton was the Head and her son Graham ran the office he had a stand offish wife and a quiet son that was terrifieď of us girls 👧 🙄
My sister and I were boarders at Cedar House School,St Neots in 1968 before it merged with Morcott Hall School in Rutland. Fitzy moved with us to Morcott Hall. My father left the Army and we eventually settled in Wakefield, West Yorkshire. Amazingly my Mum met Fitzy at her local Church Mothers Union when she was talking about her travels as an Army wife and her daughters attending Boarding School!!!