Stamford, Maiden Lane 1922
Photo ref: 72306
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Photo ref: 72306
Photo of Stamford, Maiden Lane 1922

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Maiden Lane appears more commercial today than in this view, which was taken from the gateway to St Michael's churchyard. Many of the buildings on the left-hand side of the street are now run as shops, including two art galleries. The King's Head, however, is still trading, but the building in the foreground with the open windows has been demolished to create a service entrance for shops on the High Street.

Memories of Stamford, Maiden Lane 1922

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. These memories are of Stamford, Maiden Lane 1922

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This photograph was taken in the year my father was born in the house which is just out of sight at the far left-hand side of the picture (No. 2). I was also born in the same house 33 years later. Most of the buildings shown here are still standing, but the cottage with two windows on the left-hand side had been rebuilt by the time I was born, and since the mid-1960s there has just been a gap there ...see more