Caption For Leatherhead, High Street 1948
Attempts to
make amends include
pedestrianising the High Street,
but many of the buildings seen in
this view, particularly on the left-
hand side, have gone, including
the 1880s Barclays Bank
Caption For Wickham Market, Market Hill 1929
We start with the White Hart (left); then comes A J White, watch and clockmaker (the other half of the building was Barclay's Bank, open on Wednesdays), George Howe, draper and grocer, Adam's, baker and
Caption For Wickham Market, Market Hill 1929
On the left is A J White, watch and clockmaker (the other half of the building was Barclays Bank, open on Wednesdays), George Howe, draper and grocer, Adam's, baker and confectioner, and the Crown.
Caption For Ampthill, Market Place C1955
The three-
storey building with painted
architraved frames to the
rows of sash windows is the
early 18th-century White
Hart, and beyond is a
pedimented neo-Georgian
1930s Barclays Bank.
Caption For Crewe, Market Street C1960
The main change that immediately strikes the visitor
today is that the lovely old Victorian Barclays Bank building (right) has gone, to be replaced by yet another typical 1960s
monstrosity.
Caption For Abergele, Market Street C1965
Barclays Bank, which has by now replaced part of the terrace on the left, dates from 1924: it is a typical example of the pretentious architecture beloved of banks.