A busy Narrow Street
A delivery boy on the left waits to cross Narrow Street just as the blur of a cyclist passes by !
Shopping on Narrow Street
Lovely feel to this vintage image of shoppers on Narrow Street in the city centre.
Bridge Street
Guessing that this one might date to the 1950s but note the traffic policeman standing on his own little traffic island directing traffic towards...
Rivergate
Looking back along "Broad" Bridge Street towards the Golden Lion Hotel.
Rivergate c.1907
A tough image to match up as the original was taken to the left-centre of where the current Town Bridge is now sited, probably...
Narrow Street c.1912
A classic view of Narrow Street with little more than the Midland Bank building to recognise today.
The width of the road, which narrowed to...
Narrow Street c.1908
Hard to believe that the entire left side of Narrow Street had to be wiped off the map but with a maximum width only...
Bridge Street in the Sixties
The original Woolworths site on the far left and the old City Cinema a little further along with the tall "dome" roof. Both were...
Bridge Street c.1950
If you look closely on the far left of this image, you will see a sign for the City Picture House which opened in...
Bridge Street in the Seventies
Does the pedestriansed Bridge Street really look better today ?
I'm not so sure !
