Memories of The Still
Six images showing the inside and outside of The Still in its heyday.
Cumbergate
Looking along Cumbergate with the White Horse public house on the right.
Thanks to Chris Allen for this image.
Cumbergate Demolition (1977)
The demolition of part of Cumbergate in 1977 showing, amongst the rubble, an old sign for the Greyhound pub that fronted onto Market place.
Cumbergate
1897 -v- 1908
Hard to imagine that beyond the Long Causeway entrance to Queensgate was once Cumbergate, a short L-shaped road that followed the current...
Coltons Cycles, Cumbergate (1969)
Thanks to Rob Sharman for a photo he took in 1969 showing Coltons Cycles which were on Cumbergate at the time.
Gibbs Shoes – Cumbergate – 1954 Advert
A 1954 advert for Gibbs Shoe Shop on Cumbergate which includes a rather bizarre looking Pedoscope X-ray machine !!!
Cumbergate Post Office (1974)
The magnificent old Post Office building in Cumbergate pictured in 1974 and shortly before its demise. Today it would pretty much be under the Boots...
Westgate Arcade c.1961
A fascinating view from the end of Westgate Arcade looking out on Cumbergate and St John's Church ...... now, of course, it looks out...
Cumbergate
Looking along Cumbergate from a location that would now be inside Queensgate with Boots store ahead of you on the right. Date unknown but...
Crisps Wine Shop, Cumbergate – Wilfrid Wood
Crisps Wine Shop, later known as The Still public house, from a 1941 painting by urban landscape artist Wilfrid Rene Wood (1888-1976).
The building survives today...
