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...
Cumbergate c.1902
The old 1835 built East Almshouses just prior to their demolition in 1903 and subsequent replacement by current buildings courtesy of a £5,000 legacy...
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...
Long Causeway & Cumbergate
Long Causeway at the junction with Cumbergate which would be the "Boots" entrance to Queensgate shopping centre today. The building far left still stands...
Traffic on Long Causeway (1960s)
Traffic gridlock at the Long Causeway/Cumbergate junction in the 1960s.
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 in the Sixties
The White Horse pub on the left c.1962, looking back towards what is now the Queensgate Centre entrance with The Still just beyond the...
Looking over to Hereward Centre
A view from outside Colton's Cycles on Cumbergate and looking towards Hereward Centre in the distance with the ground being prepared for the Queensgate...
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...
Edward Law’s Saddlery, Cumbergate
A lovely old image dating to the late 1890s or very early 1900s and showing Indian born Edward Law's Saddlery Shop (centre) with the...
