Tuesday, 18 June 2013

Whitby Road, Vale Road

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There are plenty of buildings here that mark it as the same place in both photos, but there have been some significant changes too.

The shop on the corner of Whitby Road and Vale Road was a baker's shop in the first picture, and is now a locksmiths.

The pub on the left was the Sportsman's Arms. In the 1920s, the publican was Joseph Bond, and the stretch of Whitby Road it stood on is still known by many locals as "Bondy's Hill". The pub has been demolished, an there are now residential buildings in its place. A little bit  of history lives on in these buildings; one of them is called "Bondies House".

It's difficult to be sure, but the building furthest from the photographer on Whitby Road is, I think, the old Primitive Methodist Chapel. Not long after the photo was taken, the chapel was decommissioned, and later demolished.

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