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I wonder if they had parking problems even then and they are traffic cones all along the gutter or are they parking places for handsome cabs or the equivalent of taxis.
I wonder if they had parking problems even then and they are traffic cones all along the gutter or are they parking places for handsome cabs or the equivalent of taxis.
I think this photo was taken either just before or just after an event (though I can't remember what it was, I'll have to look), so the barriers were to keep the crowds off the street. There are photo's of the 'event' in full swing, and the pavements are pretty full.
From just a year or so earlier comes this almost identical photograph here. Forumers might like to have a competition to circle how many changes have taken place in such a short space of time.
Hi Vivienne14,
I think you will find it is the other way around the SCALA was demolished with the modernisation of the city centre and the ODEON Queensway was was built at that time in its place.
That is a brilliant photo Stitcher. Not ever seen that one before. Is Hurst Street the one going right to left in the picture? I can't quite read the sign, but I thought someone else might be able to.
Thanks Paul, nice to know. I am saving some of these pics to show my daughters who, I think, missed a heck of a lot. Nice to be able to show them places they know.
Pictures absorbing. I think I recognise the "Spatchy Mail. Come and get it" lady at the entrance to Snowhill. And... those were the days when you got tea served in proper cups - noted by the Pie Van