Yes Lyn. It especially ruthless; the buildings, the street all gone. That's why I found it so hard to visualise. There're very few hints to latch on to. I don't remember the street at all, so it's been an interesting bit of research trying to get a picture together of Edmund Street.
At the same time very sad, as buildings like Mason's College, the Liberal Club, the (Victorian) library ....... would have all been places of great civic pride. But at least the Council House & Extension survived. Viv.