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High st/bull st

Astoness

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hi all..nice one here of high st and bull st early 1900s...apologies if its been posted before....

astoness
 
Len what a lovely scene, not a Traffic Warden not a No Parking sign & no Parking metres. Did we really live in those times.

Which end is High St was it at the top of the Photo to the right and Dale End to the Left?
 
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According to the 1950 directory, Paul Taylor. on the pic., was between Phillips St and the Market Hall
mike
 
That photo of High St/Bull St. is so full of memories. I did traffic point there in 1960/61, and it was quite an exciting place to be on a Saturday, with all the crowds. The fun part was to try and keep all the buses and vans moving (there werent too many private cars) across the junction. The bus drivers knew our various little signals to get them to slow down, change direction, etc, but one day a lady in a small car drove down lower bull Street to my point, and misunderstood my signal and stopped. At that movement I had about six buses crossing Dale End to Martineau Street and High Street, and others following down Bull Hill. I nearly died a death, but with much smiling and sound of horns she eventually got moving again. We used to have our coffee break at the Cypriot cafe just down on the left in Dale End, by the Star pub. I remember putting in a report once asking for a box to be provided for the point, it was quite difficult on busy days to be seen over the heads of the crowds, especially since the little island was also the entrance to the public toilets!!. I did my report, and was then told to 'file it at headquarters'. I found that other officers had been putting in the same report since about 1925, and all filed with the message 'this is a temporary situation.'
 
I think the 1960s photo is the same one as was lost from post 4 above, Also, from BMAG website, is a drawing of it, named Market Hall house, from a different angle in the mid 1800s, then still poccupied by Paul Taylor, draper
Mike

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My Mom would not leave town after shopping until she had (just popped into Greys).
 
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I agree but E A Harrison (Mrs) is listed as at 54 Needless Alley, and it doesn't look quite right for New st either
 
mizzyjo said:
Why can't I get these photo's?
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Hi - If you are referring to photos posted recently then there is no reason that you cannot see them. It could be the way you have your privacy settings set on your PC.
 
Mike

Its the section of Bull Street between Snow Hill & Corporation St, the EA Harris sign is on the corner of Dr Johnson Passage and on the right is where Greys Department sore would be built later.

Phil
 
Was there (or is there) a church or chapel in Dr Johnson Passage? Have a very vague memory of something there but can't quite remember. Viv.
 
Viv

The Friends Meeting House once stood in Dr Johnson Passage at the back of what became Lewis's store. The original building has now gone and it has been replaced with a new one.
 

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