Lancaster Circus

[Phil]

Edit. The first two posts in this thread have been copied from threads on other subjects. But as there isn’t a thread about Lancaster Circus, these have been used to create this thread. Viv.

Right starting from Lancaster Place - now Lancaster Circus

 

[Astoness]

lancaster circus dated 1968

 

[Vivienne14]

Creating a country feel to Lancaster Circus. Really ?! Viv.

 

[Vivienne14]

A view from the Central Fire Station in 1957. The empty space in view was where the Halfords building once stood (before it was destroyed by fire).

 

[Astoness]

not seen that one before viv..can anyone identify the pub top left of the photo ? ive lost my bearings

lyn

 

[MWS]

Is it the pub on the corner of Lench St maybe, with the busses coming down Brick Kiln St opposite?

View map: Ordnance Survey, SP0787NW - A - Ordnance Survey 1:1250 scale map - Ordnance Survey National Grid Maps, 1940s-1970s

 

[Vivienne14]

Was the pub the Brunswick on Lench Street/Lancaster Street junction ?

Buses were on Brickiln Street, the road just below the Fire Station was Corporation Street. Road on the left was Lancaster Street.

 

[mikejee]

Yes. It is the Brunswick. No 53 Lancaster st, on the corner of Lench st

 

[Astoness]

not sure if this is a new one...work starts on lancaster circus underpass and roundabout 1967

lyn

 

[Vivienne14]

Below is a caption for the photo in post #9.

Hawkins the drapers was still there on the corner in 1967 (many years before Hawkins the bar of the 1980s)


Source: British Newspaper Archive