That photo is a real monster panorama. Lots to drool over on that, even if most of the old stuff has gone.The 'Eagle and Tun' on the far left of the picture has been closed for at least four years now. I did go in just once before and had a half of Guinness - nothing else I fancied there. The one on the far right is the Woodman, which has been struggling on for years now. Two years ago the guv'nor was most put out because thieves had nicked the whole fireplace out of the nice comfy back lounge.
The picture does have a few relics for us. I was shuffling round there not long ago and found the road (Fox Street) which you can see to the left of The Woodman, going up the hill from Albert Street. Half way up you can see some old brick buildings, which turned the corner into Buck Street, but the end one was in Fox Street on the hill itself.
The next road after Fox Street was Bartholomew Row, which once faced on to St Bartholomew’s church and graveyard. It is not very long since the facades of the decrepit buildings facing Bartholomew Road and Albert Street were demolished, but it would have been very difficult to find a sensible use for them.
[FONT="]Scrolling left round the picture, you see the remains of Banbury Street, with a post-and-rail fence each side, going up to Albert Street (formerly Duddeston Row). Running from that junction roughly parallel with New Canal Street is Bartholomew Street and further away still is Park Street.
Peter Walker
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