PANORAMA OF THE HARBOUR FROM HILLCREST ROAD
An unmade Hillcrest Road between 1930s and 1940s
By Colin Holden
The following photos would have to have been taken between 1930 and 1940.
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The photographer's motorcycle and sidecar appear in a number of local photographs. The bungalows are at the top of Geneva Road.
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The back of the Coastguard Cottages -The Drill Hall above them on Fort Hill - anyone know what is going on behind the East Pier? -Sleepers Hole (The Mud Hole) - and the otherside of Geneva Road.
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The Seaplane Sheds on East Side Beach - Tidemills can still be seen - The Watch House and the Lifeboat House (centre) - The Tug Foremost 22 on her berth.
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The London Paris Hotel and Water Tower - the back of the Fort Road houses
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The house with the turret was called Lorraine, it was demolished to make way for the Fire Station in Fort Road. - An almost empty Mount Pleasant
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Stricklands Granaries Warehouse (destroyed by fire in 1940) can be seen towards the centre/right
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