Another fine postcard of Bridge Street from around 1913. There are a lot of people milling around, I wonder where they are going. Some seem to be in their work clothes, whilst the young man near Bannisters is carrying a small bag on his shoulder, what could his profession be?
The next photograph was taken in 2009, quite a contrast as there are no people milling around, and only a few shops for people to explore.
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I remember the Co-op so vividly. Even now, nearly 60 years later, I cannot forget my mum’s Co-op number – which had to be used for every purchase so that she would get her divi. Important in those days when people did not have a lot of money. The Co-op was the main store in the town selling everything from corsets to children’s sandals and furniture. Nothing exists anything like it now.
The tree visible on the right of Bridge St in the 1913 picture grew into a large elm which housed a rookery till it was cut down around the mid 1950s. I used to wake on spring and summer mornings to the cawing of rooks, such peaceful sound, now so evocative. There always seemed to be buses in the street in those days, and it was busy.
How sad to see the change from what used to be a thriving, energetic and interesting street reduced to being virtually dead. This photo makes it particularly clear just how much the town has changed even since I left it just twelve years ago.
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