Strand & the Tome Stone
Looking towards Strand from Queen Anne’s Walk with the Tome Stone in the foreground
Newport Road
Newport Road
Barnstaple Square | Albert Clock
Barnstaple Square & Albert Clock. Apart from the road layout there’s not an awful lot of difference –
Castle Quay | River Taw |Long Bridge
Castle Quay.
Old Railway Bridge
The old railway bridge over the River Taw, and a very different-looking Strand.
Barnstaple Long Bridge 1963 Widening
Some great cine footage of the last major widening work being carried out on Barnstaple’s historic Long Bridge.
Swimming Baths | Rock Park
Swimming Baths at Rock Park.
Barnstaple Square Day Trippers
Barnstaple Square – Would love to know more about this photo!
Barnstaple Rock Park Diamond Jubilee
Rock Park Diamond Jubilee celebrations – and a modern day comparison photo supplied by Michael Parkin.
Details of the day’s events marking the Diamond Jubilee, North Devon Journal, June 1897
Boutport Street Methodist Church | Norah Bellot Court
Another view of Boutport Street, the earlier picture showing the Methodist Church before it was allowed to go to ruin, later demolished and replaced with an old folk’s home.
