Barnstaple High Street – 1881 Blizzard


Fantastic image from 1881, Barnstaple High Street after the region was hit by particularly heavy snow
Fantastic image from 1881, Barnstaple High Street after the region was hit by particularly heavy snow
84 Barnstaple High Street, Then & Now. They don’t *quite* make shopfronts like they used to, eh?
Approaching Barnstaple Square along Taw Vale
This Then & Now slider of Pilton Street uses the same “now” modern photograph as yesterday’s upload, which you can see here: Pilton Street #1. A few years have passed, we’ve moved onto motorised vehicles and there’s plenty of architectural changes to pick out. Hope you find it interesting. JP.
Pilton Street, given the Then & Now Slider treatment. I was in two minds whether or not to upload this one as it’s not quite right, the church isn’t perfectly lined up, which is really annoying. But I actually really like it regardless, what a beautiful area packed with history. JP.
This old photo of Queen Anne’s Walk down on The Strand is one of my favourite old Barnstaple photos. Obviously I couldn’t resist giving it the “Before & After” treatment, and I think it works really well as a Then & Now slider. Hope you like it too! JP.
This old photo of a group of people seemingly about to set of on a coach trip works – in my opinion – really well as a “Then & Now” slider. I really like it when there’s vast changes in between the two photographs, but with a chunk of architecture remaining the same in both the Then and the Now. Don’t really get a better example of that than this composite. Even managed to line up the brickwork around the doorway for you. 😉 JP.
Then & Now composite of the The River Taw looking looking towards Rock Park from Taw Vale, along with the old boating station –
26 Litchdon Street, Then & Now. Move the slider left & right to compare the differences –
Another Then & Now slider of Barnstaple Square, but this time with a much older “Before” photo. Quite likely the oldest photograph taken of this part of town, at least the oldest one that I’ve seen, it dates from the mid-late 1860s. Lots of interesting things to pick out, the most noticeable being the building on the very left, demolished shortly after the old photo was taken to make way for the building that now serves as Barnstaple’s museum. I like this one! JP.