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18 historic photos of Old Market
Old Market Street once formed a continuous shopping area that stretched all the way to the top of Whiteladies Road through what is now Castle Park. Then the Luftwaffe came and later our city fathers had the bright idea to obliterate Old Market Street’s western section with a huge underpass. Old Market Street remains, however, one of the areas of Bristol with the highest concentration of listed buildings and is currently undergoing something of a renaissance with new businesses and new residents moving in.
Our latest raid of the Bristol Record Office shelves presents these photos of Old Market Street and its environs:
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1. Central Hall concert, 1929
2. Central Hall, c.1920s
3. Old Market Street, 1927
4. Old Market Street, c.1920s
5. Old Market Street, c.1910s
6. Old Market Street, 1911
7. Old Market Street, c.1910s
8. Old Market Street, c.1910s
9. Old Market Street, 1918
10. Old Market Street, 1904
11. Broad Plain Soap Works from the air, 1916
12. Holy Trinity Church, St. Philip’s, 1906
13. Georges & Co.’s Ltd. Mild & Old Beers, early 1900s
14. St Philip’s Church, 1900s
15. Old Market Street, c.1930s
16. Old Market Street, c.1930s
17. West Street, 1918
18. Old Market Street, c.1920s
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