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On this page I will try to replicate images of the past with images as they are now, some will be instantly recognisable others will take closer inspection whilst some will be totally unrecognisable from due to tranformation of the area. One of the best ways to compere images of the past is to look at the roof lines of buildings as they change little.
The image above was taken around the turn of the last century in Old Brumby and is looking towards Brumby bridle path which leads to Ashby. This bridle path is known today as Revesby Avenue, as appears on the right hand image. The house, centre middle, on the old image can still be seen on modern image.
I wonder if the boy holding his bike would of ever dreamt of a car like the one in the same position on the modern image?
Agian we see Brumby bridle path which this time is taken looking in the opposite direction. The photographer must be positioned where the house is in the image above. On the modern image we see the house to the right has been white washed whilst the smaller building is masked by hedging. In the distance of the modern image the white washed gable end of Old Brumby Farmhouse can be seen, in the old image it can be seen distant middle right. The children stood posing would never have heard of telephones yet today a telephone pole stands where they once stood.
Lincoln Gardens Roundabout taken just under 60 years apart. Gone have the old steel framed windows and no doubt solid fuel too. The roundabout has mature trees on it and directional signs. I wonder if the tree in the distance of the old image is that which can be seen in the image of today?
13 May 2007
1940s
Above is Oswald Road seen 60 years apart. The Majestic cinema opened in 1927 and closed in 2002 after competition from the new multi screen cimena which open as part of The Parishes shopping centre. Here we sadly see it under demolition. The large building at the opposite end of the row of premises was The Congregational church, dedicated on 4th April 1912, costing £3,040 to construct. Today it is known as The Light nightspot. In the old image we see the houses to the left have still to be converted into shops as the walls and railings still form the front gardens of the premises, within 10 years these would disappear.
c,1930
13th May 2007
Prominent features on the above two images are, to the right The Yorshire Penny Bank which shown on the May 2007 picture is The Bishop Blaise pub, (now The Mint). The Co-op Emporium in the center which was extended in 1966 and renamed Ashton House after Mariam Ashton, this lower floor is now Mark One, then on the left we see The Co-op with its corner tower. These premises became the Co-ops central premises in 1910, it laterly became the QLM store (Quality Less Money), it is now The Barracuda Bar. The whole stretch of road carried two way traffic where now behind the camera is only oneway.
The buildings above have changed in appearance slightly the retailers certainly have apart from one, that being the public house to the right. In the old image it is known as The Oswald, named after Rowland Winn who became Lord St. Oswald. It became The Tavern in the Town then the Tavern and then Harry Charlseworths. Charlseworth being Arthur (Squire) Charlseworth who walked from Cleckheaton to work on the steelworks then bought the premises and converted them into a public house. Its said he named it The Oswald as a tongue in cheek reference to Rowland Winn because of his abstinence to alcohol. The building to the left with the canopies is Munro & Son dress shop today it is The Abbey Bank. Next is the Colonnade with its five apexed roofs & windows. This part of the High Street down is pedestrianised today.
Above is Cole Street and Wells Street agian now pedetrianised. The veranda and buildings to the right have gone to be replaced in 1969/1970 by the current precinct, British Home Stores now occupies the site of the former Trinity Methodist Church, the foundation stone for the church been laid in 1898 with the church & school room to the rear opening in 1900 at a cost of £8.000. The Midland Bank at the corner of Wells Street & High Street is still there albeit with a different name and facade. On the left is Halfords cycles shop followed by Bees outfitters, the building still stands although now houses different retailers.
The images above are of what today is known as Ashby High Street in the past it has been called Mill Road & Mill Lane. The modern image shows how the once residential road has now become a retail shopping area (on the ground level at least). On the left of both pictures is the juction with Alexandra Road follow by the first pair of semis which today house an electical appliance shop and a bed retail shop. The row of terraces have all become shops, then we can see a second pair of semis (more evident on the old image) again these now house a furniture shop and a flooring shop. Then we have a gap which is Victoria Road then a row of terraces the first two which today are home to Carvers restaurant and Carvers chip shop. To the right we see the house have been converted into shops, with the odd shop having the full facade replaced.
The old image was taken around 1911 when the house was named 'Lyndhurst' it was 34 Ashby Road and was the home of an uncle of Dr Harry Jackson who himself had a practice on Ashby High Street. After 1948 Dr.C.A.O'Conner lived here. The house is now St. Bernadettes Social Club.
The Bethel Town Mission was on the corner of High Street & Gilliatt Street it later move to a site further along Gilliatt Street. From June 1967 until January 1974 it was in a converted house in Robert Street before it finally closed. When the Mission move from the Gilliatt Street premises the building was demolished and the Liberal Clubb was built on the site, the club had previously been situated in Cole Street. Geneva cafe bar now occupies the site which had for many years been home to Dixons, briefly a pound shop and also a chistmas shop.
21st October 1905
1st June 2008
Frodingham Institute was opened 21st October 1905 on Rowland Road. When the school leaving age was raised from fourteen years to 15 years in the late 1940s it was used by Gurnell Street School, the ground floor being used for girls cookery lessons and the upstairs as an extra boys classroom. It stood empty for many years and is a Grade II Listed building, it has today been converted into flats. Beyond the Institute is Frodingham National School built by the Winns in 1865. This was seen as a generous & farsighted act by the Winns in the days before the Education Act when children were used as cheap labour in factories and mines.
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