Jack Brayshaw

Mr Thomas Blatchley’s chemist shop on the Green at the bottom of the Steep (Town Street). The following three photographs were…

Looking towards Harper Rock which is the terrace of stone cottages in the middle of the view.
On the left are cottages which were demolished, Lane Fox Court…

Harper Terrace is just off Harper Lane opposite Brooklands Crescent. The terrace is in two halves with the access road in the middle….

Row of stone terrace houses addressed as Harper Rock, seen from Harper Lane, sited opposite Morrisons petrol station.

Looking down the Steep it is obvious why locals always call this street the Steep rather than Town Street. The pale coloured building at the bottom is Parmar’s newsagents.

Looking from the Green up Town Street, known locally as “the Steep”.
In this 1900 image crowds of people are gathered.

Mr S Battye is seen about to cut the first sod of earth for the foundations.

The road surface collapsed after heavy rain, the road closure ran from just past Highfield to the junction of Warm Lane / Gill Lane. It is…

ill Beck on Gill Lane provides a pleasant rural image.

An early view of Gill Lane, to the left the edge of Dinsdale Buildings can be seen.