tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-484198747535822445.post8946156743725587065..comments2024-03-28T09:28:18.455+00:00Comments on Postcards Then and Now: Surrey, Richmond, Hill Rise c1905 and c1913Howardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07556727166267551805noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-484198747535822445.post-48864437652675402492012-11-12T21:50:13.963+00:002012-11-12T21:50:13.963+00:00So glad I found these pictures as my wife grew up ...So glad I found these pictures as my wife grew up in the first floor flat above the second shop on the right. <br /> The houses that occupied the south side of Hill Rise between the junction with<br />Petersham Road and the short steep Compass Hill (named after an eighteenth-century public<br />house. The Three Compasses), were systematically cleared away between the early 1950s and<br />11)67, after some contention the now open triangular space having been planted with trees.<br />She remembers the houses being demolished and we were hoping to find some pictures of the then and now.ThanksAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-484198747535822445.post-60675877997195406712011-05-01T22:08:11.082+01:002011-05-01T22:08:11.082+01:00love those then and now shots. i'm especially ...love those then and now shots. i'm especially intrigued with the first one as i wonder if the lady did go up to the showrooms upstairs... she looked so intent. i can almost feel her about to lean over to see something closer.<br />:)~<br />HUGZBruno Lalibertéhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09607511642101907283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-484198747535822445.post-91808787212888035452011-05-01T16:43:47.701+01:002011-05-01T16:43:47.701+01:00Great before and after photos.Great before and after photos.Alf and Lily Creationshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14442524912274213755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-484198747535822445.post-42133370457482233252011-05-01T12:57:12.794+01:002011-05-01T12:57:12.794+01:00I Always find it sad when streets are demolished &...I Always find it sad when streets are demolished & Memory of them vanish.At least the remaining row still gives us a comparison+context.Yes! I agree with the comment above,the past is more interesting <i>ps.word vitrifaction ="unnness"</i>tonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03746435400444226665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-484198747535822445.post-48901749783417793192011-05-01T07:27:40.361+01:002011-05-01T07:27:40.361+01:00It certainly is surprising how things are changed ...It certainly is surprising how things are changed and opened up when one side of the street is demolished - and left unbuilt. Fascinating comparisons.Alan Burnetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01015127443616786425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-484198747535822445.post-3828288939737641232011-05-01T02:56:15.927+01:002011-05-01T02:56:15.927+01:00I'd love to visit the shops on the old cards.....I'd love to visit the shops on the old cards..and I would step right up to see what was happening in those showrooms.Christine H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09786732494496282743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-484198747535822445.post-69862422216136011162011-05-01T01:20:23.314+01:002011-05-01T01:20:23.314+01:00nice time passing cards. the past does look more ...nice time passing cards. the past does look more interesting.Kristinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06413795611563683135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-484198747535822445.post-18247729591558703942011-04-30T23:40:50.181+01:002011-04-30T23:40:50.181+01:00What a surprise to see a place I know! My wife was...What a surprise to see a place I know! My wife was born, and spent her childhood just a short distance away on Richmond hill. She marveled at the old and new photos. We walked past these same sites only last month when we visited her sister who still lives there. It still remains a very pedestrian town.Mike Brubakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13065245846262417519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-484198747535822445.post-19165213235632186752011-04-30T15:15:29.945+01:002011-04-30T15:15:29.945+01:00Nice comparison. The old postcards look so much mo...Nice comparison. The old postcards look so much more interesting with all the signs and people.Postcardyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16399915833682943432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-484198747535822445.post-11093882853199815192011-04-30T13:03:19.206+01:002011-04-30T13:03:19.206+01:00This looks vaugely familiar to me. I know I have v...This looks vaugely familiar to me. I know I have visited the area but can't quite place this street.<br />Like the idea of the Cheese shop.Bob Scotneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00662958579705940009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-484198747535822445.post-77993092626697658312011-04-30T09:43:57.462+01:002011-04-30T09:43:57.462+01:00Wonderful pictures. I agree with Muse Swings, thou...Wonderful pictures. I agree with Muse Swings, though number 49 looks tempting: dressmaking millinery, corsets and blouses.Little Nellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11862657943846727987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-484198747535822445.post-76405521809783694112011-04-30T08:51:05.136+01:002011-04-30T08:51:05.136+01:00I like the way chimney pots seem to survive the te...I like the way chimney pots seem to survive the test of time - their silhouettes seldom change! (Did you realise, your second picture hasn't loaded properly, for some reason?) :)Jinksyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01686101468214361004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-484198747535822445.post-32408958406956992982011-04-30T04:22:42.982+01:002011-04-30T04:22:42.982+01:00So sad to see the modernization in these before an...So sad to see the modernization in these before and after pics.<br />Nancy<br />Ladies of the groveNorth County Film Clubhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13683794164957833415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-484198747535822445.post-75057869443966811402011-04-30T02:57:24.529+01:002011-04-30T02:57:24.529+01:00Oh I do wonder about those "Show Rooms Upstai...Oh I do wonder about those "Show Rooms Upstairs." What could the possibly have been showing?Tattered and Losthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00208918251232477186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-484198747535822445.post-81827548319514265272011-04-30T02:08:16.851+01:002011-04-30T02:08:16.851+01:00Lovely before and afters! Yes - some of the charm ...Lovely before and afters! Yes - some of the charm went with the widening of the road, but progress must progress progressively, I guess. I especially enjoyed the detail in the first picture. Three places for tea, and one for Cadbury Chocolates. I know where I'd spend my afternoons.MuseSwingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11999288873532715380noreply@blogger.com