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Friday 8 March 2013
Esher, Surrey, Portsmouth Road, c1912 and c1918
Esher, Surrey, Portsmouth Road, circa 1912 and circa 1918. These two old postcards show the same location, one before the First World War, the other after. The pub we can see was called 'The Orleans Arms', it is now a branch of the Café Rouge restaurant chain. Outside the pub is a magnificent milestone erected in 1767 which is called 'The White Lady'. I have driven past this place many times in the past and I'd never noticed the milestone until I'd seen these postcards. You can also see what I think is an old weighing machine outside the pub in the postcards. The first postcard was photographed and published in about 1912 by William Henry Applebee of Ashford, the second postcard was photographed and published by Andrew Smith of Surbiton in about 1918. Click the postcards to see enlarged versions at 300dpi. Note - the darker colour of the buildings in the first photo is due to the photography or printing process, they were not actually darker than they were in the second photo.
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Mmmhh ... not sucha difference between then and now this week, apart from the addition of a few trees, which is never a bad thing.
ReplyDeleteWow they took the big sign down! Great reflection!
ReplyDeleteThat milestone is unusual. The pub and milestone look to be the only survivors of time.
ReplyDeleteThe old almost always looks better than the new.
ReplyDeleteThat's a milestone! The 'The White Lady' nickname derived from sailors finding it in the dark is terrific. I don't imagine many sailors bump into it anymore. In a way it is the ancient analog version of a Google Map app.
ReplyDeleteThat scene hasn't changed much.
ReplyDeleteUsed to do some courting in there before it became a Cafe Rouge. It was quite basic, outside the Town and close to a (then) posh pub that had flash motors outside and Hoorah Henrys inside, but nobody new us.
ReplyDeleteTwo wonderful old photographs, full of interest to a pub-lover and a brewer-lover such as me.
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