Twickenham, Middlesex, York Street, 1913

Twickenham, Middlesex, York Street, 1913. In this postcard of York Street, Twickenham we can see a newspaperboy with a sign that proclaims 'Appalling Colliery Disaster in Wales'. Although there were many coal mining disasters in Wales at the turn of the last century, this one probably refers to the Senghenydd Colliery Disaster on 14th of October 1913, the worst of the lot. 439 miners lost their lives in an explosion underground. York Street was built at the turn of the twentieth century to replace Church Street as the main road to Richmond. The buildings on the left were completed in 1906. Sydney Chidley Pianos originally occupied the premises on the far left, but only lasted a few years and then Leslie Warner Shoes were there for many years after that. The premises is now that of HSBC Bank.
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Worthing, Sussex, Accident, Horse versus Motor, August 21 1908

Worthing, Sussex, Accident, Horse versus Motor, August 21 1908. On August 21, 1908 an accident occurred involving a horse and a motor car at the junction of Montague Street and Crescent Road. It is not known if the horse survived. The shop in the background is that of Dunford and Vousden, up to date drapers and milliners. The postcard was published by Edwards and Son, photographers, Worthing. Click the postcard to enlarge.

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Chipperfield, Hertfordshire, The Boot, c1912

Chipperfield, The Boot, circa 1912. Chipperfield is a village in Hertfordshire. The Boot is a grade II listed building, originally a private house, circa 16th century. Postcard by W. H. Applebee. Click the postcard to enlarge.

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Farnborough, Hampshire, St Marks Church c1912

Farnborough, Hampshire, St Marks Church circa 1912. This imposing Church of England church was built in 1880 and appears to have changed little externally. The church has its own website here and some more old pictures can be seen on the Historic Farnborough website. Postcard by W. H. Applebee. Click the postcard to enlarge.

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Northfields, West London c1913

Northfields, West London c1913. Although the postcard caption states this to be West Ealing it would be more accurate to call it Northfields. On the right of the postcard we can see the Northfields Cinema, a typical early 'flea-pit' cinema, now demolished and replaced by the Navasartian Centre, an Armenian social club. Unfortunately I can't find anything online about this cinema. A little further north up Northfields Avenue was a big cinema, the West Ealing Kinema, built 1913 and demolished in 2004. South of the cinema in the postcard was another cinema, built in 1932 which still survives as a Pentecostal church. Click the postcard to enlarge.
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