Saturday 18 May 2013

Frome, Somerset, Bath Road 1910

Frome, Somerset, Bath Road 1910. Frome (pronounced 'Froom') is a picturesque town in Somerset. Postcard by Young & Co of Teddington. Click the postcard to enlarge.

For more old photographs visit this week's Sepia Saturday blog.



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11 comments:

  1. Oh now this is a toss up, on which do I like better, and the answer is, they are both wonderful!Enjoy your weekend!

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  2. It looks like Jacksons had a fine variety from which to choose. Frome looks a pretty town.

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  3. This is a great postcard photo, Howard. I really like the perspective of the curved and rising street with a cyclist coming down and the clutter of the shops. And the ghostly figures in the doorway enhance the period quality.

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  4. I love these "then and now" shots. And, I have to tell you, I always prefer the "then" shot! Thanks for some fabulous photos, Howard!

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  5. Jackson & Sons were quite the businessmen!

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  6. That view hasn't changed much.

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  7. This postcard is absolutely full of fascinating bits and pieces. I think I would have liked to visit Mr Jackson's shop. Victorian/Edwardian ironmongers and hardware stores are usually the most interesting shopfronts to see on postcards, and I'm sure the booksellers & stationers would have occupied me for hours. As for the Ladies' Outfitting store on the opposite corner, my wife and daughters would have made a bee-line for that doorway. Nice to see that the street has retained much of its character, even if the contents of the shops are nowhere near as inviting.

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  8. Remarkably alike despite the passage of time. Love the lamp standard (gas?) on the postcard.

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  9. The more I see such comparisons as this the more I come to think that modern, over-large, vibrant, in-your-face store facias should be banned. They did some things better back then, more restrained, leaving you able to concentrate on the architecture.

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  10. The first thing that hits you is that the Jacksons had the monopoly, but what an interesting shop that stationers would be.

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  11. Your posts are always interesting. I never tire of looking at the old postcards.

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