Maidenhead, Berkshire, King Street c1912

Maidenhead, Berkshire, King Street circa 1912. If you look carefully on the right-hand side of the postcard you can see the roof and gable of the Rose Hotel (mostly obscured by the premises of C. Grinsted, Fishmonger). The Rose Hotel (now just a pub) appears to be the only building in this postcard that has survived into the 21st century. Postcard by W. H. Applebee. Click the postcard to enlarge.

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Peckham High Street, Southeast London, c1908

Peckham High Street, Southeast London, circa 1908. Only the buildings on the right have partially survived. Postcard by Albert Flint of Camberwell. Click the postcard to enlarge.

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Tollesbury, Essex, Mell Road c1910

Tollesbury, Essex, Mell Road c1910. Tollesbury is a village on the cost of Essex, well known for its oysters. This postcard was published by Young & Co of Teddington. It is unusual to see a postcard by him of such an easterly location. Click the postcard to enlarge. I've included a close-up of the children standing in the street.

For more old pictures have a look at this week's Sepia Saturday blog.

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Hampton, Middlesex, Church Street c1950

Hampton, Middlesex, Church Street circa 1950. Church Street is actually the road to the right, obscured by the minibus in the Google Street View. The photograph was taken from Thames Street. In the postcard we can see the overhead power lines for the trolleybuses which superceded the trams in the 1920s. The trolleybuses were phased out in this area in the early 1950s. The church you can see, St Mary's, is the parish church of Hampton. The postcard was published by E. A. Wilson of Sunbury, a relative by marriage of W. H. Applebee, the prolific early 20th century postcard publisher from Ashford. Click the postcard to enlarge.

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Oatlands Park, Near Weybridge, Surrey, c1909

Oatlands Park, Near Weybridge, Surrey, c1909. On the right, we can see the premises of Henry Shaw, 'Draper and Clothier' (according to the 1911 census). The shop appears to be closed so the photograph may have been taken on early closing day (probably Wednesday) or a Sunday. Note the magnificent lamps outside the shop and the lady looking at the photographer from an upstairs window. The postcard was posted in March 1910 to a Mr J.E.K. Walter in Gracechurch Street, London, with the simple message 'What do you think of this? G. C.'.
Postcard published by Young and Co. of Teddington. Click the postcard to enlarge.

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