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Old postcards from the early 20th century, compared to the same view shown on Google Street View today. The postcards come from my own collection. Almost all of them are from England, mainly showing West London, Middlesex, Surrey, Berks and Bucks. Click on the postcards to see enlarged versions. Street View images are the copyright of Google. Comments, questions or requests are welcome. If you repost my images on other websites (such as Facebook) please include a link to my original post.
What fabulous postcards -- what is the thing to the right of the Hokey-Pokey cart? That thing with the guy standing at the end?
ReplyDeleteHi Deb, that is a horse trough - a free drinking fountain for horses.
DeleteGreat post cards, of what surely was a fun time. I know the song, but wasn't really keen on what the Hokey-Pokey cart was selling!
ReplyDeleteBoth cards are wonderful and lively. Much preferred to the eerie quiet of Google's virtual walk down the depopulated modern pier. I recommend a stroll down to the end which neatly turns around to return on the other side of the pier. See if you can meet the cow!
ReplyDeleteLovely postcards! Hokey pokey icecream these days is a New Zealand favourite, with little bits of hokey pokey ( toffee) mixed through the ice cream. I'm sure it's perfectly hygenic now :-)
ReplyDeleteI went on a bit of a wander around the pier (with google maps). Even underneath the pier looks similar to the old postcard, although it looks like there is now a boat ramp too. In my "tour" I also notice the public phone near the pier. With mobile phones being so popular, there are now very few public phones remaining in Australia.
ReplyDeleteWell, now I'm going to have that "Hokey Pokey" song in my head all day! Memorable postcards, for so many reasons.
ReplyDeleteI'm going to have to google hokey pokey ice cream and see what sort of unhygenic ice cream it was.
ReplyDeletePure hokey pokey is my favorite! I am humming that tune too, and "that's what it's all about...."
ReplyDeleteI never heard of ice cream called hokey pokey. It doesn't sound like a "fine ice" at all.
ReplyDeleteNever heard of Hokey Pokey ice cream either. What made it unhygienic? Maybe I don't want to know.
ReplyDeleteIt seems like a slurp from the horse trough would have been more hygienic than a slurp from the ice cream cart!
ReplyDeleteWell I've never eaten Hokey Pokey but I've done the Hokey Pokey and now I'm wondering what on earth the dance has to do with the icecream ! Good post.
ReplyDeleteTwo interesting cards and I enjoyed the google walk.
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