tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-484198747535822445.post1817945877166496014..comments2024-03-28T09:28:18.455+00:00Comments on Postcards Then and Now: Hounslow, Middlesex, Bath Road c1930Howardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07556727166267551805noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-484198747535822445.post-5238451929872031252019-01-09T22:46:34.848+00:002019-01-09T22:46:34.848+00:00Except the 'Cinema' isn't the Ambassad...Except the 'Cinema' isn't the Ambassador/Odeon. The cinema was completely demolished in the 1980s and this monstrosity was put up in an unsuccessful attempt to replicate the 'look' of the cinema's frontage. The station building opposite on the Bath Road is however, mostly as built, unlike the relocated platforms (from when the line was extended) behind it. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-484198747535822445.post-61609244478786081522013-10-21T01:03:23.591+01:002013-10-21T01:03:23.591+01:00Lol your right about the toilet. They were not a g...Lol your right about the toilet. They were not a good thing when they first came out. It was in the paper many years ago that a lady was sitting on the toilet and the door opend up on her and she was doing her business. Not good for the user, but a rare site indeed to see for the rest of us..Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12164385655525206946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-484198747535822445.post-91042962361425919922012-12-29T21:46:02.520+00:002012-12-29T21:46:02.520+00:00Its a bog nearly always broken down.Its a bog nearly always broken down.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-484198747535822445.post-61630584537656233372012-07-23T23:13:58.363+01:002012-07-23T23:13:58.363+01:00This is a neat change to have a later period card....This is a neat change to have a later period card. Seems like you might date this closely from the news headlines. General elections of 1931 or 1935? And what was the riddle?Mike Brubakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13065245846262417519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-484198747535822445.post-31873900802041141592012-07-17T23:26:03.475+01:002012-07-17T23:26:03.475+01:00That's a public toilet. A rare sight on Britis...That's a public toilet. A rare sight on British streets these days.Howardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07556727166267551805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-484198747535822445.post-63278325633186737542012-07-17T21:18:10.099+01:002012-07-17T21:18:10.099+01:00The first one is so stylish.
Is that a public toil...The first one is so stylish.<br />Is that a public toilet or a ticket machine in the middle of the Google pic?Christine H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09786732494496282743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-484198747535822445.post-60635585354403904242012-07-17T13:39:18.578+01:002012-07-17T13:39:18.578+01:00That newsagent/stationers covered a lot - it even ...That newsagent/stationers covered a lot - it even had a lending library!Little Nellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11862657943846727987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-484198747535822445.post-78752973748518214012012-07-17T10:56:11.752+01:002012-07-17T10:56:11.752+01:00So much wonderful detail in the 1930s postcard!
...So much wonderful detail in the 1930s postcard! <br />The 1930s was definitely a far more stylish time, not just for clothes (ie being more smartly dressed). The only saving grace in the google view is the cinema, and looking across the road, the station.Lisa Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10562101358640638937noreply@blogger.com