Faversham, Kent, Ospringe Road c1908

Faversham, Kent, Ospringe Road circa 1908. On the left of this first postcard, by Arthur Filmer of Faversham, we can see the Faversham Arms, now a private house. The house has retained the pub's etched glass windows. The pub was tied to Rigdens brewery. Shepherd Neame is now the last remaining brewer in Faversham. The second postcard, a coloured view by Miltons of London E.C., shows a close-up of the pub. The final postcard, in the Bells Series, shows the road from the bottom of the hill looking up. This postcard is a little later, circa 1920.
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Guildford, Surrey, Chertsey Street c1910

Guildford, Surrey, Chertsey Street circa 1910. We can see two old pubs in this postcard by Young & Co of Teddington. On the left-hand side of the street, The Dolphin Inn and over the road on the right-hand side the wonderfully named Leopard Inn. The only pub to be seen in the modern Google Street View is the big building that occupies most of the left-hand side, the not so wonderfully named Slug and Lettuce. On the left-hand of the postcard you can see a sign advertising a 'Fish Supper Bar'. Notice that a couple of the children in the postcard have a stick and a hoop. These are what children used for amusement before the days of iPods and PSPs (whatever they are). For more old pictures please visit Sepia Saturday.
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Penn, Buckinghamshire, The Old Stock Elms, c1911

Penn, Buckinghamshire, The Old Stock Elms, circa 1911. The elm trees were replaced by the War Memorial, erected in 1922. The pub on the left is The Crown, still in business. Postcard published by W. H. Applebee in 1912, from an earlier negative by Young & Co, circa 1911. Click the picture to enlarge.

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