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Pond behind Gold St and Harkness Close
Photo taken before Harkness Close was built
Gold St. looking north
Taken from the church tower c.2000
33 Gold Street, Cherry Cottage
photo by Robert Dymond c.1980
15 Gold St. c.1996
The Black Bull public house in Gold St. c.1996. The pub closed in 1938.
Potato delivery going to Rookery View from Brent allotments c.1925
Photo taken at junction of Junction of Maltmill Lane (Castlethorpe Road) and Gold Street. Town Yard in the background. c.1925
HDHS archive
Bus garage, before it was demolished, at the corner of Gold St and Castlethorpe Rd
Bus Garage in Long St.
c.1975
The garage was located at the end of Gold St. next to Town Yard.
HDHS archive
Belham's garage, now demolished, was at the junction of Gold St, Castlethorpe Rd and Long Street Rd.
Source Joseph Geary 2009
Buckingham Terrace, now demolished, as it was during World War II
Also known as Gladstone Terrace
The women in the foreground is Gladys Withey nee Robertson.
Archie Robertson bought or rented houses during the war for his family and sisters with their children to live in outside of London. There were at least 10 people in the group.
Source Jo Gilks Grand-daughter of Gladys Withey
Gold Street c.1925 by Kitchener
Source Kitchener Collection
Yew Tree Court 1957
from the Church Tower
Yew Tree Court is in the centre of the picture. Yew Tree terrace is just visible on the left. The buildings to the right are two cottages on the Newport Road which have since been demolished.
Source HDHS archive
Yew Tree Cottages, Gold Street by Kitchener
Yew Tree Cottages. Originally a farmhouse, belonged to Stephen Hoddle, later Thomas Hindes, then Miss Smith who converted it into cottages.
source: Kitchener collection
Yew Tree Cottages c.1957
Taken from the church Tower. In the foreground is the roof of the Swan Inn. Yew Tree Terrace\Cottages is the group of houses on the far side the road.
Map of Yew Tree Cottages in 1818
The building numbered 240 is believed to have become the middle cottage. In 1818 this house was owned by Thomas Hindes. It is believed that a few years earlier he had given the land for the Baptist Chapel 239. The area behind these buildings was known as Denni's Close and was also owned by Thomas Hinds The pond still exists.
Source HDHS archive
Yew Tree Terrace
c1990
HDHS archive
Mrs George Bull, known as Bazzie, outside her house in Town Yard. photo early 20th century
HDHS archive
Town Yard viewed from the Watts Arms, c.1925
Peach View in Gold Street, 2006
photo taken by Robert Dymond in April 2006
19 Gold Street is the house at the left end.
Source HDHS archive
Peach View in Gold St., and the Black Bull pub beyond c.1920
Peach View is the terrace of four houses behind the boy in the photo, beyond them is the Black Bull pub.
HDHS archive
Honeymoon Cottage c1957
From the church tower
Honeymoon Cottage was a tiny cottage between 43 and 45 Gold Street and Yew Tree Terrace.
The upper floor window is just visible between the two.
Source HDHS archive