Hi Brian,
is this the North Street over towards Bedminster? The website
local.live.com is very good for views of Bristol as it has "Birds eye
view" shots. Try
http://local.live.com/default.aspx?v=2&cp=sk66fvgsgryq&style=o&lvl=1&scene=4248897
I think no. 16 is just above the top-right corner of that huge roof at
centre picture.
Peter Higginbotham
Brian Read wrote:
> Many thanks to all those who responded to my question about a 1940
> street photo.
> I have now established with a fair degree of certainty that it is a
> picture of 16 North Street, St James, Bristol. It seems likely that my
> uncle took the picture because he was considering renting rooms above
> the shop as accommodation and that he did this in the early morning so
> that he did not have to lug his heavy plate camera and tripod into a
> crowded street.
> But the date is still uncertain. I think from the absence of
> indications of the war that it was most likely 1938-39, although it
> could have been even earlier. I may check his name on the voters' list
> as this will be a clue to his years of residence there.
> I know he was there for part of the war for I remember his telling me
> years ago when he was in London that he was taken to court and fined
> because he had kept a few cans of petrol at home in Bristol -
> unlawful in those days. He had seemed to enjoy the experience and as
> a raconteur made a big story of it. Maybe one day I'll see if I can
> locate the court records of this.
>
> If anyone in Bristol reads this, I'd be interested to know whether
> that part of Bristol still stands or whether it has been redeveloped.
>
> Brian Read
>
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