Not sure about the St James. But if you are correct with place and date
number 12 should be 'H. J. Webb & Sons' photographers. In 1938
Experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes. Oscar Wilde
1854-1900
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Sent: 29 August 2006 22:06
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Subject: Re: c. 1940 photo of Bristol street
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=4
248897
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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