Lots of Photographs of Trowbridge in the rain
(E141) The Blind house and the Gents.
(E142) Stallard St. The mighty Bowyers factory lies tothe right and churns out sausages and pork pies night and day.
(E144) Ansis motors.
(E145) View of Castle St from top of Multi Story car park. Andil House in the background.
(E147) Looking at the park from the other side of the multi story car park. The top floor had 24 hour parking, whereas the lower layers had a 2 hour limit. There was always a rush in the morning to get up to the top floor.
(E151) The used car showroom at the bottom of Wicker Hill.
Sonja says – Hi, the used car showroom was called Signpost Motors when I worked there, which was in in the late 80s. It was part of the Vauxhall Motor Group. Sonja Phillips.
Steve says – I have just looked at your recent new pictures. Very good. The show room opp the Blind house was Signpost motors Townbridge Garage. New & used Vauxhall cars. Steve Lovering,
Gina says – If it helps at all, I am pretty sure it was a Vauxhall dealership because my last new taxi that Brian Scrine bought for me was a Vauxhall and I took it there for a repair. Gina Coles
(E153) Midland Bank, that was, in Fore St. You can see the cars parked outside, this was before the District Council decided to pedestrianise it. That met with some opposition from the local Chamber of Commerce, as a lot of trade came from people arriving, parking and popping in the shops to buy something.
(E155) A view of Church St from outside the Post Office in Roundstone St.
(E156) Spotlight shop in Silver St.
(E157) Tripps photo shop. That became Clive’s Cameras and moved into a unit in The Shires.
(E164) Cars parked in car park at the Conservative Club.
Steve says E164—- is Lovemead carpark, which i think was free then ! Steve Lovering
(E165) A section of the new Inner Relief Road at Roundstone St.
(E166) Inner Relief Road. Which differs from an Outer Relief Road, like the M25, because it goes through a town rather than around it.
Steve says E166—- looking down Yerbury Street & left was where the Old bakery was or local used to call it the Bread factory. Steve Lovering
(E167) Brown’s vegetable shop, Roundstone St.
Sally says – Hi Mike, I’m Sally Bere, Eric Brown’s daughter. I can’t thank you enough for these photos, absolutely brilliant.
The gentleman in the picture is Bill Hirst (poss spelt Hurst), not Ken Pike. A lovely man . Will email again with more details, and there are a couple of other faces I recognise- Sally Bere
(E169) One of the two toy shops in Trowbridge, the other was in Castle St. More photos next week.
Steve says E169— Sims Toy shop Silver Street. Steve Lovering
(E170) Traffic Warden lady making notes adjacent to Bishop, Longbothan and Bagnall offices.
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