It would seem that last week’s Mystery Photograph was far too easy for you all! Thank you to everyone who got in touch; we love hearing from you, particularly your memories and stories about the places we feature.
Well done all of those who guessed correctly – of course, it was Church Street, in Paulton, thought to have been taken around 1950.
Reader, Allan Curtis, says: “Rather easy this week and brings back many memories.
“It is Church Street in Paulton and shows the demise of its shopping centre over the years.
“On the left is Evans’s Chemist shop, now shut; still on the left are the cottages with the far one being a hairdressers shop and still open.
“Next is the Post Office – now shut and next door is shut, too.
“On the right is the Paulton Secondary Modern School – gone and now houses.
“The buildings in the middle back were also shops stretching past the car park – now all closed.
“At the time of the photograph you could buy almost anything, but you can’t blame the internet.
“Only one business in this photograph remains open and that is the Red Lion Inn – the last building on the left.”
There were correct answers from many of you: Paul Hancock, Frankie Ford, Keith and Loraine Pursey, Simon Chard, Winston Eyles, Joan Chappell, Les Box and Hannah Selway, Ivor Davis, Jonathan Griffin, Simon Ball, Graham Clulee, Roger Clark, Neil Gillard, Sally Brown, Ken Cottle, Judith Stanford, Paul Kirkwood, Chris Rhymer, Margaret Dury, Elaine Bowen, Eric Brain, Bob Taylor, Martyn Veale, Elaine Pannifer, Judith Bohan, Rodney Gullick, Roy Barnes, Vivienne Edwards, Colin Dowies, Tim Jefferies, Beryl Rhymer, Martin and Lynn Redwood, Peter Bailey, Mike Ford, Pauline Smailes, Valerie Rogers, Pete Callow, Peggy and Terry Rusz, Pam and Pauline Dukes, Dan Clark, Allan Curtis, Nick Bond, Hilary Brown, Graham Sage, Christine Oatley, Andrew Thayer, Martin Horler and via Facebook: Helen Fricker-Franklin, Terry Harris, Ann Savage, Roger Memory, Helena Roberts, Rachel Snook, Debbie Beacham, Gemma Wherry, Hilary Sellars, Wayne Heatley, Wendy White, Lynn Plumley – and anyone else we may have overlooked, please forgive us, there were so many! We are sure there were many of you at home that knew, too.
If you think you know the location of the photograph, supplied by Radstock Museum, and would like a mention next week, email: [email protected] or via Facebook or Twitter: @MNRJournal. You can even send us a photograph of how it looks today.
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