Victoria Street was built, unsurprisingly, in the early years of Queen Victoria's reign, around 170 years ago. It was a straight and broad street lined mostly with small terraced houses. Those houses were demolished during a slum clearance programme and have since been replaced by modern houses with gardens. The road has been made narrower to create more areas of greenery. The only building in this part of Victoria Street that dates back to Victorian times is the Trafalgar Inn on the right of the photo.
In the far distance you can see the steeple of St Stephen's Church at Guide Bridge.
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My Nana lived on Victoria Street - in Vancouver, BC. lol
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It seems every city in the commonwealth must have a Victoria Street! We have one here in Kamloops, too. Victoria seems to have been as prolific in her namesakes as she was in children.
ReplyDeleteMaybe because I was recently listening to the Kinks, but when I see Victoria, it reminds me of their song.
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Nice to see they expanded the green. I've a science background and when I think of Victoria, I always think of those genetic studies about her and hemophilia in the royals.
ReplyDeleteWell that certainly is better than slums! Feels spacious and green.
ReplyDeleteVicxtoria Street was built straight and wide to link up with Wharfe Street and Whitelands. It was intended to serve the many mills along its route so as to provide them with a through route linking Stalybridge with Guide Bridge
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