Peter Coleman's randonnées often took him and his camera to Tewkesbury. I have mainly located his pictures using Google Earth but today I decided that it was time to do a then and now on them. Old buildings in the high street are mostly unchanged because since the 1960s most of these have been preserved.
First is Out of the Hat, 100 Church Street, Tewkesbury. I've no idea what it used to be.
Since the 2007 flood it has been restored as a tourist information centre. The optician on the left is now an employment agency.
Round the corner is The Cross House and in front is Milward and Sons.
The shop with the big clock which was
Milwards is now
Design for Flowers. The clock still seems to be operating but the shop was closed for Easter.
The alley between
Cross House and
Design for Flowers.
The alleyway hasn't changed much.
Number 9 is Key House. It is also known as Nodding Gables due to a fault in the roof. It is home to the
Halifax Bank but it used to be full of paint when it was a hardware shop called
Mills and Carter. There are several years between the first two images. The key faces inwards in the first. The key faces out some years later and the AA sign has been modernised.
The key reverts to facing inwards. The Swan Hotel and its AA rating sign have been replaced by Superdrug. Well where would you park the car these days?
At the north end of the High Street we get to Ye Olde Black Bear. It is gleaming an impossible white. This is due to being scanned with a rather shoddy Veho scanner and I haven't redone it yet. The
Riverside Restaurant seems to have morphed into the
Riverside Nightclub. The big sign now only says "Rest urants"
When I took the picture a Triumph Herald NNK 224H with a friendly smiling driver came round the corner giving the picture a period feel.
Lastly is Abbey Row Cottages. Time really has stood still. The only change here is that the three benches at the end of the terrace has been replaced by a single bench.
