Chipping Sodbury - the past 125 years (continued) (From Gazette Series)

Chipping Sodbury - the past 125 years (continued)

1Picture of around 1900 when the remains (shaft and base) of the 16th century cross stood in the grounds of the Roman Catholic Church

2The war memorial incorporated the shaft and base from 16th century market cross. Powell's Swan Cycle Depot is in the background

3Dowdings Hardware shop circa 1930 now with Films D and P advertised and now posted as stationer and local views.

4Saddler Allens shop circa 1920. Row of 15th century cottages along Wickwar Road. The shop and cottages were demolished in the 1960s.

5View of Broad Street with aeroplane about 1920. Hudsons grocery shop on left, next to that Sweatmans Bakery. The Clock Tower as originally built with a simple tower. Note gas lamp and large number of telephone lines by 1920.

6Dowdings Hardware shop circa 1930 now with Films D and P advertised and now posted as stationer and local views.