James Gray: The seedman’s shop of James E Davis & Sons at 1 & 2 Baker Street in 1910. The business was started here in the 1870s by Mr Davis though it had been a seedman’s shop for several years before that. In 1932 Davis’s moved to 112 London Road to premises previously occupied by the Co-operative Society and remained there until the business closed down a few months ago. jgc_10a_132
2018: There is now no building with the address 1 or 2 Baker Street. The recently built Abacus House now stands on this site. Primarily providing student accommodation, the ground floor houses shops of various kinds. Poundworld is located on the corner of London Road and Baker Street. (Photographer: Nick Eastham)
James Gray: Approached from a narrow passage by the side of 6 Baker Street and with an exit to Rose Hill Terrace, the row of houses known as London Terrace was built during the 1860s. At that time it faced the long back gardens of what were mostly private houses in London Road. The large Co-operative Society’s store extended a long way over these former gardens and to facilitate further expansion in the 1970s many of the buildings seen in these photographs of 3 August 1975 have since been demolished. 6/11 Baker Street in this photograph have gone, so has the passage shown in photograph jgc_10a_136 and some of the houses of London Terrace [jgc_10a_135], but at least a few of these have been spared. jgc_10a_134
2018: London Terrace at the point that it joined Baker Street is now a wider cut through beneath the new Abacus House. A cut-through that is sometimes gated. See also caption for jgc_10a_132. (Photographer: Nick Eastham)
James Gray: See jgc_10a_134 above. jgc_10a_136
2018: The cut through from Baker Street to London Terrace is now a sometimes gated road beneath Abacus House. See also caption for jgc_10a_132. (Photographer: Nick Eastham)
James Gray: Two of the original cottages on London Road photographed on 7 October 1962. Built in the 1830s as small houses, No 102 was a butcher’s shop a few years later. It remained in this trade until the end, which came in 1963 when the buildings were demolished. jgc_10a_133
James Gray: Two photographs during the tramway era. The one above dates from 1930 and the buildings are little changed 35 years later. The façade of the Methodist Church has altered and the garden of St Bartholomew’s Vicarage is now set back to the general building line. Additional Information: Hoardings: Daily Telegraph, OXO. Horse drawn carriages and lady cyclist. jgc_10a_140