James Gray: A very early morning photograph, looking south in Beaconsfield Road and showing a steam train crossing the viaduct. The passing train may have been the reason for the apparently hurried snapshot. The style of milk-cart and the tramlines suggest that this is a 1930s photograph. jgc_20_080
James Gray: The butcher’s shop of Benford & Co. at 90 Beaconsfield Road, in 1910 or thereabouts. The business still carries on at this address under the same name today (1983). There has been a butcher’s shop here for almost a century, the first one being opened in the 1880s. jgc _20_087
James Gray: Beaconsfield Road, near to Preston Circus in June 1931. Additional Information: Beaconsfield Bakery, Rushworth’s Circulating Library, Palace Pier – A murder has been arranged, Aquarium Sun Terrace, Jan Hurst, Palladium, Neil Hamilton, Bisto, Camp Coffee, Races. jgc_20_128
2018: Original building demolished and replaced with modern block. (Photographer: Andrew Renaut)
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