.James Gray: Old houses on the west side of John Street, in 1939. They were then awaiting demolition, and most were cleared away later that year. A few lingered on until about 1950, when the clearance was complete. jgc_24_085
James Gray: The same area as the 1939 photograph used as a car park, on 8 October 1960, before the building of the new police station. jgc_24_086
James Gray: View at the corner of John Street in 1931, showing Hookers’ bakers shop, and the small house, 2, John Street, occupied by William Hooker. jgc_24_022
2018: Jobcentre Plus at Windsor House now stands on the corner of a widened John Street and Edward Street. (Photographer: Ruthie Martin)
James Gray: View from the flats on the Dinapore Street site in the Albion Hill redevelopment. It looks across the houses of Liverpool Street (since demolished) to the triangle of land, which was used for grazing cattle in the days of the farm. jgc_27_065
2018: The current flats were not built until 1980 and occupy what would have been the western end of the grazing fields. The steps to the right of the photograph go up to the top part of what is left of Richmond Street.
James Gray: Liverpool Street, looking North to Albion Hill – March 1963. These two streets were built during 1859 and 1860. Dinapore Street and the west side of Liverpool Street were demolished in December 1965. jgc_27_081
2018: With the exception of Albion Street, all the thoroughfares that branched off Richmond Street were swept away in the great slum clearances of the 1960s. (Photographer: Ron Fitton)
James Gray: View along a street with an unusual name, Dinapore Street in April 1956. At the junction with Richmond Street and the Live and Let Live public house. The barrier across Richmond Street, to stop runaway traffic, has been there for many years. The gap in the houses on the left was the result of bomb damage in the 1939-1945 War. jgc_27_082
2018: See caption for jgc_27_081 above. (Photographer: Ron Fitton)
James Gray: A photograph of the flint cottages of old John Street, 21 March 1912. Nos 67 and 68 were rebuilt as a women’s hostel while the site of No 70 was later absorbed into the works of F T Wilson & Son. All now cleared away. jgc_24_087
2019: John Street did not extend beyond Carlton Hill in 1912. Records suggest that Nos 38-39 were on the west side of the road and Nos 41-42 on the east side, putting jgc_24_087 on the east side at the bottom of the road where it meets Edward Street, where the Jobcentre is now. (Photographer: Kate Ormond)
James Gray: [See caption for jgc_24_087 above.] jgc_24_088 and 089
James Gray: Although this house faced into John Street it was, in fact, 83 Carlton Hill. It was boarded up by the Corporation when photographed on March 21st 1912. It was later reconstructed and again occupied for many years, but has now been demolished. jgc_24_090
James Gray: Nos 41, 42 and 43 John Street, 21 March 1912. The tall building had been a beer-house known as The Old English Gentleman. The site was cleared and not occupied again until 1937. Once more the site is now empty. jgc_24_091
2019: Some time after the building in the James Gray image was taken and later demolished, John Street was extended north. The site of the early building is now on the junction of John Street and Carlton Hill. One image shows a broad view of the site with John Street on the right (site of American Express) and south to Eastern Road and on the left extended to the north. The other image is a close-up of the site. (Photographer: Kate Ormond)
James Gray: Slum houses condemned and boarded up, 21 March 1912. Those shown above were renovated and reconstructed to be used as men’s hostel, but Nos 65 and 66 were demolished and later rebuilt as a women’s hostel. jgc_24_092, jgc_24_093, jgc_24_094, jgc_24_095
James Gray: [Bottom left] Nos 63 and 64, on the east side of this mean street. Year 1912. jgc_24_099