James Gray: Looking west to Lavender Street and Hereford Street, on 20 June 1954. A prosaic little street with no claim to fame, it was to give its name to a large redevelopment scheme of the surrounding area. Few, if any, of these buildings now remain. jgc_22_199
James Gray: Looking east along Somerset Street. Compare this with the trim 1954 photograph [jgc_22_199 above] of this street, on an earlier page. jgc_22_203
2019: Somerset Street at the junction with Upper Bedford Street, looking east. (Photographer: Jayne Paulin)
James Gray: Photograph showing the few remaining cottages of this narrow alley in 1950. Many others were removed before the War, and these were demolished in the late 1950s. jgc_22_170
2018: The twitten and few remaining cottages that comprised Bedford Buildings in Gray’s 1950 picture have long gone, to be replaced by Somerset Point. This 13 floor tower block was completed in 1964 and provides retirement accommodation. (Photographer: David Jackson)