Windsor Then and
Now
A Pictorial Series of Windsor Views
from the past and present
See also
Park
Street and the Post Office
Updated July
2010
The
High Street
A tinted postcard view of Windsor
High Street from the early 1900s.
The building far right is the Constitutional
Club, no. 56 High Street and out of shot further right the post
office, demolished in c.1972. At no. 55 was the London &
County Bank which in later years became the Westminster Bank
and then the National Westminster Bank (NatWest). The Union Hotel
beyond the bank was demolished some years ago and the land taken
over by the The Parish Church. A similar photograph taken
as Queen Victoria's coffin passed by is available here.
Behind the camera was the New Inn and Park Street. There is a
view of this area here - Park Street.
Above is a similar view by F G O Stuart
(no. 1654) of the High Street but showing more of the shops on
the south side. It is just about possible in this view to see
the dates on the posters, far left, for Mr Mason, Estate Agent,
which either read 1904 or 1909. The card is actually postmarked
January 11th 1911 and was sent to France.
A rare tinted postcard view from
across the High Street of the Parish Church and illustrating
the Union Hotel, the hackney carriage drivers' shelter and the
band and castle guard returning to barracks.
Probably dates from around 1905
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This view is from beside the Guildhall,
looking east towards the point at which the earlier postcard
view was taken. Circa 1914.
A view closer to The Guildhall with the
band and guard marching back to Victoria Barracks and the Home
Counties Hotel (Trust Houses Ltd) later to be known as The Castle
Hotel. Dates from 1913-14, postmarked August 1914. On the back
is written '4Bn KOR (believed to be 4th Battalion,
Kings Own Regiment)
Machine Gun Sec, Slough Windsor. Stationed here, having a rough
time of it. No time to write more, best love Neil.' The card was addressed to 'Miss Maggie Barker of
King Street, Padiham, Burnley'.
An interesting view of The Guildhall
with an old lorry and a flower seller's covered cart belonging
to William Last, Florists, Chalvey Grove Nursery, Slough. The
picture is precisely dated 17th May 1930.
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for supplying this and other images to The Royal Windsor Website.
In all the earlier photographs of the High
Street, pre-1946, the road surface seems to be made of stone
blocks or cobbles. These are actually made of wood and were removed
in 1946 and replaced by asphalt. For local residents this was
a blessing as the blocks could be used as fuel during the floods of 1947 when the gas supply
failed and coal was very scarce.
Another view of the High Street came to
light in November 2003. This view is taken from beside the Guildhall,
looking west. This a contemporary albumen print and dates from
around 1895.
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The High StreetThe building far right is the Constitutional Club, no. 56 High Street and out of shot further right the post office, demolished in c.1972. At no. 55 was the London & County Bank which in later years became the Westminster Bank and then the National Westminster Bank (NatWest). The Union Hotel beyond the bank was demolished some years ago and the land taken over by the The Parish Church. A similar photograph taken as Queen Victoria's coffin passed by is available here. Behind the camera was the New Inn and Park Street. There is a view of this area here - Park Street. Above is a similar view by F G O Stuart (no. 1654) of the High Street but showing more of the shops on the south side. It is just about possible in this view to see the dates on the posters, far left, for Mr Mason, Estate Agent, which either read 1904 or 1909. The card is actually postmarked January 11th 1911 and was sent to France.
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