Boutport Street

 

‘Street scene with shops and cars’, date unknown. Beaford Old Archive image © Beaford Arts

If you look in the background, along the side of the streets, you’ll see a lot of vintage cars: transport has changed a lot since this photograph!

Think about the way cars, vehicles, and pedestrians look and travel here today: how many differences you can spot?

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‘Queen’s Theatre – then known as Albert Hall’, circa 1930’s. Beaford Old Archive image © Beaford Arts

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‘Queen Street’, 1989. Documentary Photograph by James Ravilious for the Beaford Archive © Beaford Arts

Two ladies are engaged in conversation – one is holding a bouquet of flowers and a purse. This captures a fleeting moment of intimacy, where they share gossip and pleasantries. The angle of the photo captures only one of their faces – what do you think the other lady’s face might be expressing and why do you think that? And how much has changed in the surrounding buildings?

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