The Harpenden 'Mail Office', alongside The George Inn, c.1900. The gardens of The George are now the site of Pizza Express. In the background are the stables of The Bennetts (British Legion).
LHS archives, cat.no LHS 004804
The Valley Engineering Company, alongside The George Inn, with horse-drawn cart ready for an 'outing', c.1910
LHS archives, cat.no. LHS 012142
George Hotel and Moody & Co garage -1930's
Cat no HC 15
Dr Kingston's House, the home of Dr Francis Kingston, who retired in 1861. His family had been treating people and their animals for over 100 years. The house was bought in 1912 by Henry Salisbury, who pulled it down to build Kingston House Stores. Click on this picture to link to the Story of 6 High Street
LHS archives, cat. ho. LHS 00006
The George, Dr Kingston's House, Mr West's cottage & Bakery and Busby's Chemists, c.1910
LHS archives, cat.no. LHS 00005
Mr West's Bakery, Busby's chemists, registrar & Marten Part Bank (replaced by Barclays), c.1910
LHS archives, cat. no, LHS 012627
The George Inn & Kingston House Stores, c. 1920 - click on this picture for the Story of 6 High Street
LHS archives, cat.no. LHS 002099
High Street with White Lion - 1900
Cat no Slides B 1.41
High St looking NW in snow -White Lion - 1900
Cat no Slides B 2.55
High St with view over Church Green and Cock Inn on right- snow - bridge over ditches 1900's
Cat no Slides B 2.57
Draining the Cock Pond - 1927/8. View to Cock Inn and 68-72 High Street
Cat no Slides B 2.61
66-72 High St - shop, houses and the Old Red Lion, Thurston studio - 1910's. Click on this picture for a link to The Old Red Lion - one of Harpenden's lost pubs
Cat no Slides B 2.71
Cottage on the green, outside Tollgate house (69 High Street) from north - 1929. The C18 tollgate was further north, close to Sun Lane. This cottage had been built on the 'green' and was removed - probably in the 1920s
Cat no Slides B 2.67
Cottages on the green in front of Tollgate House, 69 High Street from South - 1920. The C18 tollgate was probably close to Sun Lane.
Cat no Slides B 2.66
65 High Street - Tollgate - cottages, Eyles tailors -1880's
Cat no HC 163
Lines cottage and forge - 1908 - sketch by E H V St Clair
Cat no Slides B 1.14
Lines Smithy - site of Anvil House Lower High Street
Cat no HC 191
Tollgate House, Tollgate cottages and Lines Forge - 1890's
Cat no Slides B 2.65
Timson's cobbler's shop in the High St -1920's?
Cat no Slides B 1.13
63/65 High Street, Putterill Bros garage , Fred Timpson Boot maker and repairer -1930's
Cat no HC 166
Cock Pond and High Street - 1880 - Mr Lockhart's house on corner of Church Green (behind trees)
Cat no HC 173
Pond and thatched cottage - annotated by Edwin Grey
Cat no Slides B 1.6
Thatched cottage from NW - 1910
Cat no Slides B 1.8
The thatched cottage, after the sale of Bowers House, and before demolition in 1938
Image on Harpenden Years Gone By Facebook page
Demolition of 43-49 High St (Thatched Cottage, north of Bowers Parade - 23/3/1938
Cat no Slides B 2.63
Pond and Bowers House - 1910
Cat no Slides B 1.19
Horse and cart being rescued fro the Cock Pond -1900's
Cat no HC 180
Pond and Swans' house -1910's
Cat no Slides B 1.20
Earl of Cavan and dignitaries outside Bowers house after Dedication of War Memorial - Oct 1920
Cat no HC 139
Bowers House, pond fenced off, Pollards School of Music and Cross Keys pub - 1930
Cat no Slides B 2.62
Cock Pond looking SE-winter view, with Cross Keys - 1900's
Cat no Slides B 2.58
Cottage which became San Toy Shop - next to Rose Cottage - flood in front
Cat no Slides B 1.93
Old San Toy shop next to Rose cottage - being demolished
Cat no Slides B 1.94
Peacock House, Lower High Street - with brewery behind - before 1871. Site of Brewery House.
Cat no HC 162
Polly Nott's house - site of NatWest Bank - 1895
Cat no HC 033
Demolition of Polly Nott's cottage to make way for Vaughan Road - 1895
Cat no HC 24
Pellant's corner - High Street/Vaughan Road - 1910
Cat no HC 048
Please click on the small picture to see it full size.
This sequence of photos takes you from the Common northwards along the western side, from around 1900 to the 1930s, to the Old Red Lion (currently Billy’s Wine Bar), then across to the ‘Tollgate house’ and from 67 High Street southwards, to the corner of Vaughan Road.
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Lovely shot of the old days, such nostalgia! Looks much better than the rat race today!!!
The picture certainly isn’t from the 1930s, as Pryor Reid, the Hatfield brewers, closed in 1920.
Ed. Thank you for spotting this slip – in fact Kelly’s Directories show that Moody was trading on this site between 1903 and 1909, first as a cycle manufacturer, then as a motor manufacturer. By 1910 the premises were known as Herts Motors.
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