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VIEWS OF OLD EASOLE STREET

 

Above, Easole Street from Holt Street just after W.W. II.

Below, Easole Street just down from the junction with Holt St. about 1920.
 

 

 

Above, looking back towards Holt St., circa 1900.

Below, looking down to where the Baptist Chapel now stands, pre-1911.
 

 

 

Above, further down the road towards the Chapel site, pre-1911.

Below, the old carpenters work-shop, now a bungalow, at the entrance to the present Easole Heights. Lights on late at night meant a coffin was being made.

 

 

 

Above, the Baptist Chapel, built in 1911, some cottages can be seen to the rear, these were demolished in the early 1960’s.

Below, one of the cottages.
 

 

 

Above, opposite the Chapel, Hill’s shop, now a dwelling, and Shakespeare cottage, now gone.

Below, White House farm at the junction of Easole St. and Beachams.

 

 

 

Above, harvest time in White House farm yard, the buildings are now dwellings.

Below, looking from the above buildings over the farm yard towards Butcher’s Alley.
 

 

 

Above, looking towards the old butcher’s shop and Butcher’s Alley (believed to have been taken in 1952, Coronation Year).

Below, from Butcher’s Alley towards White House farm.

 

 

 

Upper Easole Street from Butcher’s Alley.
 

 

Above from the 1920’s & Below, from the 1950’s, towards the Mill Hill junction from the old butcher’s shop. Harvey’s, the seed merchants, offices are on the left
 

 

 

Above, the junction of Easole Street, Mill Hill and the Sandwich Road.

Below, the junction from the Sandwich Road.
 

 

 

Above, the junction from the air in the 1950’s.

Below, the Easole malt house and surrounding buildings.

 

 

 

Above, the malt house about 1910.

Below, the malt house in the 1980’s.
 

 
 
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