...and how it looks now, a century on.
Now and Then
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| The ford in Watersplash Road at the turn of the century... |
...and how it looks now, a century on. |
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| On your left, Sunbury Swimming Pool... |
...now sadly a barren space on Sunbury Island. |
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| Here is the Sunbury Military Academy at the turn of the century... |
...before fire and redevelopment left only the East Wing remaining. |
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| A lady gazes past the memorial towards the weir at the turn of the century... |
...and a hundred years on, the Lendy Lion has gone, and the trees have grown. |
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| I doubt if these three little lads sitting on this smart bridge beside the neat and tidy walk... |
...would recognise the scrappy path and waterless and overgrown ditch that Lovers Walk has become. |
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| Here is the old face of the Flower Pot, cribbed from an old postcard... |
...and today, with the extension removed - and with a brilliant display of flowers! |
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| "The Avenue where all the chestnut trees meet is a private road; no-one must build any houses there..." |
...and today, a hundred years later, would the writer of those lines recognise it? |
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| "How bare Saxonbury Avenue looked a mere fifty years ago..." |
...compared to the leafy abundance that hides the houses today. |
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| "An old lorry makes a delivery in an almost deserted Thames Street..." |
...whereas these days a long queue of cars would form within minutes. |
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| "Outside the Undertakers on Green Street a man sits astride a horse..." |
...where today horseless carriages rule the road. |