A Walk in the park, Botchergate & The Crescent

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A pleasant walk in the park around the mid 1920s. The bandstand in Victoria Park was erected in 1894 and demolished in 1957.

The path is known as Weavers Bank, built in 1819 to give work to unemployed weavers, it was probably the first flood defence built in the city.

Botchergate in the 1930s.

Boots, now in English St is on the left and Timpsons shoe shop is next to it. Portland Place is the road to the right with Simmons furniture shop on the corner.

A shot of The Crescent circa 1912.

Nice old car in the centre of the picture and a tram wends its way around The Crescent.