Upper High Street Ashford, 1975
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The photograph on this page of Upper High Street Ashford, 1975 by John Baker as part of the Geograph project.
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Upper High Street Ashford, 1975
Image: © John Baker Taken: Unknown
The arch to the right of John Farmer led to what was known at the time as The Tufton Centre. Further up the street on the right, on the corner of Castle Street stood The Castle Inn (in this view painted a reddish colour) while to its left and further up New Rents stood Lewis and Hyland's premises which were demolished in 1975.
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Image Location
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51.149571
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0.870241