Boston Street

Image: © Simon Carey Taken: 31 Jul 2011

Built in the 1850s to house the workers for the newly opened locomotive works of which the pillars on the left which once held the works up as the rail line to the goods yard went underneath, are the last visible remains. The street originally ran parallel to New England Street with entrances at both southern and northern ends along with another in the middle from Cross Street. the southern end was to an extension of the goods yard in 1905 whilst the northern end and all the former terraced houses went in a slum clearance during the late 1950s, early 1960s. The northern end of the street is now a private car park for a couple of businesses with the only access remaining from Cross Street beyond the red communal bin in the distance. For a similar view taken in 1954 see http://www.regencysociety-jamesgray.com/volume10a/source/jg_10a_176.html

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