Blackman Street
Introduction
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Blackman Street
Image: © Simon Carey Taken: 31 Jul 2011
Linking Trafalgar Street to Cheapside which was once lined either side with terraced houses that were demolished during a large scale slum clearance in the early 1960s. The large building on the left is Britannia House built during the 1990s. See http://regencysociety-jamesgray.com/volume25/source/jg_25_236.html for a 1959 picture looking from the opposite end of the street.
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Image Location
Latitude
50.828695
Longitude
-0.138879