Commercial Street, Scarborough
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Commercial Street, Scarborough
Image: © Christopher Hall Taken: 10 Jan 2014
Commercial Street is a 19th century street of largely 'bye-law' housing though there are commercial uses. In 1941, about 15 terrace houses were damaged by a heavy bomb and had to be demolished. In the 1950s Tarren type prefabricated bungalows were put up to replace them, three of which still exist. Recently some of the prefabs have been replaced by the brick built residences behind the white van and one has been removed to create a pedestrian access to the Sainsbury's superstore. 79 Commercial Street, which was one of those demolished after 1941, had also been damaged during the German bombardment of Scarborough on December 16th 1914 but had been renovated at that time.
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Image Location
Latitude
54.278556
Longitude
-0.414352