Gainsborough Road, Bury St. Edmunds, in the 1940s
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Gainsborough Road, Bury St. Edmunds, in the 1940s
Image: © Family heirloom, with family's permission Taken: Unknown
The houses have not changed much, but there is no longer an unprotected lamp post in the middle of the road! Even in the 1940s it confused a US truck driver - you can see that it leans a little. There has been some infill of extra house since this photo. Date given is approximate.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.245753
Longitude
0.689963