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View from Lansdowne Crescent, Worcester
Looking south-west towards the city centre, the Malvern Hills (?) forming a rather dramatic backdrop.
Image: © Stephen Richards
Taken: 17 Jul 2014
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The closed Arboretum public house (1), 53 Northfield Street, Worcester
This closed public house is on the corner of Northfield Street and East Street, in the inner city part of Worcester known as the Arboretum. It was recently advertised for sale or to rent as either a public house or other permitted use. As there is no estate agent's sign outside, and the boards showing the pub's name etc. have been removed, it is possible a deal has been concluded. The future use of the building is unknown. This is how the pub looked in July 2008, when presumably it was open:-
Image Photograph by Philip Halling.
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Image: © P L Chadwick
Taken: 20 Feb 2012
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The closed Arboretum public house (2) - sign, 53 Northfield Street, Worcester
The pub's location is in the Arboretum district of Worcester and it took its name from this. In Victorian times a pleasure ground was opened in this area called the Arboretum. This only lasted from 1859 to 1866, after which the area was gradually developed for housing but the name Arboretum survived.
On the sign are the figures of two women with a dog which looks like a poodle. Both women are in fairly modern dress, with hemlines which would have caused a major scandal in Victorian times, when even piano legs were often obscured with drapes. At the bottom of the sign, a name has been painted out. Probably it was the name of a brewery or pub chain who at one time owned the pub. The artist's name, Nigel Ash, is also on the sign.
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Image: © P L Chadwick
Taken: 20 Feb 2012
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The Arboretum, Worcester
Image: © Chris Whippet
Taken: 28 Mar 2015
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The Arboretum
The Arboretum pub in Worcester's residential area named the Arboretum.
Image: © Philip Halling
Taken: 1 Jul 2008
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On-street parking, Northfield Street, Worcester
The long line of cars is opposite a single yellow line on the camera side of the street which makes
parking illegal at peak hours. The entrance to AMS Garage at 3 Northfield Street is on the left.
Image: © Jaggery
Taken: 29 Nov 2014
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East Street, Worcester
Image: © Chris Whippet
Taken: 28 Mar 2015
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Virk's Newsagents in Worcester
Newsagents, off licence and grocers at 41 Northfield Street.
The long line of parked cars is in Washington Street.
Image: © Jaggery
Taken: 29 Nov 2014
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Virk's Newsagents, 41 Northfield Street, Worcester
Located on the corner of Northfield Street and Washington Street, this is a newsagent, grocery store and off-licence. It is situated in the inner city area of Worcester known as the Arboretum. Next to it, in Washington Street, is a modern style telephone kiosk. An increasingly rare sight in secondary urban areas, now that mobile phones are so common.
Image: © P L Chadwick
Taken: 20 Feb 2012
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Worcester Operatic & Dramatic Society, St Mary's Hall
Since 1981, St Mary's Hall in Northfield Street has been the home of Worcester Operatic & Dramatic Society. Here they rehearse and stage their smaller productions. Their main venue is the Swan Theatre in Worcester, run by Worcester Live. A notice on the wall on the right advertises West Side Story in the Swan Theatre, April 21-25 2015.
Image: © Jaggery
Taken: 29 Nov 2014
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