Old Tamar Street in Saltash, with an artist painting a group of boys in the street, and the brick piers of I.K. Brunel's Royal Albert Bridge visible above the carriageway of the Tamar House Inn in the background. Old Tamar Street is now demolished

Date:
1885 - 1900
Location:
Tamar Street, Saltash, Cornwall
Reference:
RBO01/09/OP04859
Type:
Photograph (Gelatine Print)
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Description

Tamar Street was also known as 'Pickle Cockle Alley', presumably because of the trade in shellfish that took place there. There is now a new Tamar Street at this location.

Content

This is part of the Series: RBO01/09 Early Photographic Print Collection: Cornwall and Isles of Scilly; within the Collection: RBO01 Early Photographic Print Collection

Rights

Source: Historic England Archive

Keywords

Street Scene