We are looking at High Wycombe for Then and Now again this week.
This first picture, from around 1905, was taken from outside All Saints Church in the town centre and shows the shop McIlroy’s at the junction of Church Street and Priory Road.
This is where Primark is now.
Then:
And now:
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- High Wycombe's bustling streets - back in the 1800s
- A factory that became a supermarket - and a supermarket that will become flats and shops
- High Wycombe roads - back when there were barely any cars on them
- How a Tylers Green corner shop and a popular church used to look
- How Hazlemere pub looked in the 1970s
- Wycombe pubs from years gone by
- More Wycombe pubs from years gone by
- The iconic former Frogmoor fountain pictured
- A look back at the theatres and cinemas in High Wycombe from years gone by
This second photo shows the iconic Pann Mill, along London Road.
It was taken looking south west from outside Trinity Church. It shows Pann Mill House and the mill and was taken around 1960.
Then:
And now:
All BFP archive photos digitally displayed courtesy of swop.org.uk
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