The police station with sandbags out the front and a magnificent beech tree where flats now stand

Six days after the UK entered the Second World War, this photo was taken (September 9, 1939) and shows the police station protected with sandbags on Queen Victoria Road. 

Then: 

And now: 

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This second photo, from August 1959, shows Corporation Street looking very different.

It was once home to a magnificent copper beech tree and a taxi rank although the road is now built up with flats and shops - including taxi offices. 

Then:

And now: 

All BFP photos digitally archived at swop.org.uk