Roads Collection (page 2)

Man on Road Photo
Where is he going ? Is there a bus strike ? Is he composing verses in his head or elaborating philosophical concepts ? Or has his car run out of petrol ? 1950s

Bedford, Street Scene
A road in the outskirts of Bedford showing modern blocks of flats. Date: 1964

A Fish Auction in Columbia Market
In 1869 Baroness Burdett-Coutts paid for the building of the great Columbia Market (for fish) between Hackney and Bethnal Green Roads on the site of Nova Scotia Gardens

HALFWAY HOUSE TOLL
This striking-looking building, known as the Halfway House, is an old Tollhouse and a well-known landmark on the Bath Road (A4) between Hungerford and Newbury

Central London Street
A street in central London - the Strand enters Trafalgar Square at Charing Cross

Monitor / Merrimac / Card
The Battle of Hampton Roads. The Confederates armoured frigate Merrimac destroyed many Federal vessels, but retreated following action with Monitor, a turret ship

Avebury Landscape / 1723
Prospect of the Temple on Overton Hill - The Hakpen or head of the snake in the ruins. Stukeley writes: Abury..the chief patriarchal..temple of the island

Stagecoach through Toll
A stagecoach passing through a toll gate at night entitled " Good night"

Grey Street, Newcastle
Looking down Grey Street in Newcastle. Date: circa 1830s

Advertisement, The Humber Tricycle, Humber, Marriott & Cooper, Beeston, near Nottingham. 1890s

COLD CHRISTMAS SIGN
An amusing signpost for the villages of Much Hadham and Cold Christmas in Hertfordshire, England! Date: 1950s

WATER LANE
This is Water Lane in the village of Ospringe, Kent, where a stream flows down the centre of the road, usually about 30cm deep but varying with weather conditions

Parish church and Carrick Roads, Falmouth, Cornwall
Parish church of King Charles the Martyr and Carrick Roads (waterway), Falmouth, Cornwall. Date: circa 1980s

A cross roads store, bar, juke joint, and gas station in the cotton plantation area, Melrose, La. Photograph shows Sign on left building: Frenchies Beer Garden; above porch: Frenchies Bar

Traffic lights in Oxford Street
The new traffic light system in operation in Oxford Street, London in 1931 with uncertain pedestrians still warily looking for oncoming traffic

Provincial City Street
An old street in a provincial city - the Shambles, York

Oxford Street Congestion
Buses and cabs fill Oxford Street, London, as far as the eye can see : only one of the buses is an open-top kind

Danger - Schoolchildren
This warning notice, reading Danger, schoolchildren round the bend, could have been worded a little differently!

Roller (Suburb)
Steam roller at work in an English suburban street

Traffic at Oxford (Regent) Circus, Central London
Cabs, carriages, buses and pedestrians at Oxford (then Regent) Circus, at the junction of Oxford Street and Regent Street, Central London, during the season

Map of the Butte Montmartre, Paris, France
Map of the Butte Montmartre, 18th arrondissement, Paris, France. Date: circa 1900s

Sketch plan map of Ventnor, Isle of Wight, Hampshire. Date: circa 1910s

City Street of Future
A city street of the future... Date: 1930s

The Bolt from the Blue, speeding 1920s couple
A couple in an open top red car, more interested in each other than the road, fail to notice a police officer attempting to stop them for speeding. Date: 1929

Road Safety Week poster
No accident, please - a bold and jolly poster promoting National Road Safety Week. Date: c.1960

Roman Roads

Drighlington Cross Roads early 1900s

River Fal near St Mawes, Cornwall Date: circa 1920s

St Mawes, Cornwall - view toward the bay
St Mawes (Lannvowsedh) - a village on the end of the Roseland Peninsula, in the eastern side of Falmouth harbour, on the south coast of Cornwall

St Mawes, Cornwall - The Castle - an artillery fort constructed by Henry VIII near Falmouth, Cornwall, between 1540 and 1542

St Mawes, Cornwall
St Mawes (Lannvowsedh) - a village on the end of the Roseland Peninsula, in the eastern side of Falmouth harbour, on the south coast of Cornwall

St Mawes, Cornwall - Country road along the shoreline
St Mawes (Lannvowsedh) - a village on the end of the Roseland Peninsula, in the eastern side of Falmouth harbour, on the south coast of Cornwall

Poster, Arc de Triomphe, Paris, France Date: 1949

La Fontaine de l'Arbre, Pleaux, Cantal, France
La Fontaine de l'Arbre (The Tree Fountain) at Pleaux, a commune in the Cantal department in south-central France. Date: circa 1910s

Cercedilla, Madrid
A landscape painting of the countryside of Cercedilla, a municipality in Madrid, Spain, red roofed houses are scattered over the area, between woodlands, roads and hills. Date: circa 1920

The Angel, Islington
A painting of some London pedestrians travelling along the pathways and roads of the Angel, Islington, a series of buildings including the Angel Hotel

Coaches descending Kirkstone Pass, Lake District, Cumbria. Postcard published by George Perry Abraham (1844-1923), a photographer, postcard publisher, and mountaineer. Date: 1923

Traffic on Brighton Road
A section of Brighton Road, busy with traffic. Widening operations were in progress at the time. Date: 1933

The Precipitous Town
A watercolour painting of a town with huge buildings, set in front of a tall, rocky mountain, lots of people are wandering the roads. Date: circa 1923

Roads and Vagabonds
An illustration depicting numerous men on horseback pulling a stagecoach, in some kind of disarray with some farmers nearby with their dog. Date: circa 1931

Town Roads
Watercolour painting of a town with multiple black cars on a crossroads. Date: circa 1930

LTV A-7E Corsair II 157459
United States Navy - Ling-Temco-Vought A-7E-6-CV Corsair II 157459 (msn E182, base3 code AG, call-sign 414'). of VA-12, at Davis-Monthan Air Base in February 1974

Map of London in the time of Queen Elizabeth I, from a plan of 1560. Date: 1560

Disruption extending the entire length of Haymarket, Piccadilly, London, closed until September. Date: August 1928

Battle at the Schilberg Cross-roads; Second World War, 1945
Sketch of a battle between British and German troops for control of the cross-roads in the town of Schilberg, Netherlands, 1945

London First Sewage System Fleet Streets Street
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Patent Manning Wardle & Co, locomotive engineers, steam road roller designed in Paris and was contracted in England. Boyne Engine Works, Leeds and is the patent of E. Gellerate and Co

Holborn Valley Viaduct in London. Date: 1860s

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