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 Published On May 21, 2022

Exterior shot of the Odeon Cinema on St Peter's Street. View of boarded up terraced houses and sign for Devonshire Street. Exterior of St Michael's church on Queen Street and the Old Eagle and Child pub. Traffic on King Street with the Seven Stars Inn visible. View of Cathedral Road. Exterior of St Mary's Catholic church on Bridge Gate. Exterior of King Street Shoeing Forge. Traffic on Broadway. View of flats and sign for Rivermead House (Bath Street). Sign for Queensway. Exterior of St John the Evangelist church (Bridge Street). Exterior of the Popular Cinema after closure. Shots along Friar Gate showing the Greyhound pub, Friar Gate bridge and the entrance to Friar Gate railway station. Exterior of St Werburgh's church, view of the Warwick. Junction of Curzon Street and Wardwick. Exterior of the library and museum. Shot looking up the Strand including entrance to Strand arcade. Views of Duckworth Square shopping precinct. Traffic on Victoria Street passing Granby store and then view looking up Green Lane. We then see the junction of St Peter's Street and the Cornmarket busy with traffic, the Cornmarket looking towards the Market Place and the entrance to the market. We then see St Peter's Churchyard and a view of East Street (with ABC cinema in shot). This is followed by further views of St Peter's street followed by Babington Lane where the Locarno is visible and then Green Lane which includes a shot of the former Hippodrome Theatre which has become a bingo hall. The next section is slightly later (c1969) and shows views of the Spot, the Castle and Falcon pub on Cockpit Hill and the Morledge. Returning to mid 1960s views we see St Alkmund's church and churchyard area and the Old Eagle and Child pub on Queen Street. This is followed by St Mary's church on Bridge Street. Next we see the Offilers Ales brewery on Ambrose Street followed by the Reindeer Inn on the corner of Earl Street and Eagle Street followed by views of Eagle Street, Thorntree Lane and Exchange Street. We then see an alley with the Cheshire Cheese pub visible and a sign for Bloom Street. We then see traffic on the roundabout outside the Council House. This followed by Normanton Road with a shot of the Trocadero bingo hall, Grove Street and views of the Arboretum. This is followed by shoppers at the outdoor Morledge Market and in the indoor Market Hall.

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