Lower
Thames Street
A photograph of the junction of Thames
Steet and Thames Avenue dating from 1902 to 1906 at the latest.
This postcard view was published by T E Cochrane of 27 Queen's
Road, Windsor, and numbered TC47. Old Bank House is prominent
to the left with the Prince Christian Memorial beyond and The
Lodge at the foot of the 'Hundred Steps'. To the right, the shop
on the corner of the junction has been redeveloped, although
the buildings on the far right of this picture remain (as of
2006).
The approach to Windsor
Bridge in the very early 1900s, Datchet Road junction, later
the site of the George
V Memorial, and Windsor Castle. To the right is the hotel
incorrectly known as The Christopher Wren House Hotel although
links with Wren are unproven. The view is hand tinted and dates
from around 1900. Top right a sign reads 'Electric Charging Station'.
In days gone by there were a number of electric boats on the
river, such as canoes. The buildings, centre left, were removed
to make way for the Playhouse Cinema which has since itself been
demolished to make way for more offices.
A view from Windsor
Bridge looking along Thames Street towards the Castle.
A similar view from Windsor
Bridge showing the buildings on the left more clearly
This image is an extract from 'Windsor Castle from the Bridge'
by George Washington Wilson and may well date from the 1870s.
(GWW Ref: 582).
Photographs of the castle from the bridge
such as the above were taken regularly from Victorian times through
to the present day. This albumen print differs by being large
and superbly detailed, allowing this extract to be captured.
In addition, the elevated position of the camera captures more
of the street scene beyond the bridge.
Lower Thames Street in 1999 and
the approach to Windsor Bridge. The bridge has been closed to
traffic since 1970 allowing this creation of a tree-lined, pedestrian
precinct.
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