Queen Street in about 1900
This view of Queen Street shows a fine and elegant Victorian street.  This used to be
the main thoroughfare into town from the railway station entrance in the Queen's
building, until the rebuilding of Lichfield Street and Railway Drive. On the right is the Congregational Church which was built in 1865 and designed by George Bidlake. It
was demolished in 1971. Also prominent is Allen's piano showroom, W. Tandy butchers, and Webberley's wine and spirit merchants.

Dudley Street in about 1900
Even in 1900 this was a busy shopping area. The shops on the immediate left were to disappear a few years later when Woolworths opened their store. The store included
the premises of Hyam and Co., an old established gents outfitters who had been there since the late 1870's. Most of these buildings have now disappeared, but the familiar tower of St Peter's church is visible in the background, as is the Barclays Bank building on the far side of Queen Square, and the upper storeys of the Queens Hotel which is now Lloyds TSB Bank.