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Earl’s Court, Then & Now, 9

Earl’s Court, Then and Now

Earl’s Court Road

                                                                             

To Master Barton Still; “Dear Barton, rather late but just a card to wish you many happy returns of the day. Love to all from us all, Uncle Sid”. 
                                                                                   
                                                                             

The disappearing apostrophe!

Barkston Gardens

Published by A.G. Parry, 134 Earls Court Road SW,  Note the cross on the right.

Virtually unchanged in over a hundred years

Philbeach Gardens

                                                                

St Cuthberts, 1884.

                                                                

                                       

The Great Wheel

The Great Wheel in the distance was part of the Earls Court Exhibition of 1887, and was moved to Blackpool in 1905 
Dated 23 Feb. 1906
Posted 1904

The Cromwell Road

Published by Cosby Bloom, 3 Station Buildings, Earls Court Road and printed in Germany.
Cromwell Road when it was a quiet street, all the buildings on the left were demolished when the road was widened to become a major artery.

Warwick Gardens

Still cannot find this.

Earls Court Road

To the right is Logan Place, where lies the shrine to Freddie Mercury at Garden Lodge

Warwick Gardens

Posted 1907
The chapel has been replaced by houses
On the Old Brompton Road opposite Colherne Court, the last section has been replaced by the library and flats. 
Unchanging, bar the cars.
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